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Black choppers from the late seventies ? King Dong
Quote from: rick1970 on March 03, 2011, 10:29 PMQuote from: Hunterdubber on March 03, 2011, 10:19 PMQuote from: rick1970 on March 03, 2011, 10:16 PMwell done keep this original one of my earliest memories of bmx this must be 1981/2 my mate had a white one that had cobra grips remember the union jack sticker thats i think why it stays with me Me and Cotty (thanks Cotty ,,for sourcing the frame ) were talking about these saying they used to have them for hireing at Southport track /pier BITD and they were Black and yellow with the Cobra grips ,,,thats why this Piranha had to have Yellow Fuan Cobras now im really pushin my mind back but if remember correctly im sure it had metal mag wheels but im not 100% Yeah Rick they did them with either the metal cast Banana mags or Aero Zytec mags with the sealed bearing hubs
Quote from: Hunterdubber on March 03, 2011, 10:19 PMQuote from: rick1970 on March 03, 2011, 10:16 PMwell done keep this original one of my earliest memories of bmx this must be 1981/2 my mate had a white one that had cobra grips remember the union jack sticker thats i think why it stays with me Me and Cotty (thanks Cotty ,,for sourcing the frame ) were talking about these saying they used to have them for hireing at Southport track /pier BITD and they were Black and yellow with the Cobra grips ,,,thats why this Piranha had to have Yellow Fuan Cobras now im really pushin my mind back but if remember correctly im sure it had metal mag wheels but im not 100%
Quote from: rick1970 on March 03, 2011, 10:16 PMwell done keep this original one of my earliest memories of bmx this must be 1981/2 my mate had a white one that had cobra grips remember the union jack sticker thats i think why it stays with me Me and Cotty (thanks Cotty ,,for sourcing the frame ) were talking about these saying they used to have them for hireing at Southport track /pier BITD and they were Black and yellow with the Cobra grips ,,,thats why this Piranha had to have Yellow Fuan Cobras
well done keep this original one of my earliest memories of bmx this must be 1981/2 my mate had a white one that had cobra grips remember the union jack sticker thats i think why it stays with me
I had a white piranha in the early 90's looks like yours but didnt have a gusset and had aero zytec mags on it.Matt
I forgot when replying Andy you and Bob are of course correct the thin 5 spoked cast mags You see them in the early Advert and I think KDW kev's had em on his I'll try and find a pic