Author Topic: general lee bargain for someone (Read 1935 times)

balladof32 · « **on:** December 13, 2011, 03:13 PM »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/dk-general-lee-24-wheel-bmx-/260915817697?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3cbfcb6ce1

Dannywhac · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2011, 03:18 PM »

The stem and the Graveyard sprocket do it for me

lk_97 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2011, 04:34 PM »

That sprocket is nice, and isn't he blagging it abit with the powdercoat price, doesn't sbd do it cheaper than that?

Jaymz · « **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2011, 09:58 PM »

anyone grab this £65 was cheap i thoguht

kev-s · « **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2011, 10:09 PM »

bargin!! stem and seat worth that all day long

egg · « **Reply #5 on:** December 14, 2011, 12:37 PM »

i got it,i'm picking it up on friday

egg · « **Reply #6 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:11 PM »

picked this up earlier today,i think i got a good deal

the guy even chucked in a set of wtp 3 piece cranks too

webbie · « **Reply #7 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:21 PM »

Result

Jaymz · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:23 PM »

welcome to the DK club fella, I gotta say they look pretty good in a 24, is yours a Tiwanese made rame like mine???

dordymush · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:36 PM »

bargin that was

lk_97 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:46 PM »

Bargain, like the sprocket, when are they from?

rad_pitt · « **Reply #11 on:** December 16, 2011, 06:04 PM »

Bargain and a half!

egg · « **Reply #12 on:** December 16, 2011, 07:13 PM »

Quote from: Jaymz on December 16, 2011, 05:23 PM

welcome to the DK club fella, I gotta say they look pretty good in a 24, is yours a Tiwanese made rame like mine???

no idea? how can you tell?

egg · « **Reply #13 on:** December 16, 2011, 07:14 PM »

Quote from: lk_97 on December 16, 2011, 05:46 PM

Bargain, like the sprocket, when are they from?

early 90's at a guess?

Jaymz · « **Reply #14 on:** December 17, 2011, 11:32 AM »

Quote from: egg on December 16, 2011, 07:13 PM

Quote from: Jaymz on December 16, 2011, 05:23 PM
welcome to the DK club fella, I gotta say they look pretty good in a 24, is yours a Tiwanese made rame like mine???

no idea? how can you tell?

AFAIK the mkl's [USA made] didnt have the gusset with the star stamp [Taiwan made]

Dannywhac · « **Reply #15 on:** December 17, 2011, 12:02 PM »

Eyup Mr Egg

The F&F are Tiawanese made - DK moved manufacture to there in late 1999/2000. You can tell straight off with a pre 2000 DK by the serials - they start DK and then have the frame model, so a US made General would be DKGL (then the frame number), SOB's are DKSOB etc and are stamped along the length of the BB. Tiawanese made serials run around the edges of the BB.

There are Generals with the gusset that are still US made

The lovely sprocket's a US made Graveyard sprocket - from around 1998-2002. Score on the extra cranks as well

Dannywhac · « **Reply #16 on:** December 17, 2011, 12:13 PM »

Here's a rough guide to the General Lee and year manufacture that I posted on the Museum a while ago:

last year for the OG 1997 shaped lettering (97-98 = blue and white decals, 99 = black and white).

There's a later '99 revision GL that had very similar decals to the OG one's, and came in blue and white but the lettering is 'thinner' and more spaced. These came with 14mm rear dropouts.

2004 marked the move of the AD lugs from the chainstay's to the seatstay's, and again a change in graphics (I seem to remember something about copyright issues with the Dukes of Hazzard). This also marked the move from US manufacture to abroad.

1997-1998 General (No large gusset connecting top to down tubes, 3/8 rear drops, US 4130, Old style decals in blue and white, came in orange or black frame and lugs on the chainstays):

Early-Mid 1999 General (Large top to down gusset, 3/8 rear drops, US 4130, Old style decals in black and white, various colours, lugs on the chainstays):

Late 1999 General (Large top to down gusset, 14mm rear drops, US 4130, 'thinner' and more space out style decals in blue and white, lugs on the chainstays):

Post 2000 General (Large top to down gusset, 14mm rear drops, Taiwan 4130, completely altered decal set, lugs on the seatstays):

Jaymz · « **Reply #17 on:** December 17, 2011, 05:32 PM »

So is mine not a 2002 as I was led to believe? As my lugs are on the chainstays not on the seat stays as per the post 2000 models and my decals are different

Dannywhac · « **Reply #18 on:** December 17, 2011, 05:39 PM »

I should have said that's only a rough guide - need to ammend the post 2000 description - they moved the lugs to the seatstays in around 2004ish, so the post 2000's can have chainstay lugs

And there's a load of different decals post 2000.

Whats your serial No Jaymz?

Jaymz · « **Reply #19 on:** December 17, 2011, 05:40 PM »

Quote from: dannywhac on December 17, 2011, 05:39 PM

I should have said that's only a rough guide - need to ammend the post 2000 description - they moved the lugs to the seatstays in around 2004ish, so the post 2000's can have chainstay lugs

Whats your serial No Jaymz?

not found one, is it on the BB??