Author Topic: Batavus... any ideas (update with pics 24th) (Read 4312 times)

oldschoolace · « **on:** April 18, 2012, 07:05 PM »

Bought one of these frames in a moment of madness as it looks kinda cool and i dont have owt early (1980)

Its a Batavus Deluxe and is dutch but thats about all i know. Any help would be great and if someone has some decals that would be bloomin marvelous.

brummie · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2012, 07:10 PM »

blimey thats cool
really like that

animal · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2012, 07:11 PM »

Very interesting frame that

griff · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2012, 08:55 PM »

my dutch mate gave me a batavus town bike when he went back home to the dam
didn't know they ever made a BMX

brass monkey! · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2012, 08:58 PM »

Thats very cool,

never seen one before

jt racing lived in Holland, he may be able to give you some info abut it?

Where did you find that?

And dare i ask what you paid for it?

brass monkey! · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:00 PM »

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/batavus/

James Nada · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:11 PM »

That a very nice and interesting looking frame

Dark Diggler · « **Reply #7 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:17 PM »

whats them forks then?

Julian347 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:18 PM »

Nice. Especially like the BB area.

oldschoolace · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:19 PM »

I found it on foreign shores

It was too odd and cool to leave alone but thankfully the bank manager wont be too alarmed.

First thing i did was to look on the museum but there is only one on there of this model and precious little info.
Thankfully the decals shouldnt be to difficult to reproduce if i have to. Should be a fairly easy font to find

renegaderacer · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2012, 10:49 AM »

Really nice looking frame there.

Great buy!

Giles

oldschoolace · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2012, 10:57 AM »

Cheers all.

I was in two minds for a while as i dont really have time for a new project but it just seemed too unusual, given its year, to let go.

Fell better about the spend now its got a good response

bodamus · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2012, 02:19 PM »

Didn't they used to make motorbikes?

rad_pitt · « **Reply #13 on:** April 19, 2012, 02:39 PM »

This was in the museum link - gives you a rough idea of spec:

pickle · « **Reply #14 on:** April 19, 2012, 06:21 PM »

loving the look of those!

oldschoolace · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:25 PM »

Got home from work to find a huge box on the floor

Turns out it was my frame in the worlds biggest box stuffed full of newspapers

I'm guessing the seller doesn't know much about bikes as he included what he thought were bits for the bike. Whats that on the left?

Barbeque anyone?

The chain tensioners look interesting, anyone seen these before?

pickle · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:29 PM »

That looks awesome! loving the look of that

oldschoolace · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:31 PM »

Looks like it was a red one originally under the yellow spray bomb.
Think i will go with the blue and yellow scheme from the ref pics above...... just with a twist or two

pickle · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:32 PM »

both original colours look awesome

oldschoolace · « **Reply #19 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:36 PM »

Cheers Pickle, im proper made up with it

By far the earliest bike i own too, looking forward to the build

ron burgundy · « **Reply #20 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:37 PM »

That's cool, proper old school odd ball

kungfunky · « **Reply #21 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:49 PM »

Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on April 24, 2012, 09:37 PM

That's cool, proper old school odd ball

x 2, this is exactly how an odd ball should look, million times cooler than those fugly trickstar 2's

oldschoolib · « **Reply #22 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:42 PM »

digglers sex toy on the left what its for i dont know ask him

punkdSICO · « **Reply #23 on:** April 24, 2012, 11:00 PM »

Thats a lovely looking OS frame.

What forks you gunna use? From the brochure, they came with Tange forks and Mr KAP has just listed a white pair in tonights new For Sale thread from him..

Paul

jT Racing · « **Reply #24 on:** April 24, 2012, 11:29 PM »

lol
nederburner

theres a couple of completes on marktplaats now.

Author Topic: Batavus... any ideas (update with pics 24th) (Read 4312 times)

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