Repro kashi and dia compe

[Dan73]

Morning.
It's been a year or so since my last build, mainly due to house moves and a baby.
Just gettting going again and I've noticed how readily available reproduction dia compe and kashimax stuff is.
What do people make of it? Is it regarded as ok to use as long as it's not being passed off as OG? What's the quality like?
I'm a lot more stretched for cash these days so it appeals there too.
Cheers,
Dan

[Gnarlyscoots]

The Kashi seats are fine bro and work well on budget builds and riders, great repro imo. The DC calipers, another thing altogether. Absolute tosh. Stay away from them if I was you 

[Rodgy1970]

I had a repop Kashimax and IMO they are very good quality as you'd expect, however some of the colours are a slightly different shade and they have a shiny mark on top them, but on the whole given the price they are perfect for a rider.

The new Dia Compe stuff is a poor imitation of the old stuff.

[Clean]

The Kashi seats are fine bro and work well on budget builds and riders, great repro imo. The DC calipers, another thing altogether. Absolute tosh. Stay away from them if I was you 

Agreed.

The repro MKS BM-7s look the dog's, too!

There is a really nice and trustworthy chap on fleabay selling the lot called "moonster_99"!  

[Gnarlyscoots]

The Kashi seats are fine bro and work well on budget builds and riders, great repro imo. The DC calipers, another thing altogether. Absolute tosh. Stay away from them if I was you  

The repro MKS BM-7s look the dog's, too!

They are great    3 differences really, only say MKS BM-7 on the cages not MKS BM-7 BMX, spindles are silver and not black and the end caps are chrome not black. Apart from that, they are bang on to the originals 



Moonster also does the NITTO S/S seatposts. Bang on and awesome   



Look out for more from this guy including the new Black/Chrome Izumi chain not available in the UK yet but is everywhere else   

[BADDH]

Oh they look spot on

Were we getting those repro kashi's and the pedals from guys ?   

[pickle]

The kashi saddles are not 'repro'.....they are made by kashimax so are actual kashi seats just not old school.

Repro means reproduction.......these are not reproductions.
 

[Clean]

The kashi saddles are not 'repro'.....they are made by kashimax so are actual kashi seats just not old school.

Repro means reproduction.......these are not reproductions.
 

 

[Dan73]

Thanks for the answers. Great stuff. I'll get the saddle ordered and wait for a decent priced red mx1000 rear to come up! Thanks again.
Dan

[matsoki]

Whats wrong with the DC stuff from Porkchop?

http://www.porkchopbmx.com/

[brass monkey!]

The kashi saddles are not 'repro'.....they are made by kashimax so are actual kashi seats just not old school.

Repro means reproduction.......these are not reproductions.
 

exactly Rob,

guys,....the word is Re-Issue 

[MartyC]

The kashi saddles are not 'repro'.....they are made by kashimax so are actual kashi seats just not old school.

Repro means reproduction.......these are not reproductions.
 

exactly Rob,

guys,....the word is Re-Issue  

Well it would be if they had ever stopped making them  

The Aero has always been available in black in both plastic and leather as they underpin Kashimax range of Keiren NJS Approved Track racing saddles .

The Dia Compe stuff is hardly reproduction as it's now made in Taiwan and from the looks of them using Formos manufacturing kit; looks good from a distance but useless in operation, lacks detail and quality  .