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Offline Spartacus

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My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« on: December 21, 2012, 10:38 PM »
Thank you for clicking on my thread fellas.
Sharing the resto history on this 1985 Vector Mark II   ^"^

The score



While stripping the frame I mentioned a weird weld on the downtube





The weld resto on downtube after some attention


Frame and forks ready to be sandblasted



Decals ordered from Usa


Primer painting when I visited the painter




I wanted a red one ! Yes !



Result after the assembly with some nos/mint parts.

1985 Vector Mark II third gen.











Frame: Vector Mark 2 frame
Forks:  Vector Mark 2 forks
Handlebars: Vector pro 8 inchers
Headset: Chrome Epoch Mori
Padset: Repro Vector padset
Grips: Ame Unitrons
Stem: Built in bars
Seatpost: Some chrome seatpost
Seat: Black Kashimax Aero seat
Seatclamp: Dia Compe MX hinged  
Crank: Redline Full Wrap 180 mm Flight cranks
Chainring:  44T Sugino
Chaindisc: Tuf Neck
Pedals: KKT Lightning
Chain: Izumi black/silver
Rearbrake: Dia Compe Mx 1000
Brakelever: Dia Compe MX Tech III red
Brake cable: Terrycable
Brakeblocks: Skyway pro/finns
Rims:  Araya 7x rims with Sunshine hubs
Tyres: Irc  20 x 1.75 & 20 x 2.125

Special thanks to Mattdub for selling me the handlebars and finding me a cheap way to get them shipped over the North.

 :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

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Offline sawzall

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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 10:41 PM »
stunning :daumenhoch: and a great bit of resto :daumenhoch:
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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 10:46 PM »
Well that my friend is A STUNNER, well done top restro  :smitten:
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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2012, 10:49 PM »
Beautiful.  :smitten:
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2012, 10:53 PM »
stunning :smitten:
lovely job,i would hope to own something like that one day
awesome
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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2012, 11:02 PM »
You don't half turn out some nice bikes  :coolsmiley:

Another quality build  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2012, 11:02 PM »
man, that is lush...

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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2012, 11:13 PM »
Awesome resto. The finished result looks amazing.  :smitten:
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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2012, 11:14 PM »
Great resto and I love it in red very nice indeed  :4_17_5:

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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2012, 11:19 PM »
WOW! I'm really liking that  :4_17_5:

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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2012, 11:21 PM »
Like that

great Job  :daumenhoch:

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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2012, 11:25 PM »
 :daumenhoch: love it :)
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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2012, 11:58 PM »
great resto , luverly build   :4_17_5: thanks for sharing  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2012, 12:02 AM »
 :4_17_5: :4_17_5:

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« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2012, 12:12 AM »
That's awesome .. Great work .  :4_17_5:

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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2012, 12:14 AM »
you didn't use the seat then  ???


top work  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2012, 12:22 AM »
Gorgeous bike,brilliant resto work :daumenhoch:

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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2012, 12:29 AM »
A foooooooooooooooooooooooookin mazing  :shocked:

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I might actually build a bike this year instead of just hoarding parts :)

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« Reply #18 on: December 22, 2012, 01:34 AM »
love it, quality build and great to see pics from pickup to resto to finished build  :daumenhoch:


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« Reply #19 on: December 22, 2012, 01:58 AM »

Very nice Khaled  :4_17_5: , it was a pleasure dealing with you too mate  ;) .


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« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2012, 06:14 AM »
Completely awesome  :4_17_5:

Love this sort of restoration. Colour and parts combo is perfect. Well done  :smitten:
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« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2012, 08:22 AM »
Absolutely beautiful. Good thread with fantastic end result  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2012, 08:58 AM »
another stunning build :shocked: :smitten: :smitten:

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Re: My red Vector was blue in a former life. Must see !!
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2012, 09:02 AM »
Khaled,

THAT IS AMAZING MY FRIEND.

Love it.  :smitten:

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« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2012, 10:09 AM »
Loverly bit of work that  :daumenhoch:

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