1990 dirtbike

[thecaptain]

nearly done with a bit of tinkering yet to do

question is, black MCS forks or era correct cooks made S&M forks?


1990 S&M dirtbike
MCS forks, Gorilla headlock
MK1 slams, extended by AMINAL, cheers boss!
S&M padset
GT sr mallet
GT A'me grips
Gen 3 profile cranks
Pro neck sprocket
Shimano dx pedals
GT post, Odyssey cobra seat, peregrine clamp
Peregrine super pro/araya 48's
Comp 3 green/blue label
peregrine brake, bullgod lever

[neil]

 

[Dannywhac]

I like the black MCS's Tom - change from the normal bedecked S&M one's you normally see (not that there's owt wrong with that).  

[fugazi]

What He said 

[SaMAlex]

Nice one, that looks great.

Why not put the S&M forks on .... jump one curb ... and then swap them for the MCS forks cos the S&M ones will be bent  

[webbie]

I like that alot s&m forks for me 

[midschooljon]

Lovely build, and if you have the S&M forks use them.  To me it just looks like you couldnt find a matching set of S&M's with those black ones on.

[Mdbh]

S&m forks all the way fella nice build that!!

[dordymush]

i kinda like the black un's.
lovely bike though either way tom  

i could do with pinching your handle bar pad   

[Betty]

Nice   

Stick the S&M forks on if you're not gonna use it much 

[hunterdubber]

Really like that Tom 


 

When it for sale 

[Dannywhac]

I sort of *and rant mode engaged* really don't get the 'make the bike match' thing, that bike is lovely for the fact that there's not Redlline single pinchers on there, there's a Peregrine brake rather than a Boa, mallet instead of a Redneck/TNT, MCS forks rather than the uberly priced S&M's, 7X's instead of HP-48's and a Bulldog lever instead of a '77.

Sums up the old 'if it works, bang it on' mid-school more for me than the era correct/must be all from one manufacturer sort of builds we do see a lot of (and again, not that that's a bad thing). Apologies for ranting again 

Lovely build Tom 

[midschooljon]

I sort of *and rant mode engaged* really don't get the 'make the bike match' thing, that bike is lovely for the fact that there's not Redlline single pinchers on there, there's a Peregrine brake rather than a Boa, mallet instead of a Redneck/TNT, MCS forks rather than the uberly priced S&M's, 7X's instead of HP-48's and a Bulldog lever instead of a '77.

Sums up the old 'if it works, bang it on' mid-school more for me than the era correct/must be all from one manufacturer sort of builds we do see a lot of (and again, not that that's a bad thing). Apologies for ranting again  

Lovely build Tom  

No one said "make the bike match"... He asked which forks and thats all that was being discussed. Not sure why you brought all the rest into it as everyone agreed it looked great.  

[dordymush]

moaning old fooker  .
oh and have you gave ya mate a kick in the nuts for me yet 

[Dannywhac]

I know, I know - I'm in a moany mood  I sort of brought up the rest to justify me saying the MCS's are corkin' rather than the usual forks you'd see on an early Dirt Bike (and I'm guilty of that - not that it's wrong), and also love the 'patch-work' look that you got on bikes from that period when you were out riding, which again makes me love Toms build on this one. Even though I built this, Tom's looks more mid school than my Holmes:



Which to me, looks a bit more 'generic' nowadays  So not having a pop or owt

@ the Dordmeister - I've badgered that mo-fo daily - I'm off round to have a word 

[fugazi]

You've got a point I think. Toms bike looks 'right' & era correct to Me, a bit of everything!   nobody back then had matching parts to any huge extent, sponsored riders included. Everybody just used stuff that worked, I always think the same thing when I see old school rides done like it as well.

[midschooljon]

This is one of my favourite builds on Rad. Ive looked at it so many times but it never gets old. Timeless S&M build. 

[dordymush]

agree with above.
top bike that is.

i think what happens is like with the old school bikes.bits go on them now that we couldn't afford back then.
i know i couldn't afford redline flites or profiles so its a treat to fit em nowadays.
my next builds got a opc 

[thecaptain]

cheers for all the sweet comments guys, I had a go at putting the chrome cooks made forks on but made it look kinda plain, think im going to stick with the black MCS ones
I guess my building style the same as what I used to do myself, whatever worked was used, always liked to differenciate from the norm anyway

not for sale anytime soon but not feeling chrome bikes as much anymore so would definately like to swap for an og paint early S&M if there are any floating about out there