Author Topic: My Grail Build (MT Racing) with Awesome Sawzall Content !!! (Read 6985 times)

Macmania · « **on:** March 11, 2013, 01:13 PM »

Well it's taken me four years of searching but last year I finally scored my Holy Grail - 1983 MT Racing Aeropro. I know of only one other that's located in Oz.

I did a deal on the bike in May 2012 (with the original owner

) and imported the bike complete from Ireland. There was one major issue though...............the forks had been broken bitd and had gone missing

This left me with a dilema $:-\$ do I search for a matching pair (impossible), stick some generic Akisu forks on or do I go down the bespoke route ?

After much deliberation I decided to contact Phil (Sawzall) and asked if he could work his magic if I found a suitable pair of donor forks and furnish him with all of the correct measurements etc. To my surprise Phil said "no problem"

I finally managed to source a suitable pair of bladed forks from the US and then set them up on a frame complete with rim and tyre so that I could gauge the correct measurements. They were then stripped of their chrome before being sent to Phil.
After a couple of months and a fair few pm's the forks arrived back and were then sent with the handlebars and crank down to Hockley for a re-chrome.

Here's the story in pictures

How the bike looked just before it was shipped -

Here' a few pics of the bladed Akisu donor forks -

These are the pics that Phil worked from -

Pics of Phil's awesome work

Couple of magazine ads from bitd -

And one in action -

Now finally finished

(sorry for the crappy indoor pics)

Fully 4130 Chromoly Frame and Forks. 19.5" Top Tube.

And here's one of the collection so far -

Massive thanks to Phil who has done an amazing job

Thanks to Joff for painting the Stem and Seat Clamp

Also, thanks to Del for the fork decals

Cheers
Nath

pickle · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:17 PM »

that's cracking! awesome work on both your parts

crazycraig · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:17 PM »

Best build and restore I've seen in a long time . Contender for a winner of boty

Well done to all involved

In2 bmx · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:19 PM »

Stunning

great work as always Nath

diesel · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:22 PM »

WOW.... great stuff

brummie · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:22 PM »

Quote from: CRAZYPAVING on March 11, 2013, 01:17 PM

Best build and restore I've seen in a long time . Contender for a winner of boty

Well done to all involved

x2 thats ace nath
well done mate x

deeman · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:23 PM »

WOW!An amazing and rare beast.The forks are off the chain.Top work all involved.As said BOTM contender

stevesredvxr · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:29 PM »

Awesome Nath.

Bike of the month for sure this month....no point entering mine so will hold off fitting the chain till next month instead !!

Your best so far me thinks??

Steve

Julian347 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:40 PM »

Excellent job all round

Andy68 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:43 PM »

Fook me, awesome job..... both of ya!!!

glenboy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2013, 01:54 PM »

loving the forks on that and a great collection nath and brilliantly set out as well

Peter J · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2013, 02:03 PM »

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom

Thats afooooooookinmazing

Macmania · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2013, 02:09 PM »

Quote from: stevesredvxr on March 11, 2013, 01:29 PM

Awesome Nath.

Bike of the month for sure this month....no point entering mine so will hold off fitting the chain till next month instead !!

Your best so far me thinks??

Steve

Cheers Steve

One thing is for sure, it's certainly required the most amount of thought and time.

Thanks for the comments guys

Mattdub · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2013, 02:17 PM »

Great work from both you & phil , really good detail

.

I see variations in the hub colour & that the powerdisc was mounted in front of the chainring , quite typical of bike companies bitd & that sometimes things that hit the shops were'nt always exactly as the ads or as tested

Macmania · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2013, 02:26 PM »

Quote from: Mattdub on March 11, 2013, 02:17 PM

Great work from both you & phil , really good detail .

I see variations in the hub colour & that the powerdisc was mounted in front of the chainring , quite typical of bike companies bitd & that sometimes things that hit the shops were'nt always exactly as the ads or as tested

Well spotted

This particular bike came with the powerdisc mounted behind the chainring and the black Kuen Teng alloy hubs are also original - basically the same as the bike being give some air by the BMX Plus Test Pilot

Badbaldie · « **Reply #15 on:** March 11, 2013, 02:58 PM »

awsum thread , great work guys

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2013, 03:31 PM »

Wow that is some great work there and great to see that the extra mile up hill has been taken here in the build !
Top job by you to get a rare bike and bring it back to life with some hard work and time

The man has done it again with the forks

it's like the kid can do magic blindfolded

Great line up - some sunny day you will have to get that shot with them all in the sun just shinning away
Top work there

Cheers B

sawzall · « **Reply #17 on:** March 11, 2013, 05:52 PM »

wow nath that looks stunning,as usual you have built another great bike

with fantastic finish and detail, your collection is a credit to you

midschooljon · « **Reply #18 on:** March 11, 2013, 06:16 PM »

Amazing build right there.

You have a proper nice man cave as well!

martin46 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 11, 2013, 06:33 PM »

Fantastic resto job! Top skills

griff · « **Reply #20 on:** March 11, 2013, 06:40 PM »

Brilliant

Great work Nath & Phil

Jaan · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2013, 06:54 PM »

Great thread, always enjoy reading about something someone is into

Very nice build

GavinDavis · « **Reply #22 on:** March 11, 2013, 06:57 PM »

Absolutely gorgeous build! And the fork work from sawzall is a work of art!

Gary72 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 11, 2013, 07:08 PM »

Both of you.

animal · « **Reply #24 on:** March 11, 2013, 07:08 PM »

Beautiful build fella

Good skills Phil

Author Topic: My Grail Build (MT Racing) with Awesome Sawzall Content !!! (Read 6985 times)

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