come on which radster got the changa off ebay then

[Retrodan72]

Shouldn't worry about it, rad man brought bars for £200 sold em for £1300, brought forks for £50 sold em for £500, high end parts are always worth money to the right collectors.

It is a shame that some people buy just to move on at profit or think of it as a business.

It just kills the passion for me for what it really means to me. I'm glad I'm pulling the plug 

Let's not turn this in to a f******g thread, I've met Ali a few times, it's not about the money with him.

I'm merely saying that rare, exotic, more specialist stuff will only get a handful of hardcore collectors that can afford this type of stuff. I love my bikes, but on my salary can only justify buying stuff I can afford, but I know that I could safely sell on most of my stuff within a few days, if I needed to.

[Gnarlyscoots]

Sometimes Dan, you read too much into the written word mate. No one is turning this into anything 

[Badbaldie]

I agree with Terry , it is sad some people buy only to sell on for inflated prices. it deffinately spoils the spirit of old school bmx , and as Peet says there is always someone someware who will pay big money for the right part. Im with Dan , ive met Jono a on several occassions and hes a top bloke, new to old school bmx and loves it . He landed a great score on the VDC frame and forks.he  had to let go of something he wanted to keep to bag the matching bars. 

People will come and people will go , and for many different reasons. but lets try and keep threads posative and happy. 

[QUADROPHENIA]

Lee was never ever in it for the quick make a profit, his collection was one of the best, it's just when he sold up people started offering him big money for stuff, the collector scene had moved on massively from when he started collecting and the prices he paid is what the going rate was. I know a rather large rounded Chumlee like fellow on here who has two changa's and he paid even less for his. Stuff goes up and down in price every week. So weeks we are lucky next not so. Tbh if you want something buy it, for yourself not for others, if it's expensive or cheap it's our choice
   

[That Swan Guy]

When's the group hug?

[Jaan]

Can't we have the topic of people making money selling stuff as a sticky so we can refer to that (never) rather than reading it over and over again?

[Retrodan72]

When's the group bumming session?

[That Swan Guy]

When's the group bumming session?

 

[Jono]

yep was me tbh it was a cheeky bid of 700 with 3 days to go jumped immediately to 670 so forgot about it thinking it would go for big money and jumped on a deal for a pink vincent not thinking for a second id win changa but no one bid so tbh left myself short lol and i buy what i like not for investment im pretty sure there are far safer ways of making money lol for me personally its all about the meets hope to meet more of you in the future and will post photos when its finished [and they won't be in the for sale section]  thanks dan, andy, and lenny

[steve69]

yep was me tbh it was a cheeky bid of 700 with 3 days to go jumped immediately to 670 so forgot about it thinking it would go for big money and jumped on a deal for a pink vincent not thinking for a second id win changa but no one bid so tbh left myself short lol and i buy what i like not for investment im pretty sure there are far safer ways of making money lol for me personally its all about the meets hope to meet more of you in the future and will post photos when its finished [and they won't be in the for sale section]  thanks dan, andy, and lenny

Good for you Jono,

Fire me over your frame number when it comes and I'll get you on the register 

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Thread resurrection! As you all now know, Jono won this frameset on ebay, but something else he wanted came up at the same time. As he was concentrating on his freestylers, he sold the Changa to Terry (Wildon). A few months later, Terry decided to move it on. I bought the frameset from Terry in May last year. It needed some work to tidy up the dropouts, fill some pitting to the tubing, but the main job was repairing some pretty major pitting to the seat tube just above the bottom bracket. I'll do a full resto thread once it's all done, but here's a few photos...

The frame/forks when they arrived



Bad pitting to the seat tube



chrome stripped, and ready to be sent to Voris Dixon in Arizona to replace the seat tube



seat tube out





new seat tube fitted



frame is now back from a local welder, who did a fantastic job in tidying up the dropouts, building up the rear cable guide that had been partially filed away, and repairing some areas of pitting the top and downtubes





Next step. Off to the chromers. Full resto thread will follow in due course

[Jono]

Looking great andy glad it went to someone willing to do the hard work I just put a sticker over it lol well done mate looking forward to seeing it finished

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Thanks Jono. Absolutely chuffed to finally get it, and the extra work in getting it sorted has only made it more enjoyable. It was a great feeling to get it repaired by the man/company that made it 30 years ago. I have the emails and invoice from Voris, which i'll post up once the full restoration has been complted and the bike built 

[Retrodan72]

Thanks Jono. Absolutely chuffed to finally get it, and the extra work in getting it sorted has only made it more enjoyable. It was a great feeling to get it repaired by the man/company that made it 30 years ago. I have the emails and invoice from Voris, which i'll post up once the full restoration has been complted and the bike built 

Brilliant Andy, your grail that's been handled personally by its creator.

I'm chuffed for you too mate.

[BMX1973]

Great work there.  Will be good to see built up. 

[chubby]

That's great Andy, top marks for getting it done properly by the man that made it in the first place.  I really like the oddness of these vdc things but will never be able to afford one 

[Jono]

That's great Andy, top marks for getting it done properly by the man that made it in the first place.  I really like the oddness of these vdc things but will never be able to afford one 

Course you will thirty seconds after you pm with the "I'm selling the mk2 vinny Jono" messsge

[chubby]

That's great Andy, top marks for getting it done properly by the man that made it in the first place.  I really like the oddness of these vdc things but will never be able to afford one 

Course you will thirty seconds after you pm with the "I'm selling the mk2 vinny Jono" messsge

  
I know what I'd rather have Ali 

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Like your style Jono! 

[ED209]

theres still some passion left 

[CustardLips]

Very nice Andy... looking forward to your in depth resto thread. 

[fischflo]

wow that's the way to do it...

[Mikku]

Wow! Thread and frame resurrection in one! One of my dream bikes bitd - can't wait to see this built-up!

[popedante]

great to see someone going to all the trouble of doing things the right way , i wouldnt have the patience to ship it off to voris to get a new seat tube , fair play to you !

cheeky question , what did he charge you for the repair ?


im a bit like jono  "put a sticker over it" 

[factory pilot]

It's got to be a real contender for bike of the year when fully restored and built up all shiny and new !!

It's such a light frame too... Such a shame you remembered at the last minute about it and those bullseye cranks you nearly left at mine on Saturday !   

I love your total dedication to perfection dude ...