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Offline hunterdubber

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Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« on: March 19, 2014, 08:17 PM »
I have a PK4 (1981 ?) serial PK Ripper  which I initially thought someone had clear laquered a ball burnished one BITD ,, but it turns out its actually chrome plated .
Incidentelly this is a total survivor with non shadow rub on like decals .

I have seen chrome 1984Quadangle before but not Rippers.  ???

Anyone know of others ? :)

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2014, 08:40 PM »
never heard of chrome rippers before :shocked: got a picture  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2014, 08:42 PM »
never heard of chrome rippers before :shocked: got a picture  :daumenhoch:

I'd love 2 c this 2 buddy  ;)

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2014, 08:47 PM »
Thai copy sadly, there was also a Mexican copy I believe too. Think Sean Ewing has the prototype copy "if there is such a thing".  I'll try and find it.
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2014, 09:17 PM »



Sent from SE HQ
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2014, 09:19 PM »


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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2014, 09:44 PM »
Frikkin hell who welded that up a blind man with the shakes  :shocked: Not the best I have seen  :2funny: 

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2014, 09:56 PM »
Not great eh Steve.

Interested to see yours Chris  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2014, 10:01 PM »
No nothing like that Ash  :LolLolLolLol:, whats that brake bridge and welding about  :crazy2:

it's the  exactly the same as my other 3 ,,,genuine SE

I just  think he had gone to the trouble of re finishing it  back then  8)
 
I'm going to ask the original owner , think it was from  Vikings BMX in Manchester ? :)
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2014, 10:07 PM »
Get some pics up Christian  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2014, 10:11 PM »



More like this one ?
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2014, 10:14 PM »
Can aluminium actually be chrome plated ? I always thought it couldn't be.
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2014, 10:19 PM »
Of course ,,,,,,Chrome Araya 7X ,,,Hutch stems ,,,

But it always pits and bubbles  :crazy2: eventually


Just like this frame  :-\

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2014, 10:19 PM »
Yes it can I've a chrome tuf neck stem which is og and it's chromed

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2014, 10:22 PM »
Interested in seeing photos of this. I never knew there was a copy out there...
Should have known I suppose. Almost everything has been copied at some stage

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2014, 10:23 PM »
Of course ,,,,,,Chrome Araya 7X ,,,Hutch stems ,,,

But it always pits and bubbles  :crazy2: eventually


Just like this frame  :-\

Yeah that's what I kind of thought with the bubbling etc,  SE didn't do it anyway.
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2014, 10:26 PM »
That last bike pic looks to have  a snidely gusset and thinner seat and chain stays ,, just going off the pic  .

I've no doubt of the the integrity of authenticity of this frame ,, just the history of finish.  :)

So if there wasn't any limited number of Rippers in chrome ,, what about the Chrome (Reynolds) Quadangle JT on here used to have ,, was that not factory finish ?  ???

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2014, 10:29 PM »
Interested in seeing photos of this. I never knew there was a copy out there...
Should have known I suppose. Almost everything has been copied at some stage


All the pics on this page are copies   :)

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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2014, 10:34 PM »
That last bike pic looks to have  a snidely gusset and thinner seat and chain stays ,, just going off the pic  .

I've no doubt of the the integrity of authenticity of this frame ,, just the history of finish.  :)

So if there wasn't any limited number of Rippers in chrome ,, what about the Chrome (Reynolds) Quadangle JT on here used to have ,, was that not factory finish ?  ???

They chromed some Looptail Quads too  which would have been up to 82, chrome Basher Looptail, Haulers.
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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2014, 10:36 PM »
The chrome moly Bikes then ? :coolsmiley:

Any pics of those Ashy  :)


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Re: Did SE make CHROME finish Looptail Rippers
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2014, 07:43 AM »
I'll see what I can dig out pal
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