Author Topic: 1983 JMC LONG STANDARD (Read 3371 times)

shearer27 · « **on:** March 25, 2014, 11:34 AM »

So finally I have got round to giving my original race bike a little TLC. It's a JMC Long Standard which was originally shipped to Hotwheels in Bournemouth in February 1983 and raced by myself earning me the number 14 UKBMX ranking in the 83/84 season. It was hung up in my parents garage for around 25 years before I finally got round to stripping it down and rebuilding it to it's former glory this month.

I wanted to keep as many of the original parts as I could and not just go down the NOS route! I wanted the bike to be as close to how I remember riding it all those years ago! NOS parts just wouldn't have felt right - no connection with the past if you know what I mean.

The original colour from the factory was Candy blue with white forks. The finish had to be perfect so after reading many of the threads praising the work of Superbike Dan I had the frame and forks powdered by PWSFinishing - fantastic job guys. I rebuilt the Mavic TTM4 rims and Shimano hubs re-lacing the wheels with new spokes. The Campagnolo Strada cranks were polished as were the Robinson bars and the other parts given the same treatment and rebuilt back onto the frame. The MX brake was the only part that needing respraying by myself.

The only NOS parts were the Amé grips, repro pad set, plate, pedals and decals. The inner-tubes are still the originals from 1985/6!

I won't bore you any longer so I'll let the pictures do the talking… first of which is one of me racing the bike BITD (gate 2).

(Finally, thanks go to Matt Farrow for BB and headset installation).

kdw712 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2014, 01:03 PM »

very nice restro'
love the history as well

In2bmx · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2014, 01:24 PM »

Very nice indeed

and a great story

fischflo · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2014, 01:24 PM »

i can't imagine another bike that manages to turn the hammerhead into a beauty mark

awesome

Andy68 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2014, 07:11 PM »

Fantastic bud!!! History with it makes this a special build.

Show us a full on side pic too....

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2014, 07:37 PM »

Excellent stuff mate, great build and story to accompany it.

region11 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2014, 08:18 PM »

Looking great

rad_pitt · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:24 PM »

Fooking awesome

AKGOFF · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:29 PM »

That's a killer bike, JMCs are pure race heaven, can't believe mine is going tomorrow.

The pic is ace too, the poor guy on the Burner must have felt a right tit lining up next to a Hutch, JMC & Torker.

Jaan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:42 PM »

Love your build, those bladed forks have to be my favourite

wildon · « **Reply #10 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:48 PM »

Looks great. The og pic is cool

hunterdubber · « **Reply #11 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:50 PM »

Stunning frame and forks

Always stoked to see people's BITD bikes dragged out of storage and given some time , effort and love . Then shown to us ,, for all to appreciate

glenboy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:17 PM »

as above great bike loving the white forks on that frame , very very nice 👍

shearer27 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 26, 2014, 09:19 AM »

Thanks for all of your kind comments - makes it all worthwhile. Andy68 here's a side view for you plus one other:

Andy68 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 26, 2014, 09:49 AM »

Oh boy!!!! How fast does that look?!!!! Best thing I've seen for ages, nice one bud, thanks.

markyp · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2014, 05:22 PM »

neat as fark

Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2014, 05:38 PM »

Lovely looking bike and good story. Thanks for the share

Quote from: AKGOFF on March 25, 2014, 09:29 PM

the poor guy on the Burner must have felt a right tit lining up next to a Hutch, JMC & Torker.

The guy on the Burner won the race

superbikedan · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2014, 08:32 PM »

That's turned out absolutely lovely Cy, was great to have been part of your restoration mate

DY85262 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2014, 08:50 PM »

Absolutely one of a kind.

In a restoration world where its difficult to get differentiation this just stands alone.

"Fantastic"

insectbones · « **Reply #19 on:** March 27, 2014, 10:15 AM »

Ace work there mate

Nice that its your bike from bitd too

shearer27 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2014, 10:30 AM »

Cheers guys - and FYI there will be another resto to come but it might take more time (and money!!). It's another of my race bikes from BITD and it's even older!!

steve69 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2014, 06:44 AM »

It's great to be able to resurrect your old race steed and you've done a great job

Look forward the seeing the next one.

p.s. I have a spare set of Suntour XC2's if you want to restore and get them on. LMK

Mikku · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2014, 01:34 AM »

+1 on everything said above plus I bought my '83 Trident from Hotwheels at the same time, so reading this also gave me a little trip down memory lane!

Looking forward to seeing the next build!!

CustardLips · « **Reply #23 on:** April 02, 2014, 12:37 AM »

Fookin awesome bike.

ammacopij72 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 02, 2014, 04:15 PM »

Love it!

Author Topic: 1983 JMC LONG STANDARD (Read 3371 times)

In2bmx