1984 Curtis Pro Restoration

[Skratchski]

Ok, after thirty years i have done her up for her birthday. Guess its a restoviver as only part restored. This is my OG bike from BITD, I spent so much time on it the chrome has worn off the crank slightly where my shoes rubbed against it! lol, bin under the stairs cos i never wanted to sell it, too much hard graft to buy it ( I had a burner which i kept buying good parts for then eventually bought the curtis and stuck all the good bits on) and too much sentiment involved. I have only 2 pictures of it BITD when it had CW pro bars, an SR stem, and MKS pedals pre what it ended up with, but i have no scanner to upload em to the net,

started out with this



bit of frame polishing



took the file to the DX to rid the dings.



next the wheels, started with hubs, after much head scratching and net searching i found the paint to use, later confirmed by an old post on here where someone had already used it.
dupli color metal cast.

before



during





and after, managed to save some of the original paint and blended it into the new.



As for the rims, i used to have spencer rims on it, mangled one, bought an araya 7X but never bought another.

So bought these off Russ (Childhood Dream) so after all these years id finally have 2!!



After caustic soda and much hand sanding/polishing



Then after cleaning every other nut, bolt washer etc, and stipping and polishing my hutch stem, sorry no pics before but to say the least it was a mess (peeling chrome etc) i ended up with this, missing the fork and seat tube decals as they wore off years ago. Some of you are going to slate me for the non period correct rotor, but i always wanted one on it (they came out just as i was quitting) and until i can find or afford a correct period one its staying on.

Thanks to Martin 46 for persuading me not to re chrome it and keep it OG even though its pitted in places and therefore saving me a load of cash! Russ (childhood) for the rims and Andy (rooski) for the nos front dia compe blocks. Oh and THIS FORUM for being a goldmine of good chaps and info.

List

1984 Curtis Pro Serial No PRO 584 60
GT Performer bars
Re pop ame tri (my og bubble fonts ends are destroyed)
Hutch deep h stem (potts modded)
Tange headset
Takagi OPC
Tuffneck 43t chainring
Tuffneck Disc
Tuffneck Bolts
New KMC chain
Shimano Dx pedals
Mx1000 brakes
Tech 3 levers
Renthal seat post
Tuffneck seat clamp
Kashimax saddle
Sr  large flange hubs
Araya 7X rims
Suntour Chrome Freewheel 16t
New spokes
Re Pop comp 3`s (saved the OG tyres)
my OG Dice caps.

Everything original unless mentioned, hope you like it.

[BMX1973]

Very nice build. 

[john4130]

top job on that. 

[Retrodan72]

Top resto thread mate, and great story too.

Nice looking bike. 

[Skratchski]

cheers lads, ive really enjoyed doing it up.

[Badbaldie]

very nice build 

[Gizmo]

Come up nice that has 

[hokuspokus74]

Very rad rest job on it  must get one in the future and try my doing it up....as for the stem fook i been wanting one for ages but might get one made would need the dimensions of it

[Skratchski]

thanks again guys. Graham, that stem cost me 25 quid in 84. a weeks YTS wage. lol

[hokuspokus74]

LOL £25 what a steal  god wish i had kept all my old parts from back in the days,you get my pm about the hubs?

[bigfatolly]

Looks great,you have done a fantastic job,don't think the rotor looks wrong on it either,everyone had a hotchpotch of parts on back in the day......

[markyp]

lovely resto,great that its your bike from bitd,only one bad point,please lose those bars,they don't do it justice,even a set of cw's would look better,just my opinion though

[monkian]

Great work fella
Cracking job on the wheels. What paint was it for the hubs?
Peds look pretty decent as well!!

Just found the paint used above....
That'll teach me to read the thread first before posting

[Skratchski]

Thanks again lads for the good comments.
Marky i love them bars!!! they were way better for jumping over than the cws i had on.

[snoopy72]

Hub came out really nice,  how did you get the clear red effect ?

[Skratchski]

here you go snoopy, twas this stuff.

http://www.caswelleurope.co.uk/Paints_Coatings/duplicolor_metalcast_anodized_co.htm

[childhooddream]

Wow great job on that

Those rims look ace now mate

Top build 

[Skratchski]

Cheers Russ, yeah they came up very well, thanks for selling em to me.

[hokuspokus74]

Hey Skratchski i know what ya mean with the bars,i couldnt use the cw;s to jump much but with gt bars or good v bars etc i could do pretty much anything but cw's were just awkward for doing alot of stuff that i put bikes through lol R.I.P my good old bikes bitd  .....top job on the bike  in for botm