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Skratchski
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1984 Curtis Pro Restoration
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May 14, 2014, 11:06 AM »
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.
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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.
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BMX1973
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Berm Worm
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May 14, 2014, 05:36 PM »
Very nice build.
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john4130
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May 14, 2014, 05:39 PM »
top job on that.
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Retrodan72
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May 14, 2014, 06:03 PM »
Top resto thread mate, and great story too.
Nice looking bike.
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Skratchski
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May 14, 2014, 06:32 PM »
cheers lads, ive really enjoyed doing it up.
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Badbaldie
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May 14, 2014, 06:56 PM »
very nice build
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Gizmo
Rockwalk
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May 14, 2014, 11:01 PM »
Come up nice that has
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hokuspokus74
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May 15, 2014, 01:32 AM »
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
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Skratchski
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May 15, 2014, 02:28 AM »
thanks again guys. Graham, that stem cost me 25 quid in 84. a weeks YTS wage. lol
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hokuspokus74
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May 15, 2014, 02:36 AM »
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?
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bigfatolly
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May 16, 2014, 05:44 PM »
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......
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markyp
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May 16, 2014, 06:01 PM »
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
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monkian
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Re: 1984 Curtis Pro Restoration
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May 16, 2014, 06:26 PM »
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
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Skratchski
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May 17, 2014, 10:19 AM »
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.
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snoopy72
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May 17, 2014, 11:26 AM »
Hub came out really nice, how did you get the clear red effect ?
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Skratchski
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May 17, 2014, 11:31 AM »
here you go snoopy, twas this stuff.
http://www.caswelleurope.co.uk/Paints_Coatings/duplicolor_metalcast_anodized_co.htm
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childhooddream
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May 17, 2014, 11:44 AM »
Wow great job on that
Those rims look ace now mate
Top build
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Skratchski
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May 18, 2014, 10:48 AM »
Cheers Russ, yeah they came up very well, thanks for selling em to me.
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hokuspokus74
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May 19, 2014, 09:23 AM »
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
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