83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans

[Nosnod]

83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose (US versions) Test scans from BMX Action Sept 1983

[kdw712]

top info

cheers for putting those on   

interesting that expert and cali are shown as same trimoly frame ....

mongoose - never make things simple do they 

[Preston Pirate]

Awesome!!

Must get my finger out and build my cali!

Thanks for posting that, all useful info

[theRuler]

my 84 expert has stickers on it that say "all chromoly"
the sticker on the seattube that says "expert" also says "mongoose all chromoly"

[jimwise68]

So any of you guys who have Californians and are not of the age range between 11 - 15 had better get rid of them! 

[theRuler]

lol

i refer you to this mongoose californian rider, age 30

http://www.30cms.co.uk/30cms/uk/bmx/ss2004/gaps/mikevid3.mpg

bet the mongoose marketing people didnt think they would be used for this 20 years later.

more low qual cellphone vids from the same weekend here:

http://www.smoothasanut.co.uk/gapgal.htm

[steve]

i always thought the mini used different forks
-not true then?

-i have the sr stem, similar bars
-i wonder what the chrome is like on the mini I have, as i have forks from another frame
-plus 1.3/8th arayas -in silver -better get the drill out
 

[thesku11s]

"the clamping area on the bars is knurled to give more gription" - LOL old school

[jimmyp]

Would'nt it be great if they could make them all again

[theRuler]

"the clamping area on the bars is knurled to give more gription"

lol squared

[AtariAger]

Does anybody have one of those seats for sale...?

I could use one or two of them...

 

[Mikku]

Apologies for the 10-year thread resurrection (is that a record?!?), but my question ties in with this thread, I thought I'd keep it all together for ease of reference.

From what I've read here and elsewhere, the first of the Taiwanese-made Californian frames were tri-moly (as per that test table) but later on ('85-ish) became full chromoly. My question relates to the pre-Taiwanese Californians that were made in the US in '82/'83 while they were getting setup for production at the Merida factory in Taiwan. Does anyone know whether those US-made framesets were chromoly or tri-moly? I'm guessing the latter, as the Californian was a budget racer, but anyone got any thoughts?