Author Topic: UPDATE Friday night fun purchase /2 (Read 2879 times)

pennyup · « **on:** September 23, 2016, 07:58 PM »

Been trying for months to pluck this up

Finally got it after 7 months of waiting they decided to sell it me my local bike shop

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Retrodan72 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2016, 08:00 PM »

What a great score mate, what's your plans with it?

It looks a great survivor.

pennyup · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2016, 08:02 PM »

A good clean up for now i reckon then see where we go from there

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2016, 08:04 PM »

I forgot to ask about the bag

factory pilot · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2016, 08:07 PM »

Top work mate ... Great survivor ..some nice parts on that baby

thebigdog · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2016, 08:15 PM »

That is wicked!

Pedals in the bag?

pennyup · « **Reply #6 on:** September 23, 2016, 08:57 PM »

Yes pedals in the bag a pair of shimano dx,s

Any good ideas for the resto not shure wich way to go forward with this

pennyup · « **Reply #7 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:03 PM »

Ass you can see it has a rear mx diacomp calliper

Alloy but its like it has a chrome coting over it can this be stripped so it can be polished up nice because its flaking a bit
Its not like anodised more like chrome has any of you guys come across this and actually refurbed one

pennyup · « **Reply #8 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:06 PM »

Ho and the front calliper is a mx meteor lite did they come with these on

chubby · « **Reply #9 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:17 PM »

Cracking score bud, bet it'll clean up real nice too

thebigdog · « **Reply #10 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:32 PM »

I wouldnt do a lot to it, strip down ,rebuild & grease up.

Nice survivor all day long, doenst look like it needs a lot ? ... grips, new chain ring, may be a chain.

I wouldnt even clean it but thats just me.... id leave the caliper with pitting chrome 'patina' .

They were f&f sets so where all built different , yeah the front caliper aint great but who cares...in time stick a d/c one if you really want to.

pennyup · « **Reply #11 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:49 PM »

Yes gona put a dc on the front look has it i have one

Yes got some new tyres and grips and got a pro neck chain ring for it and new cables all nos survivor clean parts then see how it goes from there wether to mint it right up

In2bmx · « **Reply #12 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:50 PM »

nice one

insectbones · « **Reply #13 on:** September 24, 2016, 07:23 AM »

Great find

I wouldn't go too mad on restoring it, it's a lovely survivor as it is

factory pilot · « **Reply #14 on:** September 24, 2016, 08:16 AM »

It's always really tempting to clean these survivors up but never 'throw the baby out with the bath water' as my Nan used to say ... These things are only original once .. A cliche but if you start kindling too much it's originally will be lost forever ...

pennyup · « **Reply #15 on:** September 24, 2016, 03:55 PM »

I now what you mean yes you can go to far
Just going to clean her up put the parts on that need to be on i

I reckon a good fettling this come out nice but not change her at all

BMX1973 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 24, 2016, 05:47 PM »

Lovely that.

Agree with everyone else strip down, clean up and put back together.

Only part I would change is the front brake.

pennyup · « **Reply #17 on:** September 24, 2016, 06:13 PM »

Yes i have got front break just its red but can easliy bet stripped

Would you keep the bars or change for haro vectors reissue ones ?

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 24, 2016, 06:28 PM »

Quote from: pennyup on September 24, 2016, 06:13 PM

Yes i have got front break just its red but can easliy bet stripped

Would you keep the bars or change for haro vectors reissue ones ?

Keep the CW's unless you could get OG Vectors in the same survivor condition.

Reissue Vectors or any reissue parts would kill the look of this as they will probably be close to mint.

It would be like Mary Berry getting a tit job.

pennyup · « **Reply #19 on:** September 24, 2016, 09:23 PM »

Your right pal

Top advice

pennyup · « **Reply #20 on:** September 25, 2016, 08:25 PM »

Whys grips would you recommend for the haro ?

thebigdog · « **Reply #21 on:** September 26, 2016, 07:32 AM »

Quote from: pennyup on September 25, 2016, 08:25 PM

Whys grips would you recommend for the haro ?

Oakleys would probably be the best ,but trying to find them in the correct condition will be hard.

Id just go with some ames, they are cheap enough and grips are a 2 min job to change.

pennyup · « **Reply #22 on:** September 26, 2016, 09:29 PM »

Not shure on the blue grips

Author Topic: UPDATE Friday night fun purchase /2 (Read 2879 times)

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