Author Topic: totaly confused (Read 1968 times)

harris · « **on:** July 11, 2007, 08:17 PM »

the taj what is the story with this frame

is it designed for jumping/dirt ...street.its long, its beefy.
i just built one up and it feels odd very odd.us early model
alex the one you found.
i just am not sure the best way to build it up .

Stodgy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:19 PM »

Um, I think you mean the one I found!

FFS what's a man gotta do to get credit around here?!

It's a dirt jump bike - but tough enough for anything!

harris · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:21 PM »

sorry lover you .i thought schuey found it
just feels so loooooooooong lol

Stodgy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:23 PM »

I thought you liked it long?

harris · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:25 PM »

i like to see the front i need a telescope

Stodgy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:27 PM »

LOL

Have you alined the bars with the forks?

harris · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:30 PM »

lol ye its still kinda sweet ride ,its not been restored just a bolt together to mess around on.
couldnt find any bolts to fit pegs on forks ,so fitted to axles but might remove all 4.

YGT · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:30 PM »

is it a us or tai frame?

harris · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:31 PM »

us frame with the crushed tubing like the condor

darkersomeday · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2007, 08:52 PM »

sounds a bit extreme but i'd be looking at getting an early spooky made T1 barcode and building both them up as taj replica's

the fiola,dominguez, itson,haro,etc replicas that have been built are some of the best bikes i've seen built

not exactly nos but with a little patina?

its not easy to say what kind of build to go for as taj was riding everything at the time, a dirt build would seem more appropriate to me,

e-mail taj and ask him

straight up!

MartyC · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:07 PM »

doesn't the TAJ stand for Totally Awesome Jumper? Think I read that somewhere recently but can't remember where

harris · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:09 PM »

he is a bad ass rider.i always remembered him on street doing manuals for like ever and cool stuff
but the dirt thing ,i dont remember alot about that,bar a few indoor racing meets were they did mad flips
during the interval.
its a mishmash of bits at the minuite .it will re build soon

now i look, the more i want to go outside an pull it all to pieces.

darkersomeday · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:22 PM »

why dan

thats fooking spot on mate

peregrines,tenderizers,it all works,

is that a gack chainwheel?

harris · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:25 PM »

cant remember the chainwheel make
im of to melbourne trails friday so wanted something i didnt mind lobbing about .so of with pegs

Lazarou · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:26 PM »

TAJ also stood for 'Todd's a Jerk' i think referring to Todd Huffman. I think some were released with those stickers.

Stodgy · « **Reply #15 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:00 PM »

I believe all those names for the 'TAJ' were put on after Taj left Hoffman...as they wanted to keep it in the range, but not keep it as a signature bike.

Dan - pull those bars back a bit (in line with the forks) and you'll find it much nicer mate. And BTW, love it. Very raw.

harris · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:02 PM »

ok boss is there any hoff tax to pay on this one

Stodgy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:08 PM »

Quote from: harris on July 12, 2007, 12:02 PM

ok boss is there any hoff tax to pay on this one

Nope, I believe you taxed me on this one.

Or, perhaps we taxed each other?

showtime · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:50 AM »

cool another chrome USA Taj on here

mines got all the stickers on & the main 3 all have daft little statements using the T_A_J initials

Todds a Jerk (i also read this was aimed at Huffman

)
Totally Awesome Jumper
and a bit of a Random one - tasty Alligator Jelly

it was made as a dirt jumping frame that was strong enough for street & vert if needed
built mine for dirt bitd hence no front brake or gyro, just a long flapping cable & cut down slams

full spec in Hoffman section of museum

my favourite BMX frame of alltime

theRuler · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2007, 07:39 AM »

when taj rode his signature hoffman, he rode most things. he ripped on vert, street and park as well as jumping

a kid i knew had one of them, one of the early ones in 1997.

i couldn't get on with it at all. the front end was really long, and the bottom bracket felt too low for me.

cool bikes though and i would like to ride one again

harris · « **Reply #20 on:** July 16, 2007, 07:41 AM »

you can a mk

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