SE Racing - Race Inc

[Weeksy]

Hi All,

Not sure if I a being a complete pooding, but what is the connection between SE racing and Race inc?

Someone please explain!

Thanks

Weeksy

[Waxintaxin]

Early alloy SE stuff was made by bill bastian who also made race incs, so SE went to race inc to make early SE stuff , like the early rippers with round tubing ( actually a race inc frame stickered as an SE bike) , and visa versa , you can see ripper frames stickered as race incs

the SE cruiser known as a mauler , is a Race inc re stickered

early se stuff was made by a few companys , like cyclepro for the early SE forks 

so some bikes are in fact exactly the same as the race incs just called something else

Rich

[Weeksy]

Thanks Rich,

Always wondered waht the link was  there!

Rippers without the Flaoval tubing?!? Eh?!

Have yo got any pics? I've never seen one!

Thanks again

Weeksy

[Bob_Acid]

I thought Bastian made them all up till 85? 

[Waxintaxin]

Lert me rephrase it , SE bought off the shelf stuff and restickered it , untill they designed there own bill still made them but they were SE racings designs ,with the floval tubing

Rich

[Weeksy]

Gotha.

Cheeky of SE tho!

[Waxintaxin]

not really

race inc was doing badly , SE were doing well and couldnt keep up with demand for quads and rippers , so bought stock from Bill and sold it on, race inc were great frames and the ripper with the floval tubing is based on a RA10 i think so a real close conection between scott and Bill meant it was easy to re badge race incs

check out a NOS ripper / race inc in the museum 

[stuntmaster]

and the ra10 is a better looking beast 

[Bob_Acid]

I thought it all started with FMF? And they were all made by Bastian, maybe not all but the majority up untill the intergrated seatpost. The RA10 didn't come out till a lot later than the PK Ripper did it?

[Weeksy]

RA10 is a lovely looking bike

It's all in the Looptail....

[muttley]

It's all in the Looptail....

Said Trev.

[Waxintaxin]

well the Ju6 was alloy and round tubed and very early SE , so I always thought the floval tubed bikes were the later made , but its hard to know for sure as the history of these things was only work at the time lol