Author Topic: Scorpion TX (Read 1948 times)

MartyC · « **on:** December 09, 2007, 08:15 PM »

Took this little ride to Epic last night and thought it would be good to show everyone what I was hoping to acheive and how the restoration went.

Firstly, my first BMX bike from bitd; a Scorpion TX with a Mongoose Gold Stem and an ACS Z-rim (while waiting for a replacment Tuff II from Alpine Sports).

My holy grail was all about re-building this bike but where to start?

I found this on ebay...

Started a parts hunt and then set about some restoration work...

Sent the frame and forks to the paintmeister SuperbikeDan...

Got some decals made up (thanks Cheekythirtysix) and ended up with all this...

I put it all together for EPIC...

A classic 1980 all round BMX Bike

Jt · « **Reply #1 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:17 PM »

nicely done...cant beat a bit of history.

theRuler · « **Reply #2 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:20 PM »

that looked really nice mate
out of all the bikes i saw last night, i think i looked at yours the longest

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #3 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:21 PM »

marty that is something special, well done on a fantastic build

Dhillon · « **Reply #4 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:45 PM »

Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on December 09, 2007, 08:21 PM

marty that is something special, well done on a fantastic build

Lovely bike there Marty, and a nice story to boot'

wildwood1971 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:47 PM »

fantastic story and a great build proper grass roots bmx there

daz bmx it! · « **Reply #6 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:50 PM »

Very Nice!

DIRTBIKER250F · « **Reply #7 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:52 PM »

A tonic that build Marty seriously nice

Paul

sawzall · « **Reply #8 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:56 PM »

one of my favourite builds last night marty

baldbmxer · « **Reply #9 on:** December 09, 2007, 10:41 PM »

Marty

It was so cool to meet you and check out your Scorpion last night at Creation. So much work and effort that went into creating your rider from back in the day.

Bikes like that are harder to restore than your average Ripper, TA, etc etc. The parts are few and far between and decals have to re created from scatch.

Excellent work fella

JJ

Steve P · « **Reply #10 on:** December 09, 2007, 10:53 PM »

A quality build you've done there Marty ... very nice indeed

Steve

pickle · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2007, 08:13 AM »

that looks gorgeous mate!! shame i couldn't of seen it at the Creation bash

but looks like you've put your blood sweat and tears into that one mate!

munners · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2007, 08:31 AM »

Great story and you must have been buzzing when you found that on the bay! Looks really well done. Its great creating your old bike. What its all about.

Mattdub · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2007, 09:05 AM »

Great build Marty , it got plenty of looks at Creation from everyone including me .

Gashead · « **Reply #14 on:** December 10, 2007, 11:05 AM »

Well done Marty - looks fantastic in the pics, however I've seen it in the flesh too and it looks awsome - a bit different - quality !

Nick

stidds · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2007, 11:54 AM »

That is so cool Marty, as I mentioned before, this was the 1st BMX I ever owned when my family moved to the US. Mine was blue though.

Great pictures mate and super build.

Redline · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2007, 12:47 PM »

Looks top that Marty..... true old school bmx!!!!

John

p.s. who did them decals for ya, they look great!!!! lol

superbikedan · « **Reply #17 on:** December 10, 2007, 02:40 PM »

marty, i've already said this to you but again i thought that was the best there,

not because i painted it, just the cracking job you done restoring it