Author Topic: Frame/forks ID please (Read 1602 times)

gmac · « **on:** January 12, 2006, 11:32 AM »

Obviously it's a Mongoose, but not sure what model it is. I'm thinking Californian ? ? Looked too clean to pass up whatever it is.

Cheers

Guy

Nosnod · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2006, 12:00 PM »

Pretty certain that is a californian Guy but I just compared it to my 83 Expert that I had which supposedly shared the same trimoly frame and whilst everything else is identical if you look closely where the rear upper brake stay tubes meet the seat tube, yours seem to come in pretty central with the top tube whilst mine appear to be slightly higher??! What is the serial no.?

gmac · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2006, 12:07 PM »

Cheers bud, I thought the same thing about the rear stays. I don't know the serial number, as I haven't received the f/f yet.

ORB · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2006, 12:21 PM »

Hmmm, i had a Cali with oddball stays.

Twas an 83 too.

Would a picture suit sir?

gmac · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2006, 12:28 PM »

please

ORB · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2006, 12:29 PM »

gmac · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2006, 12:53 PM »

Cheers for that ORB, that does look the same as Nosnod's Expert. So it could still be either a Cali or an Spurt then ?

Nosnod · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:19 PM »

Guy,
You might have struck lucky there mate... It could well be a Supergoose

Compare it with this...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMX-bicycle-Supergoose-III-Mongoose-Original-82_W0QQitemZ6596178834QQcategoryZ35960QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Now it means that you are going to have to buy more top end bits

theRuler · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:24 PM »

its an 82-84 cali

gmac · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:26 PM »

Quote from: theRuler on January 12, 2006, 01:24 PM

its an 82-84 cali

Is that for deffo ? What's the giveaway ?

I'm quite happy if it is a Cali, cos that's what I thought it was, and it was pretty cheap. Like Nos says, it'll be alot cheaper to build up too

theRuler · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:28 PM »

it just looks like a pre 85 cali

weigh it, on the kitchen scales

when i get home i will weigh my cali frame. that should confirm it!

ORB · « **Reply #11 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:30 PM »

I think we need mr kdw.

theRuler · « **Reply #12 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:35 PM »

actually
my cali has a hole through the chainstay box section
for fitting a stand i think

yours doesnt

might be better than a cali

maybe a super like previously suggested

stidds · « **Reply #13 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:39 PM »

Could be a Cali, definately not a Supergoose though. Â The reason being that it has a flat brake bridge with no holes in it, the Supergoose had 2 holes either side of the hole on the brake bridge.

Here is a picture of the rear end of my Cali and you can just see the solid brake bridge.

theRuler · « **Reply #14 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:40 PM »

maybe the later ones had the stand hole
mine is an 85, with the riveted headtube plate

ORB · « **Reply #15 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:49 PM »

My 83 Cali had no stand hole behind the BB

I thought the Spurts had the stand holes?

theRuler · « **Reply #16 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:52 PM »

perhaps they did
i bought mine as an 85 cali
there is a very VERY weathered cali sticker on the seattube. looks authentic

anyone got a riveted headtube logo cali in their arsenal to check this?

Nosnod · « **Reply #17 on:** January 12, 2006, 03:29 PM »

Pretty sure my Expert didn't have a stand hole but will check tonight as I have pics on my home pc

Flake · « **Reply #18 on:** January 13, 2006, 07:34 AM »

Is there any way of telling which frame model and year you have from the serial number. Its just that I have a supposed cali without the seat tube sticker so in theory could be any model. $:-\$

Does anybody have a cali seat tube sticket please