Dia Compe Timeline.........your thoughts ?

[bobafett]

Got this off bmxmuseum.com :

890 - late 70s-'86

900 - '79-'86

1000 - '79-'86

901 - '85- ?

880 - '85-'87

883 Nippon - '86-present

990 - '87-present

Is everyone in agreement with this 

Just want to get a handle on some era correctness issues i'm dealing with 

Also... I assume the 1020's would slide right in with the 890 dates 

[Waxintaxin]

I am suprised that MX1000s are showing as 79 TBO

maybe but thought they were later than that ?

Rich

[bobafett]

I am suprised that MX1000s are showing as 79 TBO
maybe but thought they were later than that ?
Rich

So come on then lads get your heads round the back of your calipers...... who's got the earliest MX1000 / MX900 date stamp ? 

[jT Racing]

i got some mx1000 calipers with 80 on them. i thought they were later untill i had these.

[Brandy Truffle]

Some 1980 MX900's faded red anno in my posession.

[bobafett]

So thats MX900s and MX1000s confirmed for 1980 then...... can anyone confirm that they started knocking them out as early as '79 

[steve Beech TA]

Good thread this i will see what i have got 

[SteveG]

This is from an October 81 magazine, thought it might be of interest. My earliest caliper is 1981. A lot of built up bikes from that time came with 1020's though.

[mark 2]

Not seen that article before, very nice

A 901was first advertised late '84 btw. The earliest ad's I can find for 1000's was '80.

[bobafett]

Nice post SteveG 

So '84 for the 901's then mark - sweet 

With the posts from above then do we reckon that the '79 start date for the MX900/1000's should be 1980 

Anyone else with anymore info 

[bobafett]

A 901was first advertised late '84 btw.

I just took a look at my black 901's and both cable and calipers are marked '84 

All my 890/1020 MX900/MX1000's fall easily within the dates at the top.

Any other borderline dates to confirm/disprove the dates in the first post