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firebird
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MY LATEST DP BUILD
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May 24, 2009, 11:55 AM »
In January this year i met up with Neil Park, Dave Parks eldest son. We met in Birmingham at a service station. We had spoke a few time on the phone after a friend of Neil's had found my DP Firebird web site. We had a really good chat and Neil was kind enough to bring along some old photo albums that belonged to his father, most of which are now on the web site. But there was one photo that i really liked the look of. The more i looked at this picture the more i wanted to build the bike. After working out what parts were on the original i started buying them up ready for the build. The frame in the original picture was a Mk1 Firebird Delta 2 with Firebird forks, i believe this to be a very early frame set, maybe one of the first frame sets made as there are no Delta 2 forks with the frame. And as you can see it doesn't even have the Delta 2 decals. I have used a Mk2 Delta 2 frame with Delta 2 forks, i didn't want to start swapping forks over off my other frames. I also made some other changes, i had the Suntour XC pedals already and thought they would be a better race pedal for the bike. I haven't got the heart to pull the original decals off the rims and replace them with yellow ones. The pad set original came form a company called Cobra BMX, but finding one was never going to happen so i made my own. Anyway, finally got it finished today as Sawzall was kind enough to drop the Weinmann caliper in that i need to complete the build, cheers Phil
So here you go, hope you like it !!
cheers steve
original pictures
my version
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sawzall
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May 24, 2009, 11:58 AM »
stunning steve,but the pics dont do it justice, i saw it in the flesh yesterday and was blown away
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QUADROPHENIA
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May 24, 2009, 11:59 AM »
nicely done steve
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Muffski
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May 24, 2009, 12:05 PM »
Top Job there
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daz bmx it!
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May 24, 2009, 12:08 PM »
Cracking!
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sweetbeats
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May 24, 2009, 12:14 PM »
Looks really Fast...love it
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Deano
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May 24, 2009, 12:18 PM »
Very nice and great job done
Padset is cool2
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bobafett
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May 24, 2009, 12:18 PM »
Quote from: sweetbeats™ on May 24, 2009, 12:14 PM
Looks really Fast...love it
X2
Looks fast and light
Nice work Steve
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DIRTBIKER250F
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May 24, 2009, 12:30 PM »
Another Firebird Cracker Steve
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GTnumber1
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May 24, 2009, 01:13 PM »
bit of a gay love story there bro meeting a bloke in a service station
but that is so FOOOOOOOOOOOKIN
SWEET
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May 24, 2009, 01:18 PM »
I really like it , when you get the history , stories and inspiration behind a great build
Good work Steve
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markyp
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May 24, 2009, 03:17 PM »
whoop whoop whoop!!!!what a beauty!!!!
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rollin72
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May 24, 2009, 05:36 PM »
looks frickin awesome dude, top job
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sid1972
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May 24, 2009, 06:11 PM »
That's the dog's nuts -
love bikes that look 'fast' when standing still - agressive like, if u know what I mean.
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magna13
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May 24, 2009, 06:34 PM »
DP's
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Glynnyboy
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May 24, 2009, 07:34 PM »
Top job steve. Another nice peice of dp history
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firebird
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May 24, 2009, 08:17 PM »
cheers lads
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HARORIDER
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May 24, 2009, 08:24 PM »
quality
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se-bmxer
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May 24, 2009, 08:30 PM »
Quality Steve
look forward to seeing it at MK
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torkertony
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May 24, 2009, 08:44 PM »
Awesome mate! Top build!
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trasher
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May 24, 2009, 09:33 PM »
sharp ass that dude ,,,,i,m liking the old dp's ,,,,,anyone got a freestyler f+f going
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phantom photon
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May 24, 2009, 09:57 PM »
Outstanding Steve
Looks like its just arrived in a time machine from 1983
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May 25, 2009, 08:05 AM »
As usual Steve.......................................1st Class Build.....love the fact there's a story behind the build as well.....................
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May 25, 2009, 08:13 AM »
thats very nice
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May 25, 2009, 08:19 AM »
Does it feel as light as it looks?
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