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Offline bobafett

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Right then - been wanting to get this finished for a while now but finally got my last bits I needed. I wanted to do a mongoose blue max with some nice parts since essentially the F&F is a cali but mongoose used to put some cheaper bits on them as stock BITD. I picked it up as a really tidy survivor a while back - the frame was really clean with real nice original decals as the bike had been housed from new and looks as if it was well looked after  8)

I used the frame and forks, tange stamped BB, tange stamped headset and unstamped takagi crank and then set about getting all the parts I wanted for it........

I'm well pleased how she's turned out - Hope you like it too  :)

Parts Run Down :
Very nice condition 1984 mongoose blue max F&F (Serial No. M4-I6865) wearing original chrome & original decals
mint Pro-Class bars (cali size)
mint Pro-Class ACS stem (original finish - not polished)
very nice survivor Pro-Class wheels on SR hubs with original spokes,rim tape & decals (original finish - not polished)
NOS Knarler Knobby's
mint Dia Compe MX900 calipers
mint Dia Compe Tech 3's
NOS Dia Compe Cables & Clips
NOS Skyway Tuff Pads
NOS Kashimax Aero
NOS KKT AMX
NOS Takagi Spider & chainring
NOS Izumi Chain
mint Takagi unstamped OPC (original to bike)
mint Tange stamped BB (original to bike)
mint Tange stamped Headset (original to bike)
mint Cr-Mo stamped seatpost (not sure who by  :-\ )
mint MX hinged clamp
new mongoose grips
iron cross dust caps (I just had to get these when they came up - to match the blue max cross  ;D )
custom Blue Max padset - made by the one and only  ;) (It took many phone calls and emails between myself and Steve to get these just how I wanted them - thanks for your patience bud  ;) I took scans of my original survivor bar pad and Kev (kdw712) gave me scans of his survivor framepad - that was 2 pads sorted - the stem pad was were all the phone calls began ;D the original Blue Max stem pads were bloody awful looking so myself and Steve batted it around until we were both happy - and I am made up with the results - Steve you are a genius mate I owe you a few beers at MK  :daumenhoch: )

Enough waffle - here she is:










































Sorry there's so many pictures  :-[
I couldn't stop snapping and couldn't decide which ones to leave out  :LolLolLolLol:



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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 12:16 AM »
Lush  :smitten:

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2009, 12:25 AM »
Like that a lot mate  :smitten:

I can see why you are so pleased with the pads , they are top draw  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2009, 12:26 AM »
Feck ... that's really nice John and those photos are top shelf too. Nice work matey  :4_17_5:

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 01:07 AM »
Say, thats a nice bike  :smitten:

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009, 07:07 AM »
mmmmmm chrome and blue   very nice wish i had one of them.

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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2009, 08:28 AM »
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Thats an absolute stunner John  :smitten:
Well done mate  :4_17_5:

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2009, 10:07 AM »
Have to agree with the rest, that's come out really nice John.
Good job  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2009, 10:11 AM »
Horny  ;)

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2009, 10:14 AM »
Lovely bike

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2009, 11:38 AM »
WOW

and more WOW

the pads look the mutts nuts
and i love the spec up grade on the standard bike

some nice touches on that
and the result is a stunning build john  :daumenhoch:  :4_17_5:
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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2009, 11:59 AM »
Take my hat off to you dude that is one very very clean and complete build there  :4_17_5:

Gotta love a goose  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2009, 12:16 PM »
Very nice indeed and the better parts look like genuine upgrades bitd  :4_17_5: .




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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2009, 12:25 PM »
I like that very much so  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2009, 12:28 PM »
Loving that. A kid on my street had one of those. Always enjoy seeing builds with tasteful upgrades as well.

Great Lawn as well!   :LolLolLolLol:

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« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2009, 01:01 PM »
Could do with a nice blue Viscount Aero saddle on that thing dude  ;)  ;D

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2009, 01:12 PM »



Thanks for all the nice comments everyone - glad you like it  :daumenhoch:






Could do with a nice blue Viscount Aero saddle on that thing dude  ;)  ;D
:LolLolLolLol: Jimmy ya bugger - I'm still not buying yours  ::) ;D Still got the survivor one that came with it and to be fair it's in pretty decent nick so i'll use it on something else - but once I started going off spec with the Dia Compe's and Pro-Class wheels etc. I thought she demanded a Kashi Aero  ;)  8)

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2009, 01:18 PM »
JOHN THAT IS A SHOW CLASS BIKE MATE  I LOVE IT WELL DONE    :4_17_5:    :4_17_5:    :4_17_5:

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2009, 02:24 PM »
Hmmmmmmmmm nice, very very nice.  :4_17_5:  Especially the forks, do you need them ?????  :LolLolLolLol:

Quality John.  :daumenhoch:


I have some seat guts here that are the same as yours but instead of K.S.M , mine say V.I.P, it has the PAT.P aswell, what are mine if yours are Kashimax ???????
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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2009, 02:39 PM »
I have some seat guts here that are the same as yours but instead of K.S.M , mine say V.I.P, it has the PAT.P aswell, what are mine if yours are Kashimax ???????

They'll be Viscount them Andy  ;)
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« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2009, 02:40 PM »
Cool, just a saddle required then :LolLolLolLol: the guts came off that goose aswell.  
One build a year, the only way to get it right. No rushing involved.

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Re: 1984 mongoose blue max FINISHED...... Pro Class Stylee......
« Reply #21 on: June 15, 2009, 02:42 PM »
Cool, just a saddle required then :LolLolLolLol: the guts came off that goose aswell.  

Bet that was uncomfortable to ride mate :LolLolLolLol:
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« Reply #22 on: June 15, 2009, 02:48 PM »
Sweet build  :daumenhoch:  G.

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« Reply #23 on: June 15, 2009, 02:49 PM »
Yeah apparently was mate, my misses moaned a lot whilst she was riding it. :LolLolLolLol:
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« Reply #24 on: June 15, 2009, 02:55 PM »
Nice  :daumenhoch:

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