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Offline Dingobmxer

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Ripper XL race bike redone (parts swapped again lol)
« on: July 07, 2009, 08:14 PM »
A few of you have seen my old Ripper xl I race on from time to time (some from the front,some from behind but most people recognise the underside as it slid along the track lol) and it was in a very sorry state, drop outs butchered by the previous owner and VERY battle scarred:-



drops



after a trip to here www.giaengineering.co.uk




now I dont know if I am missing my GPZ1100 or secretly wanted a green Street-Beat but I decided on bright Kawasaki green




and built up it looks a little like this (but needs decals to finish)




Thanks to Gav at GIA for the repair and Kirk for paint and Emma for twirling the spanners for me  :LolLolLolLol:



all opinions good and bad welcomed

 :) DINGO :)

p.s this ISNT a show pony but a bike that will get used in anger  :2gunsfiring_v1:
« Last Edit: July 09, 2009, 07:44 PM by Dingobmxer »

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2009, 08:36 PM »
Thumbs up from me, would look great next to J.T's Frogangle on a track, at least yours will actually get ridden  ;D

Cool  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2009, 08:38 PM »
Mark, are they full new drop outs or the old ones repaired? Looks a bloody good job which ever way it was done  :daumenhoch:
Why oh why do I still buy kids bikes!

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2009, 08:42 PM »
Mark, are they full new drop outs or the old ones repaired? Looks a bloody good job which ever way it was done  :daumenhoch:

Andy,

full new ones and slightly thicker too, £80 bargain?


 :) DINGO :)

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2009, 09:02 PM »
 w o w

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2009, 09:17 PM »
Good price for the quality of that repair  :daumenhoch:
Why oh why do I still buy kids bikes!

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2009, 09:19 PM »
ah,Dingo that is awesome !now some nice black decals would look great on there. My purple PK XL will be ridden soon , youve inspired me to race it!

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2009, 09:24 PM »
thats lovely...as my lovely brother has already said..very similar to the frog...

i want a ripper xl.

and we need more frogs...frogs rock.


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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2009, 09:45 PM »
Thanks for the comments guys,

I wanted it to look different and it certainly does, I just put some large SE decals on the downtube in red and now it looks like a fruit salad chew  :LolLolLolLol:

 :) DINGO :)

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2009, 10:06 PM »
Nice bike Mark, would like to see it at MK :daumenhoch:

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2009, 11:20 PM »
Not a fan of green (the black looked great) but sterling metal work on those drops :daumenhoch:

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2009, 08:30 AM »
I think after you've rode it for a few years Mark, i think you should go back to the what it was with the lush black and the 90's decals :smitten:

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2009, 08:26 PM »
Hey Mark, good work fella. Could do with a little more chrome in my opinion (araya maybe ?) :daumenhoch:


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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone (parts swapped again lol)
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2009, 07:46 PM »
I couldnt live with it how it looked so had a trip in the loft and swapped out some parts





my camera still doesnt do the colour justice its bright Kawasaki green

I actually like it now  ;D

 :) DINGO :)

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone (parts swapped again lol)
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2009, 10:32 PM »
Cut yer grass!  :police:

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone (parts swapped again lol)
« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2009, 10:50 AM »
Mark you have a way with colors lol I bet the N/W is missing some parts

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone (parts swapped again lol)
« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2009, 09:21 PM »
Jon you have a keen eye  :daumenhoch:

the NW is gradually going back to all black

 :) DINGO :)

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Re: Ripper XL race bike redone (parts swapped again lol)
« Reply #17 on: July 15, 2009, 11:12 PM »
lookin mean dude :daumenhoch:

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