mk pk ripper dyno rod orange

[harris]

who had the pk ripper at mk show&shine  in the bright orange  im after getting a frame painted and wanted just that colour
who was it..
nice ass ride by the way

[harris]

strange      a bike i had never seen before has an owner knowbody knows...spooooky

[Bettyswallocks]

This one...



Might jog someones memory... you couldnt miss it... 

[harris]

good man ,thats the pup   90s lower end  old topp end   llush

[lazychubs]

i think its called fluro orange dan then clear coated

[sawzall]

dan we painted dyno rod vans at work a few years ago,you have to use a white base coat then the dayglo colour goes on which is more like a lacquer,then a clear coat over the orange,but it tends to fade very quickly

[harris]

thanks chaps   

[Mattdub]

I think it was Cotty's ? .

Top man and good racer , Riyadh ( Saudi ) based and has flown over for MK08 and MK09 

[Jt]

its a belter, thats for sure..

diggin the bright stuff at the minute...

[bof]

Yes thats cottys ripper , there is a bit of history to go with the frame . It was owned by carlo griggs and was painted flouro orange when it was given to him by SE . It was hunterdubbers first old skool purchase off ebay and probably the only bike dubber has had and not lost any money on it 
Cottys sparring partner phil critchlow had it painted for him in stoke somewhere, it was matched to a tiny flake of flouro left in the seat tube. I had a conversation with Phil over the paint job and I was stunned when he said it cost £30  but then added that it also cost him £90 for the undercoat, top coat and thinners.
Dan if you are interested I could speak to phil for you and get some more info. LMK 

[hunterdubber]

Okay Dan  


Here's the lowdown

I bought the original bike from a guy /collector a few years ago ( some of you may know called Julian Hammond ,

he got the bike from the one and only Carlo Griggs 

I contacted Carlo , who confirmed that this bike was supplied to him in 89/90 in this one off spec and colour

which all made sense because I'd owned it about a year and couldn't really find anything it related to

The frame came without any cable guides and without a hole at the bottom of the seattube ,
basically like the type from 85/86 after the straight stays but that was odd for a frame from 89/90

The thing is I undid everything on the bike and changed it to a Black Ripper on Tuffs ( bad move I know now , but I liked it )


About 18 months ago I think I sold it to Mark Coterill ( Cotty )

and basically he's made it his mission to get as much of it back to original with a bit of a deviation on spec

I believe the colour was a total mare, ( done completed in abbout 3 different attempts)

I was knocked out when Mark showed me the bike again on Saturday  

Hats off to the guy he 's done a truly STUNNING job   x1000

It's hard to believe that bike has been about 13 feet above a ten foot ramp riidden by a great Freestyle rider

and still around twenty years on  

[harris]

COOL thanks you pair great story behind it and bloody loved it.
when  it was put in the tent she did catch our eyes  so had a good ganders  .. 

[hunterdubber]

If there was a Tag on it telling it's history , maybe it would have got a commendation medal ,

I think so , as there was a fair bit  of interest in the bike , lots of pondering  going on 



Carlo actually gave the bike to Justin as he had got his own  nicked just before  Bournmouth Backyard jam , I think

[double chevron]

I contacted Carlo , who confirmed that this bike was supplied to him in 89/90 in this one off spec and colour

which all made sense because I'd owned it about a year and couldn't really find anything it related to

The frame came without any cable guides and without a hole at the bottom of the seattube ,
basically like the type from 85/86 after the straight stays but that was odd for a frame from 89/90

I thought that was the regular design for those frames between 86-90, no holes, no cable guides, just before the P.K.R-XL was introduced
I have one of those.

Thanks for the bit of history, tis a real head turner now