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Offline bobafett

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So before we got totally obsessed with era corectness and factory / rider specs, I'm sure most of us threw together some builds without as much obsession and attention to detail  :D

So come on - let's see 'em  :LolLolLolLol:

Here's my first 2..........

Originally I told myself I just wanted 2 geese and one of them was to ride  :2funny: :LolLolLolLol:


So I originally built this to ride but it didn't last long like this :

1982 mongoose (chrome)




My 2nd build was constantly changed and tweeked until I was eventually happy with it and I finally finished it how I wanted it last month with more era correct parts:

LINK TO HOW IT IS NOW: http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=97382.0

But originally it had a similar look to it, but a mish-mash of parts from different eras -

I was happy at the time (how things change ! :2funny: )

1980 mongoose (nickel)




So come on lads show us your early builds  >:D :LolLolLolLol:

mongoositis - an expensive disease......

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 02:06 PM »
This was my 1st build....




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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 02:17 PM »
gen2 Master

Loving the Skyway Sean nice and simple/clean and the geese are always worth a gander Bobba  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2009, 02:19 PM »
My custom Viper, first bike I put together.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2009, 02:19 PM »
here's mine


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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2009, 02:32 PM »
gen2 Master

Loving the Skyway Sean nice and simple/clean and the geese are always worth a gander Bobba  :daumenhoch:

Jas where is this beauty now  :-\

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2009, 03:49 PM »
dp firebird freestyler :Great_Britain: :daumenhoch:

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2009, 04:09 PM »
1985 Steetbeat  ;)
The one that started all the madness off for me  ::)




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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2009, 04:59 PM »
Mongoose Cali, was meant to be a Diamond Back ss, as that was the last bike i ever had, but being impatient i bought the Cali f&f instead




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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2009, 05:24 PM »
This was my first build on getting into O/S collecting  :)

Was Carlo Griggs bike in 89/90  8)

I rebuilt it like this , not brilliant I know but I didn't know whats parts were really available at the time  :-\
 and I wasn't a member on RAD till about 8 months after I'd built it







I really liked  this frameset , kept it for a couple of years , but then sold it to Cotty

Who did it real justice by going to the trouble of replicating the colour and a few choice parts that were originally on the bike Perigrinne 48's ,etc
You may have seen it at MK09  :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:






How much better does that look  :4_17_5:


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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2009, 06:48 PM »
Heres mine, built nearly 2 years ago with a real mish mash of parts (most of which werent era correct).  Sold it to fund my Streetbeat, that I sold to find my Quadangle, that I recently sold to Thailand.

Loved it at the time, but it was built with loads of cheap no name parts.  Its got budget first build written all over it, from the mid school GT clamp, to the cheap halfords special wheels (20 quid for the pair - with tyres!!!) to the star spanngled grips.

« Last Edit: December 07, 2009, 06:52 PM by dannywhiteley »

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2009, 06:55 PM »
My original TA from 1984 which I rescued from my Dad's skip in 2002  :shocked:







AFTER




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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2009, 07:21 PM »
My very first build, again a real mixture of old, Mid and new. Basically fitted things i liked from BITD and were still available.

I would never build another bike like this now, era correct from now on.





One build a year, the only way to get it right. No rushing involved.

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2009, 10:15 PM »
I really like the free agent-that is long!

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2009, 10:40 PM »
my first build
was my Cali

F&F etc no decals other than trimoly one by headtube



end up as
now has pro class power disk too
cheers Kev
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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2009, 10:50 PM »
2nd build was 79 goose though i brought a 81 super next i haven't built it yet !

as brought from the US


had a few phases  ::)


last pic - tyres need sorting and i also have ashtab goose neck and box bars fitted now oh and decals one day too
cheers Kev
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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #16 on: December 07, 2009, 10:53 PM »
Not quite numero uno but one of them from the first 6 months I got hooked, this is the earliest build I could find. 2004 that would have been.


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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2009, 06:01 AM »
wardy please keep your comments to yourself



this was my 1st build when i got back into old school bmx roundabout 15 month ago when i got my burner world bashing


« Last Edit: December 08, 2009, 06:03 AM by n2cus »

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2009, 06:03 AM »
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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2009, 06:18 AM »
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see you even had to get a little tiny dot in   :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:

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« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2009, 06:27 AM »




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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2009, 09:01 AM »
My first two builds.

Bought the frame by accident one night on ebay and that was it. Never looked back.



Then decided I'd better do a race bike as well.  :LolLolLolLol:



I'd love to know what happened to my Sport though. Sold it to motomagII and he can't remember who he sold it too.  :'( Not to worry, I'll get another one, one day.

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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2009, 09:24 AM »

My first build back when radmans only friend was "chillifeeder" think that was his name.



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Re: Show your first ever builds - before the obsession really kicked in !
« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2009, 04:58 PM »
this is what kicked off my adiction, just how i got it off ebay....


R.I.P  O.M. Far short of the finish line...

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