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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: nhoj on January 07, 2010, 02:33 PM
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I have mentioned this story before but just incase you didn't know...............
I got back into this BMX thing again wanting a firebird freestyler which I never owned BITD.
I thought I would be able to pick one up for a tenner, but after a few months of searching ebay and finding RAD I realised that they were few and far between and I wasn't going to get one for a tenner. With the few bikes coming through slowly going up in price I finally took the plunge on a badly listed bike for about £180.
When it came to the build, the only musts were:
1. It had to have some bright 80's colour skyways
2. It had to have a front brake cable going through the stem bolt-I found out after it was called a potts mod
I have a limited knowledge of period parts and the build didn't have to look factory correct- white etc
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/DSCN2027.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/DSCN2029.jpg)
I thought I might strip the paint and then paint it myself with spray cans like we used to do back in the day but the nitromous was taking forever and I soon realised that to paint it well would cost too much andso the parts went over to SBD :coolsmiley:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/firebird1045.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/firebird1039.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/firebird1042.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/firebird1043.jpg)
I finally got everything together with plenty of help from Del who I discovered lives 20 mins away.
He did a top job on some custom colour decals to match the paint :daumenhoch:
Been waiting for a good day to get some quality pics but couldn't wait any longer, the pics probably don't do the colours justice :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10012.jpg[/IMG
[img]http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10014.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10016.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10017.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10013.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10020.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10012.jpg)
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it's about time you posted pics of this John LOL
You should get pics of your otherone side by side. Nice build
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looks good mate, nice1 :daumenhoch:
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nice one! you got a bargain for a complete bike and a great job bringing it back to life :daumenhoch:
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That bike is sweet! loving the Gulf GT40 colour scheme :smitten: :smitten:
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Now that is nice :smitten:
(Need to loose a couple of links out the chain though ;) )
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wicked mate. :4_17_5:
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i be liking the colour scheme
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that works really well :daumenhoch:
plus some of the original bits went on your race bike, very economical ;)
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What an awesome first build! Bet you're totally chuffed
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Nice build mate :daumenhoch:
My first impressions were the same as Zak's (magna 13) Ford GT40 'Gulf' Le Mans cars :smitten:
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Now thats a tasty DP matey :daumenhoch:
:Great_Britain: :smitten:
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Really nice mate, would love a dp :smitten:
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what you have done there mister is amazing , you have gave life to a old school freestyle bmx . well done it looks fannytastic ........ love the colour scheme
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nice build mate ,,love the colour scheme ,,,,,top bombing :daumenhoch:
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that looks real sweet :) i've painted loads of dp,s and the one thing i
love is the amazing colour schemes these bikes are finished in :daumenhoch:
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Love it :daumenhoch:
Cool colour scheme - sounds like you've enjoyed bringing her back to life too ;)
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lovin the colours on it.
cheap bike to start off with :daumenhoch:.
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That blue is really nice. Proper craftsmanship right there from the master of all things paint/powder. :daumenhoch: Great build IMO. :4_17_5:
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Thats a well nice build.
SBD dun dunnit again with some lovely painting work...
The only thing I'd change would be white to black tyres... IMO :angel:
You gonna ride it then :smitten:
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very nice quality build john :daumenhoch: .........gotta lotta love for dp's........haven't built one yet though ;)