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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: glenboy on April 30, 2011, 12:51 AM
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i had my black pk on skinny wheels a while ago and liked it then swapped and changed as you do and never really liked it on any of the other wheels i put it on, then got this ball burnished ripper and transferred the parts over off the black one which with this all being blue silver with a bit of black matched better
this was how it was
(http://www.gbwatches.com/bmx2/Dscn1425.jpg)
anyway heres the pics,, finally finished just needed the renthals fitting :daumenhoch:
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2231.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2232.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2233.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2234.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2235.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2236.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2237.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2238.jpg)
Parts list for the people interested
1982 se racing pk ripper looptail aluminium frame ball burnished finish with chrome lgs unstamped
hatta geadset,tange locknut
hutch deep h racing stem
Renthal aluminium superstrong pro bars
nos oakley b2 grips with black doughnuts
mx1000 brake with dc lever and skyway finned pads
shimano dx cranks with mks graphite pedals
hutch doughnut seat clamp
uni turbo hammerhead seat
ukai 1/38 rims with sealed mavic hubs with front wheel radial spoked with green/siver label comp 3 tyres
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Looking good, bars need to come back though...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/BarWars2.jpg)
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thats amazing marty ::), yes i will attend to that on my arrival home sir :coolsmiley:
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i know that Ripper from somewhere Glen..................... ;)
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i know that Ripper from somewhere Glen..................... ;)
yeh it don't take us long matt to put our own take on them eh, i really like it , i was sad when my other one went today you sort of get attached :daumenhoch:
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bin the valve caps, donuts and headlock and you can save even more weight
after that it's gonna get a bit tougher unless you get mr. drill out ;D
looks lovely that :daumenhoch:
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Do you ride it with the skinny's on ???
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cheers griff ally bars and uni seat coming then the drill ;D
yeh it rides really nice peter and even thoough ythey look delicate they can take some stick
thought i'd look up fiola on youtube and here he is on 1 3/8th wheels, they are obviously tough even though they don't look it
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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=nrH1e-BQ0Y0&vq=medium#t=16
a few people from back in the day were on skinnies bubba hayes c/o mattdub cheers mate
SE Factory rider bitd Bubba Hayes ran 1 3/8th's on his Ripper ;) .
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/bubbahayes.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/bubbahayes2.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/Bubba_Hays_Nov_83_BMXA.jpg)
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There's lots of items on that 'Weapon' that could be changed before the drill needs to come out to lighten it up.
But it is a very nice looking bike as it stands ;)
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There's lots of items on that 'Weapon' that could be changed before the drill needs to come out to lighten it up.
But it is a very nice looking bike as it stands ;)
i wouldn't mind trying some race forks on it as the landing gears weigh a ton , :smitten: bottema race forks would be nice :smitten: :smitten:
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There's lots of items on that 'Weapon' that could be changed before the drill needs to come out to lighten it up.
true - also forgot to mention the dropout savers and cable clips ;D
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i tried taking bits off it to lighten it up but it was basically unrideable but it was really light , i even took the decals off as well, heres what it looked like when i was done .................................
(http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/petstore/pet-image-large/pk-ripper-se-racing-old-school-frame-bmx_160565604575.jpg)
;D :D
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Looking good for the changes ,Glen :4_17_5:
I know what you mean , about being sad the other went ( even though this now looks wayyyy better)
We should all be able to have and keep them in every colour scheme :D
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Are they red alloy hubed skyways on that Haro ???
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Looking good for the changes ,Glen :4_17_5:
I know what you mean , about being sad the other went ( even though this now looks wayyyy better)
We should all be able to have and keep them in every colour scheme :D
yep we love it its the first time i've sold anything and i've had to force myself , well other half permanantly moaning "what you frikkin doing with all these kids bikes round da house ya weirdo" etc also helped, the black one was really nice i just didn't have the right colour components to do it right , it was the old multi colour swap shop going on as you said and there was no way i wasn't using my dx cranks :smitten: on it
Are they red alloy hubed skyways on that Haro ???
no and yes peter........ they are steel hubbed square flange ones really early i reckon 80-81 with coaster and just the serial number on the rim only says skyway on the hub itself in really nice order as well
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSCN1930_1126x845.jpg)
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Think the haro would look better with some spoke's on rather than Skyways.....
Humm who could you sell those to................ :coolsmiley:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=125317.msg1206632;topicseen#msg1206632
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;D pete
great bit of stalking there
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's flanged red tuffs :angel:
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God loves a trier :daumenhoch:
At this bloody rate I'll have to take a stiff one up the chuffer to get a set :shocked:
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yeh i thought he was interested in my ripper and all the time he was just trying to get to my flange ;D :LolLolLolLol:
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yeh i thought he was interested in my ripper and all the time he was just trying to get to my flange ;D :LolLolLolLol:
:2funny: :2funny:
:daumenhoch:
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At this bloody rate I'll have to take a stiff one up the chuffer to get a set :shocked:
has the owner of a pair of red flanged tuffs offered you this deal already?
get ready to squeaaaal like a pig
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Love this with the skinnies on Glen :daumenhoch:
Couldn't believe how light this bike is when i was round the other day 8) Going lighter still when the Renthals arrive :D
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what are you doing up at this ungodly hour joff mate :daumenhoch:
actually come to think of it what i'm I.....we love it
i should have really tried the aluminium powerlite bars on just to feel the weight but they are being posted tomorrow and packed up :(
yeh this is the bike i'm going to fetch down coppull ...
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I hope the Renthal bars are the Superstrongs and not Superlites ,, I snapped a pair bunny hopping when I was 13 and less than 8 stone :-\
Coppull nights back on :)
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what are you doing up at this ungodly hour joff mate :daumenhoch:
actually come to think of it what i'm I.....we love it
i should have really tried the aluminium powerlite bars on just to feel the weight but they are being posted tomorrow and packed up :(
yeh this is the bike i'm going to fetch down coppull ...
I had just got back from one of our Monday night meets at Carl's !! .......... Fook me can we chat :-[ :D
We were chatting about Coppull , reckon this monday could be the start , weather pending of course ::)
Looking forward to seeing you and the Ripper down there :daumenhoch:
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I hope the Renthal bars are the Superstrongs and not Superlites ,, I snapped a pair bunny hopping when I was 13 and less than 8 stone :-\
Coppull nights back on :)
I'm not worried as the wheels will probably snap first ;D ;D :LolLolLolLol:what are you doing up at this ungodly hour joff mate :daumenhoch:
actually come to think of it what i'm I.....we love it
i should have really tried the aluminium powerlite bars on just to feel the weight but they are being posted tomorrow and packed up :(
yeh this is the bike i'm going to fetch down coppull ...
I had just got back from one of our Monday night meets at Carl's !! .......... Fook me can we chat :-[ :D
We were chatting about Coppull , reckon this monday could be the start , weather pending of course ::)
Looking forward to seeing you and the Ripper down there :daumenhoch:
yep i'm going and i'm taking the "weapon" with me ;D :D
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thats amazing marty ::), yes i will attend to that on my arrival home sir :coolsmiley:
It would be really sketchy to ride with the bars like they are and it's a Ripper - it deserves to look right ;).
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cheers marty i sorted the bars , that article you had i have seen a very similar looking paper which had all the different bar sizes (28 by 8 inch rise etc) by the different manufacturers and the paper looked like the one you had of the bars its not out of the same mag is it , i found it on here once but you can't search on here now, thanks, you haven't got it have you
Glen
thats amazing marty ::), yes i will attend to that on my arrival home sir :coolsmiley:
It would be really sketchy to ride with the bars like they are and it's a Ripper - it deserves to look right ;).
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cheers marty i sorted the bars , that article you had i have seen a very similar looking paper which had all the different bar sizes (28 by 8 inch rise etc) by the different manufacturers and the paper looked like the one you had of the bars its not out of the same mag is it , i found it on here once but you can't search on here now, thanks, you haven't got it have you
Glen
This one?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/bars1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/bars2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/bars3.jpg)
and this is the first page to the one I posted before
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/BarWars.jpg)
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bloomin eck :4_17_5:, thats the one , your a mine of information marty , you're like the bmx yoda
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I'm having a bad week with the old brain, but I'm sure I've seen someone (BMX Shop) selling Comp's in 1 3/8 ???
Or are the non prescription drugs I consumed in the 90's finally doing there damage >:D
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I'm having a bad week with the old brain, but I'm sure I've seen someone (BMX Shop) selling Comp's in 1 3/8 ???
Or are the non prescription drugs I consumed in the 90's finally doing there damage >:D
Ive heard you can get some nasty flashbacks off ginseng :D
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I'm having a bad week with the old brain, but I'm sure I've seen someone (BMX Shop) selling Comp's in 1 3/8 ???
Or are the non prescription drugs I consumed in the 90's finally doing there damage >:D
Ive heard you can get some nasty flashbacks off ginseng :D
Is that the same as a blow back from KY ???
:daumenhoch:
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I'm having a bad week with the old brain, but I'm sure I've seen someone (BMX Shop) selling Comp's in 1 3/8 ???
Or are the non prescription drugs I consumed in the 90's finally doing there damage >:D
Ive heard you can get some nasty flashbacks off ginseng :D
not for long now they're changing the laws.. bloody illuminati
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UPDATE 10TH MAY 2011 ........installed uni seat and mks graphites so a bit more weight off just the aluminium bars to try now and see if they look right on, also just tried a race plate on
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSC00148_1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSC00149_1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSC00150_1024x768.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSC00155_1024x768.jpg)
diesel and sasha on the hunt for snacks
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSC00151_1024x768.jpg)
diesel wants to know what make the hubs are
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSC00152_1024x768.jpg)
diesel is not amused ;D
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/DSC00153_1024x768.jpg)
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Nice build but if its operation lightweight you need to rethink that plate! or at least loose the blue surround ;)
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Looking very good................MKS's :smitten:
Not sure about your footwear for riding and if you lost the nail varnish off your toes that would help cut down the weight >:D
Also....fantastic looking dogs :daumenhoch: bet they get down some food in a week :shocked:
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I'd like to say that's a nice pair of puppies creeping into the pic but that would be wrong!!!
Ripper looks good though :coolsmiley:
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Nice build but if its operation lightweight you need to rethink that plate! or at least loose the blue surround ;)
i might just stick a sheet of paper on with a number scribbled on it ;D
Looking very good................MKS's :smitten:
Not sure about your footwear for riding and if you lost the nail varnish off your toes that would help cut down the weight >:D
Also....fantastic looking dogs :daumenhoch: bet they get down some food in a week :shocked:
;D i forgot about my evening footwear and my nail varnish being exposed :D ;D , yeh the big dog its not the amount he eats its the amount what comes out the other side its like following anelephant around :LolLolLolLol:
I'd like to say that's a nice pair of puppies creeping into the pic but that would be wrong!!!
Ripper looks good though :coolsmiley:
;D the old double entender can't beat it :daumenhoch: :LolLolLolLol:
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completed the ripper today fitted the alu renthals and some new oakley b2's i'd been saving
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2231.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2232.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2233.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2234.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2235.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2236.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2237.jpg)
(http://www.gbwatches.com/rad/Dscn2238.jpg)
Parts list for the people interested
1982 se racing pk ripper looptail aluminium frame ball burnished finish with chrome lgs unstamped
hatta geadset,tange locknut
hutch deep h racing stem
Renthal aluminium superstrong pro bars
nos oakley b2 grips with black doughnuts
mx1000 brake with dc lever and skyway finned pads
shimano dx cranks with mks graphite pedals
hutch doughnut seat clamp
uni turbo hammerhead seat
ukai 1/38 rims with sealed mavic hubs with front wheel radial spoked with green/siver label comp 3 tyres
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Very nice :coolsmiley:
Have you weighed it yet?
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Have you weighed it yet?
LOL just about to ask the same question :LolLolLolLol:
Does look light now Glen 8) Get her on the scales :D
Not much you can lose now though :-\
Lighter seatclamp ? Hare lever ? 890 caliper drilled out ?
Maybe an addicks chainwheel or a thin shimano chainwheel and 3/32 chain ;)
Maybe drop the chainwheel size and freewheel size too >:D
But we're scratching there - it loooks pretty bloody light to me !!!! ;D
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Have you weighed it yet?
LOL just about to ask the same question :LolLolLolLol:
Does look light now Glen 8) Get her on the scales :D
Not much you can lose now though :-\
Lighter seatclamp ? Hare lever ? 890 caliper drilled out ?
Maybe an addicks chainwheel or a thin shimano chainwheel and 3/32 chain ;)
Maybe drop the chainwheel size and freewheel size too >:D
But we're scratching there - it loooks pretty bloody light to me !!!! ;D
Plus a Ti Spindle for the crank & Alloy Chainring bolts & Ti bolts (or alloy) for the stem :crazy2:
Come on whats it weigh ???
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That is a thing of beauty, it almost exactly as i had mine BITD, i had the smaller Renthal bars and silver suginos but apart from that it could be a double, LOVE IT :smitten:
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Thanks a lot yeh you never know how its going to turn out till you do it , i'll have to find some scales and weigh it tomorrow other half hasn't got any in house :LolLolLolLol:, what would make the main difference weight wise now would be the forks i'd as the lgs are bleedin heavy but unless it was some wicked race forks i'll compromise there , also you can get the renthal superlite bars which use a lot thinner aluminium tube and are really light but hunterdubber said he snapped some when he was about 13 :shocked:so i'll stick with the superstrongs, thanks for the input and comments and i might do a few of the tweaks now you've mentioned over the period .....now what next ;D :daumenhoch:
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That's a lovely Ripper :smitten:
Looks very floatylite 8) ;)
Hope it runs sweet when you start to race it :daumenhoch:
Cheers,
Paul.
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Tange Mitylite's would make a huge weight differencebut not really that rideable although Vinoah did ride for a long time with a pair one of his old bikes :daumenhoch: