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Title: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: Nosnod on May 17, 2006, 05:04 PM

83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose (US versions) Test scans from BMX Action Sept 1983

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/mongoose1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/90643cf2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/473ab175.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/b44a8467.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/57e52813.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/ff8c60a0.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/mongoose7.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/mongoose8.jpg)

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: kdw712 on May 17, 2006, 05:14 PM

top info

cheers for putting those on   :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

interesting that expert and cali are shown as same trimoly frame ....

mongoose - never make things simple do they  :-\

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: Preston Pirate on June 23, 2006, 12:21 AM

Awesome!!

Must get my finger out and build my cali!

Thanks for posting that, all useful info

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: theRuler on June 23, 2006, 09:25 AM

my 84 expert has stickers on it that say "all chromoly"
the sticker on the seattube that says "expert" also says "mongoose all chromoly"

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: jimwise68 on June 23, 2006, 11:24 AM

So any of you guys who have Californians and are not of the age range between 11 - 15 had better get rid of them!  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: theRuler on June 23, 2006, 11:40 AM

lol

i refer you to this mongoose californian rider, age 30

http://www.30cms.co.uk/30cms/uk/bmx/ss2004/gaps/mikevid3.mpg

bet the mongoose marketing people didnt think they would be used for this 20 years later.

more low qual cellphone vids from the same weekend here:

http://www.smoothasanut.co.uk/gapgal.htm

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: steve on June 23, 2006, 05:05 PM

i always thought the mini used different forks
-not true then?

-i have the sr stem, similar bars
-i wonder what the chrome is like on the mini I have, as i have forks from another frame
-plus 1.3/8th arayas -in silver -better get the drill out
 :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: thesku11s on June 26, 2006, 03:20 PM

"the clamping area on the bars is knurled to give more gription" - LOL old school

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: jimmyp on June 26, 2006, 03:33 PM

Would'nt it be great if they could make them all again :angel: :angel:

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: theRuler on June 29, 2006, 09:07 PM

Quote from: thesku11s on June 26, 2006, 03:20 PM

"the clamping area on the bars is knurled to give more gription"

lol squared

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: AtariAger on June 29, 2006, 11:42 PM

Does anybody have one of those seats for sale...? ???

I could use one or two of them...

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: 83/84 Mongoose Expert, Californian & Minigoose Test Scans
Post by: Mikku on February 26, 2016, 01:24 AM

Apologies for the 10-year thread resurrection (is that a record?!?), but my question ties in with this thread, I thought I'd keep it all together for ease of reference. :daumenhoch:

From what I've read here and elsewhere, the first of the Taiwanese-made Californian frames were tri-moly (as per that test table) but later on ('85-ish) became full chromoly. My question relates to the pre-Taiwanese Californians that were made in the US in '82/'83 while they were getting setup for production at the Merida factory in Taiwan. Does anyone know whether those US-made framesets were chromoly or tri-moly? I'm guessing the latter, as the Californian was a budget racer, but anyone got any thoughts?