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Title: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 04, 2014, 07:05 PM
Hi ,

Can anyone identify these forks ???

(http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p713/eddiekidd/1984_gt_pro_performer_fiola_replica_lg_zpsb6a918c8.jpg) (http://s1347.photobucket.com/user/eddiekidd/media/1984_gt_pro_performer_fiola_replica_lg_zpsb6a918c8.jpg.html)

1984 GT PP

Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: ron burgundy on February 04, 2014, 08:15 PM
GT Pro race forks?
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: BADDH on February 04, 2014, 08:24 PM
Maybe 86 Torker magnum ?
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: Retrodan72 on February 04, 2014, 08:38 PM
This is a RAD member FINNY'S bike, fire him a pm mate, he'll be able to confirm.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: TORKER mick on February 04, 2014, 08:42 PM
GT Pro race forks?
  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 04, 2014, 09:29 PM
GT Pro race forks?
  :daumenhoch:

That's what i thought too... :daumenhoch:

But...it has been throw into doubt... :shocked:

Finny pm'd... :-X
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: AKGOFF on February 04, 2014, 09:59 PM
Fookin nice bike.  :smitten:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: oldschoolib on February 04, 2014, 10:01 PM
yellow ?
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 04, 2014, 10:05 PM
yellow ?

Correcto... :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: Retrodan72 on February 04, 2014, 10:08 PM
yellow ?

RAL 1018 Zinc Yellow to be precise.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: oldschoolib on February 04, 2014, 10:19 PM
boom im with dan on this one  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 04, 2014, 11:53 PM
Come on guys...

The suspense is killing me...

Another pic...

(http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p713/eddiekidd/dsc00138_copy3_blowup_zps6091d555.jpg) (http://s1347.photobucket.com/user/eddiekidd/media/dsc00138_copy3_blowup_zps6091d555.jpg.html)

Although, there is no brake hole ???
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: rodriguez on February 05, 2014, 12:41 AM
GT did a facelift on the race bikes and introduced the Peformer in 84 but IIRC early some of the early GT Pros and GT Performers came with the old style fork which is what that is on both bikes as said above.
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 05, 2014, 01:16 AM
OK, so they are 'Pre' 84 GT Pro Forks... :daumenhoch:

Good Man Yerself...

Now, what would you pay for a set ??? (Not NOS - getting painted...)
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: fischflo on February 05, 2014, 01:55 PM
about the forks below  farmboy   says "Early ('80-'81) GT forks" -> http://bmxmuseum.com/reference/3457

and pair that looksky like those went for $175 about 2 months ago ...woah! :shocked:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: dwain dibbly on February 07, 2014, 11:01 PM
ok they are PRO forks. EDDIE FIOLA rode with pro forks as oppose to the standard performer forks, he also
used PRO bars instead of the performer ones.
the bike above is a recreation of fiolas winterland bike.
I've just built the all yellow version of the same bike  :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_4510_zps4259eca6.jpg) (http://s11.photobucket.com/user/dwaindibbly/media/IMG_4510_zps4259eca6.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 08, 2014, 11:54 PM
Confirmed then... :daumenhoch:

 "help" How do i obtain a parts list for said bike ???

Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on February 09, 2014, 06:04 AM

Right or wrong for the rep of that fiolas bike ? I don't know, but I know the forks on that bike ain't GT. I felt them and had a very good look and they ain't GT. Ultra thin and got. Weird curve, I asked Finny and he Said he didn't know, he brought the bike complete. So are they the right  forks for that fiola rep bike ?

And btw Finny is such a lovely chap
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: MartyC on February 09, 2014, 06:06 AM
They look like ELF forks to me...
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on February 09, 2014, 06:07 AM


Anyone got a pic of the actual winter bike being ridden
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: OrgasmDonor on February 09, 2014, 10:59 AM
they look like GHP mini forks to me  :-\
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: GTnumber1 on February 09, 2014, 11:50 AM

Right or wrong for the rep of that fiolas bike ? I don't know, but I know the forks on that bike ain't GT. I felt them and had a very good look and they ain't GT. Ultra thin and got. Weird curve, I asked Finny and he Said he didn't know, he brought the bike complete. So are they the right  forks for that fiola rep bike ?

And btw Finny is such a lovely chap

+1 they defo aint GT forks but fook knows what they are  :-\
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 09, 2014, 02:39 PM


Anyone got a pic of the actual winter bike being ridden

This is Eddie's bike from 1985...

(http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p713/eddiekidd/GT1985-041_zpse44f59ae.jpg) (http://s1347.photobucket.com/user/eddiekidd/media/GT1985-041_zpse44f59ae.jpg.html)

Deff not GT Performer forks...???

Are they not 'Early' Pro Forks, as previously mentioned ... ???
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on February 09, 2014, 02:51 PM
Why not fire Eddie a PM? He is on the Museum and FB  :daumenhoch:

The first pic are NOT Pro fork. Look at the leading edge (top) off the fork leg of the dropout. It curves out and not straight down. The chrome fork on the Pro are indeed Pro fork  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: eddie kidd on February 09, 2014, 03:35 PM
Why not fire Eddie a PM? He is on the Museum and FB  :daumenhoch:

The first pic are NOT Pro fork. Look at the leading edge (top) off the fork leg of the dropout. It curves out and not straight down. The chrome fork on the Pro are indeed Pro fork  :daumenhoch:

Just joined BMX Museum and posted the question...

We'll see what them chaps come up with...
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on February 09, 2014, 03:46 PM


GT forks on the white one at pipeline but not the same as that yellow bike, has anyone ever seen a pic of the original winter wonderland bike ? Every photo I seen of fiola yellow performer it's always different
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: OrgasmDonor on February 09, 2014, 05:31 PM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b23/resto64/ghpforme002.jpg)

 :-\
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: Wadz on February 09, 2014, 10:08 PM
this is an orginal early 84 gt pro performer with the same forks , you can tell its an early 1 cos the 3 holes in the rear drop outs,
(http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv15/wadz1975/untitled.jpg) (http://s665.photobucket.com/user/wadz1975/media/untitled.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: rodriguez on February 09, 2014, 10:46 PM
this is an orginal early 84 gt pro performer with the same forks , you can tell its an early 1 cos the 3 holes in the rear drop outs,
(http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv15/wadz1975/untitled.jpg) (http://s665.photobucket.com/user/wadz1975/media/untitled.jpg.html)

Those are pre 84 GT pro forks  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: CD17 on February 09, 2014, 11:28 PM
this is an orginal early 84 gt pro performer with the same forks , you can tell its an early 1 cos the 3 holes in the rear drop outs,
(http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv15/wadz1975/untitled.jpg) (http://s665.photobucket.com/user/wadz1975/media/untitled.jpg.html)

& the standing platform joins the centre of the TT, the later ones it joined the top  :daumenhoch:

I always thought they were GT Race Pro forks, but clearly not  :-\
Title: Re: What are these forks ???
Post by: rodriguez on February 10, 2014, 12:03 AM
this is an orginal early 84 gt pro performer with the same forks , you can tell its an early 1 cos the 3 holes in the rear drop outs,
(http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv15/wadz1975/untitled.jpg) (http://s665.photobucket.com/user/wadz1975/media/untitled.jpg.html)

& the standing platform joins the centre of the TT, the later ones it joined the top  :daumenhoch:

I always thought they were GT Race Pro forks, but clearly not  :-\

The forks on that bike are GT Pro IMO.

The bike at the top of the thread aren't.
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