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Offline bobafett

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1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« on: April 28, 2011, 11:42 PM »

Right then.........

It's done the rounds this frame - it was originally Dan diesel's, think Ratty had it at some point ? Can't remember who had it after that but I remember being interested in trying to buy it as a F&F about 2 years ago but that never happened, fast forward to January this year and it popped up on ebay - I wasn't in a position to buy it at the time and Carl (In2bmx) fancied a pub cruiser whilst he waited for a Robbo to pop up so he bought it with the plan of selling it to me once a robbo turned up.

A couple of months later it was mine and it was time to put my stamp on it  ;)

Kept the F&F, bars n wheels and changed pretty much everything else.

I think I might re-chrome it next year but for now here's how she stands (finally got a set of mongoose winner's choice skin walls ! Would love some 20" ones for some of my builds but that's not gonna happen any time soon ! )

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1982 Kos cruiser F&F
26" pro-class rims
Suzue hubs
mongoose winner's choice skinwall tyres
JC mongoose cruiser bars
Terry Cable cranks
Tuf Neck power disc
Sugino chainring
KKT Lightening pedals
Dia Compe 2-piece seat post clamp
Gold fluted post
Kashimax Super leather saddle
Suntour stem
Genuine Winner's Circle USA grips
Dia Compe 890 caliper
Dia Compe Tech 3 lever
Genuine mongoose vinyl bar pad
































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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2011, 11:46 PM »
Sleek as usual John - Love it  :coolsmiley:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 12:02 AM »
Another belter John  :4_17_5:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 07:44 AM »
Very nice John, loving the crank set aswell.  :smitten:
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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2011, 08:07 AM »
Very nice John  :4_17_5: .    :coolsmiley:  I enjoyed my  month  of fun in the winter riding her to the pub  .  :smitten: it's great to ride

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 09:35 AM »
nice  :daumenhoch:

its cool to see my old bike in various guises over the years - great stuff

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2011, 10:22 AM »
very nice John  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2011, 12:26 PM »
sweet looking there inthe sun and a classic look  :4_17_5:

tell me, are the grips hard ?
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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2011, 12:42 PM »
Great job mate, looks sweet  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2011, 12:44 PM »
stunna  :4_17_5:
nice one John  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2011, 07:02 PM »
sweet that john, as per.... :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2011, 07:05 PM »
Nice bike love the tyres  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2011, 07:17 PM »
cracking John.. some nice changes made to it...Carl only sold it you because its wwwwaaaayyyy to big for him >:D :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2011, 09:38 PM »
All Hail John, that is a beaut bud leave it black, it's loverrrrrlyyyy  :daumenhoch: bring it up chorley when we start going Mondays bud

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2011, 09:46 PM »
Always enjoy your custom builds John :daumenhoch:
Great combo of the right parts & schemes always work a treat.
Don't see many of them cranks about :coolsmiley:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2011, 03:48 AM »
That does look sweet, hate those grips though; blister city!

Nice cranks too  ;)


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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2011, 07:08 PM »
Sweet cruiser John. :smitten: :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2011, 12:48 PM »

Looks great John  :daumenhoch: , good to see old bikes/frames etc re-appear once in a while  ;)

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2011, 11:58 AM »
Very nice John  :daumenhoch:

Tyres are cool , like you say I bet you wish you had a few of those NOS in 20"  :D  Love the 26" pro class too , didn't realise they actually did those in 26" until i saw this .

Had a blast on this when Carl had it , rides really well but i think i would stick to street riding over the track on this. 


onto the next one mate  ::)  ;D
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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #19 on: May 05, 2011, 12:28 PM »
love it! is it 24 or 26 wheels?

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2011, 12:59 PM »
Very nice  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #21 on: May 05, 2011, 01:36 PM »
Lovely bike John :smitten:

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2011, 09:15 PM »
Yet another top build  :daumenhoch:

must be time for a group shot soon  :)
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« Reply #23 on: May 05, 2011, 09:18 PM »
cracking John.. some nice changes made to it...Carl only sold it you because its wwwwaaaayyyy to big for him >:D :LolLolLolLol:

  :knuppel2:    It's too small for you  ;D

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Re: 1982 mongoose Kos cruiser [FINISHED]
« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2011, 09:32 PM »

Cheers lads - thanks for the comments  :daumenhoch:

As for the winners circle grips - I love 'em..... it's a mongoose thing !  :angel: :LolLolLolLol:

There were many copies of these grips and they were really hard rubber almost plastic  :buck2:

These however are the real deal and are a lot softer rubber but still not the most comfortable grips I guess - grippy though and with a set of gloves on they'd do the job just fine  8)

Mongoose had these as an option grip from about 78/79 ish through 1980 or so and many models came as standard in those years with the now highly sought after clear version of these grips (I have a couple of sets for a few choice builds yet to come  ;) )

Still got the cheapo black 26" tyres that came on the rims when I bought it so I'll waz them on and give her a blast in the summer - had a ride of her when she was with Carl and she's a smooth road cruiser  8)

Nice one  :daumenhoch:

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