1979 supergoose now finished apart from tyres? which ones look best?

[Nicfred]

just finished building my 1979 supergoose(few little jobs to do,but near as matters done)
i am in time going to get the 7c anodized blue
which tyres look best 
blue

black

old style knobblies

[Bigfrawg]

 i like them all    ( not much help really am i )

[dannywhiteley]

Cantt believe im saying this as im not massively keen on non-gum wall tyres, but the old school black knobblers look great.

However, think you need black grips as seat and grips should always match IMO.

[spesh]

NICE
but its got to be the blue g/walls as above gotta match the pads n grips

[Ramp Rat]

Lovely bike mate, well done! They all look great, but I think the blue ones goes best... the bike seems to pop more w/ the blue ones.

[kdw712]

i'd say either of the gum wall sets

sweet looking build there 

[hunterdubber]

It's the seat whats messing it up on the the top one should be a blue one or have black grips

The rule what everyone is trying to get across is seat colour has to match grips always on builds ,

tyres and  pads can be different to the rest 



The 3rd pic tyres look right for the bike to me , seeing as its an early first gen Supergooose


It's a great looking bike , I'd love  to have it 

[sid1972]

If that's a 79 what year was the goose kneck - motomag (or at least, I think thats what it said on the white sticker)?

I had one of in bright yellow with smoke chrome forks, Dad gave it to a neighbour and I have told him to track it the fook back down!

loved the old girl - it weighed a tone, steel chromed rims and every conponents was stampted mongoose..

[sid1972]

It's the seat whats messing it up on the the top one should be a blue one or have black grips

The rule what everyone is trying to get across is seat colour has to match grips always on builds ,

tyres and  pads can be different to the rest 



The 3rd pic tyres look right for the bike to me , seeing as its an early first gen Supergooose

It's a great looking bike , I'd love  to have it 

Changing the grips would be easier, as the seat is rare with a mongoose metal plate fitted to the back... only ever saw these in black.. could be wrong though.

[sid1972]

Thinking about it, mine had a black seat, black bars and yellow grips with blue pads... and that's how its was from new..

[hunterdubber]

There's a blue messenger diamond seat on US ebay at the mo

yeah changing grips would be cheaper

[jT Racing]

a padded seat early goose is an exception to the grips seat rule. they were from the factory black seats although you could get 4 different coloured padded seats, the team has a suede covered seat.
they came with 4 different colours of grips. Blue grips for the super is bang on usually, but if you leave the rims silver, then black grips will work better. the black tyres look so much better, beat the blue by a country mile.

quick look.
79 and 80
http://www.vintagemongoose.com/products/supergoose1.php
and pics and the spec and all the accessories from 79-80 can be found on this PDF, the spec sheet is on page 27

http://www.vintagemongoose.com/pdfs/mongoose_cat79-80.pdf

[Mattdub]

Black wall knobblies & anno blue rims , get it done 

The gum/skinwall tyres look gay if that's a pukka 79 .

[sweetbeats]

Nice build like the blue tyres as well (which I don't normally)...defiantly look more cooler with a blue seat and possibly a blue clamp...i like blue parts.
or keep the black tyres and get black brakes etc..decisions decisions.....whichever you choose it looks cool though

[jT Racing]

take it from matt, he's a prolific builder
79 = black wall tyres.

[hunterdubber]

take it from matt, he's a prolific builder
79 = black wall tyres.

Well thats 4 of us who've said the 3rd pic  tyres,, big black and knobbly for an early build

[kdw712]

been in and out of this thread all night

and i think i would go with the 3rd pic now

the more i look at it the more i likes it

[bobafett]

Keep the messinger seat, anodise the rims blue and go with the black knobblies - very faithful to the 79 catalogue super then 

BTW lovely build