Kad-Guy Posted April 17, 2016 Share Hey lads, So this weekend I decided to commence the resurrection operation on my (as far as i know) 1980-something bmx which i bought 10 years back in Cape Town. It came with some pretty kick ass components, all of which hail from the great Japan. Edited April 17, 2016 by Bmx Boy Eric Cartman and FrequentFaller 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 17, 2016 Share Let the stripping begin! Years and years of the past being ripped off! Does anybody recognise the original paintwork on this bike? looks like some kinda red. I can make out an'A'but thats about it... This serial remains an enigma to me FrequentFaller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 17, 2016 Share Come on sandpaper!! Do you worst!!!! Enough for one day. The original frame colour may be seen on the fork here... Edited April 17, 2016 by Bmx Boy GT Jimmy, FrequentFaller and Mongoose! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 17, 2016 Share So after much sweat and reciprocating motions of the hand (...), Ive finally sanded it down to what I believe is suitable enough to be sent away to be sprayed.herein lies ze problem though. I dont know what the original colour of this bike was, so i wont be able to restore it to its original colour. Any suggestions on what I should go for? Sugesstions please to inlcude images. Anybody know of loyal spray painters in Cape Town areas (who wont take forever and steal parts)? Thanks!! GT Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 17, 2016 Share I was thinking of spraying it a blue much like this (thanks for the image Eric Cartman) since I've got some gold parts too that will mesh well with this blue. Eric Cartman, FrequentFaller and Grondpad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted April 17, 2016 Share Nice work! Kad-Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the nerd Posted April 17, 2016 Share Have a chat to Bogus... he will hook you up... Kad-Guy and KingTJ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 17, 2016 Share Thanks Gents! @the nerd, does he go by the name BogusOne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 19, 2016 Share So after much stressful contemplation, Ive reached the following conclusion: I AM HORRIBLE AT PICKING COLOURS! I need any input from forum members as to what colour to go for. Narrowed it down to either blue or red. Here are the parts which will be assembled on the bike: -Gold/ silver crank-Silver flywheel-Black rims-Gold hubs-Gold stem lock nut-Silver stem-Chrome bars (not the current bars in the image)-Gold seat clam-Chrome Seat post ...and the prospective colours... Team Blue: Team Red: Thanks for any assistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrequentFaller Posted April 20, 2016 Share My goes for the team blue or the last red one ???????? (in fact, double vote for the latter) Kad-Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cartman Posted April 20, 2016 Share Its good to see more Old School BMX on the Bike Hub Mongoose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 20, 2016 Share Its good to see more Old School BMX on the Bike Hub It truly is. In other news, I nearly got myself killed yesterday in Goodwood. Was driving and saw a chrome Looptail goose in immaculate condition cycling towards the train station. Parked my car at the nearest open spot and made a dash towards him... Needless to say I was too late lol. I fell victim to my inner BMX desires, couldnt control it. Mongoose! and FrequentFaller 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cartman Posted April 21, 2016 Share It truly is. In other news, I nearly got myself killed yesterday in Goodwood. Was driving and saw a chrome Looptail goose in immaculate condition cycling towards the train station. Parked my car at the nearest open spot and made a dash towards him... Needless to say I was too late lol. I fell victim to my inner BMX desires, couldnt control it. Hahaha! Be careful though. Some guys might think you want to rob them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kad-Guy Posted April 21, 2016 Share I ran smiling retardedly with TEETH. Doubt I resembled your average Cape Town 'gengshta' lol Sent from my SM-T531 using Tapatalk LeTurbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTurbo Posted April 21, 2016 Share Anything Le Turbo is good to me! Lekker stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdT85 Posted April 21, 2016 Share The more I see all these retro bmx's, the more I want to kick my own behind for selling '83 mongoose expert. Itching to source and do a old retro bmx build Mongoose! and Kad-Guy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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