got this along time ago. been sitting in my garage for years. i dont know much about these bikes. never heard of one when i was riding years ago. looks pretty cool for an old school bike. wish i had picked up the rest of it years ago but i forgot all about it.





[ February 23, 2006, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: raceshop ]

how much ,you can send that my way,,correct me if , iam wrong but I think speed unlimited made this frame for puch ,bunch of guys raced them in 80,81 craigmiur in nj right down the road from speed unlimited!!!!

I alway thought it looked like a cross between a thruster and a hutch !!!!!with a gusset .the back of the bike is thruster,,, the forks look hutch with a extra hole!!!!

you want a box!!!!

I beleive Thruster in Wayne, NJ made those for PUCH.

I can't see if it's got a curved brake bridge but it looks exactly like a Thruster rear end , I got some old ad's in a BMXA here with a PUCH (production bike) in it here somewhere...........if I find it I'll throw it up for you.

JB

puch had two different lines, a euro line that was an extension of their road bikes and then around 80 they wanted some of the american scene and had speed unlimited make the trakpro for them. thus the thruster ties. a very well made bike, the forks are the same speed unlimited as thrusters but some had slightly more rake. around 82/83 they had a standard and pro model, the pro being 1" longer toptube. complete bikes stocked speed unlimited bars and dura ace cranks.
john

I can now see why foreman was so keen to get the frame off you raceshop...



Despite the lack luster finish on the PUCH frame & forks you have there atm if you can get a good polishisher to lift off whatever chrome plate is left on it , there's a double nickel plate underneath it all just waiting to shine.
I found this ad in a July 1980 BMXA mag , these PUCH's came fully loaded with all sorts of goodies & extra's at the time.
Patented dropouts on the forks as well , a "quick search" at the USPTO might even turn up those documents too as they were filed post 1976 so are easily searched for..

Pending on the top tube length it may even be a good rider , my Thruster is a tad short for a 6ft tall guy like me , even with a layback seatpost on it....

JB

this frame/fork is actually in really good shape. all the crap on the frame is just from me spraying it down years ago with wd40. i can rub it off with my fingers and it looks perfect underneath.its been sold to a guy on here already. hopefully he can fix it up again.top tube measures 18.5 "and it looks like it has alot of rake on those forks.

Thruster made - Thruster Fork (also had Thruster bars and the early versions came with the rare THRUSTER POWER STEM too) ..... the silimarities with HUTCH is because Thruster made HUTCH early on as well


nice find/score/purchase what ever is was/is....

looks like someone drilled a front brake hole ... that fork should have no hole

this bike was very well made ,,great peice to have ,,dougs gotta build this one and I cant wait to see it when its done!!!! great bike not many prople know what they are,, when people see puch they think moped not bike !!!

The fork dropouts on my Thruster TJR have an additional semicircle cut out just below the hole in the middle of the dropout. It has 3 holes in each dropout unlike the puch fork which has 2 holes in each dropout.

you may have an earlier model fork is all ... PUCH's came w/THRUSTER fork/bars/seatpost/and sometimes the POWER STEM ----- as listed in the BMXA TEST and numerous articles

even if you read the ad shown it states Speed Unlimited fork/bar .... thats THRUSTER

Puch race bikes were made by Thruster.
I spoke to Harry Myers last week who was the guy who got Puch into BMX, and he confirmed that they were made right there in NJ.

hey trickstar, ol'phart is correct, if you have the speed unlimited forks with the extra cutout, you have the very first run. you don't see many of those and the puch trakpro never had those. only the 2nd version as shown in this thread. my jamie burrows has those but my vanishing point and thruster II have the more common single cutout with the hole forks, along with my 3 trakpro's. also, the first run of the trakpro had the same speed unlimited fork as the thruster, but the later trakpro (82/83) speed unlimited fork changed to the same fork but with more rake. also again, the puch did not come with the speed unlimited power stem, you could order it that way but it was not what they used standard. the bxma test trakpro was a special built trakpro with all the bells thrown on, but the trakpro did come with the speed unlimited bars standard!
john

harrys kid ran a redline but I think he had a puch too,, this was in 80/81 ,really nice !!!! I think his kid was in 4 grade or something ,,

My first "real" bmx bike was a PUCH Challenger MX. I am sure it was thier low entry level BMX bike. Any of you guys know where that may have been made? I remember it had a Gussett similar to a Predator and the road bike looking extra thickness/grooves near the head tube.

It was a mid-level bike. Made by the same company that made Scorpions. I have a Challenger frame if you are interested.

reilley your bike is still in the box in the garage the shipping is thirty bucks if you still want it ! everyone comes over and says whats in the box !!!!! one guy thought it was another gt I was teasing him with!!!anyway I think your challenger was made by puch but not by the same manufacturer,, this was made by thruster in jersey ,,,I think those were made in china or japan!!!

Always love black and gold combo. Sweet one Doug.

I figured it was overseas stuff. I actually cracked the frame in half hitting some doubles. Send me some pics of the one you have reillley.