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CHOP IT
to much TV
lol
i should post the location and see who gets them first, or clues like a scavenger hunt, lol
TAKE - IT - EASE !!!!!! the lil ole lady next door seen me messing about on one of my bikes , she said she had an "old bmx" in her garage that was her sons , and i could have it for my wee man im thinking FIND OF THE YEAR HERE !!!! as she hands me an STR-1 for free .... northern FEKKIN star in original condition , doesnt even have its own seat clamp (welded into the frame)
BTW V8 , i wasnt trying to make a martyr out of it .... it was only a question ! also , if you wanna know any UK BMX questions , ask me and i'll shoot em down as a K-Mart special
BTW V8 , i wasnt trying to make a martyr out of it .... it was only a question ! also , if you wanna know any UK BMX questions , ask me and i'll shoot em down as a K-Mart special
so did she hand you an STR or a northern star?
why even mention northern star in this thread dude, the rest of the world knows us as quicksilver and mongoose collectors, now northern stars, lol
instead of all this talk about crap, why dont you guys bring some quality to this thread, cmon, BRING IT, BRING IT
I got those kgb return bars delivered yesterday, they feel real nice, what you's think.
sorry bout pic quality.
[ August 11, 2006, 11:47 AM: Message edited by: bullyhotrod86jh ]
Went for a ride last night with a few of the old school guys over here and had a blast!
one guy brought his swing bike, the first time I ever saw one in the flesh and man they arent easy to ride, it was like learning to ride all over again!!!
I'll remember to take my camera next week!
[ August 11, 2006, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: QuicksilverBMX ]
one guy brought his swing bike, the first time I ever saw one in the flesh and man they arent easy to ride, it was like learning to ride all over again!!!
I'll remember to take my camera next week!
[ August 11, 2006, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: QuicksilverBMX ]
G'day Guys,
Roy, I'm very sorry to hear about your mum's stroke. Please hang in there, I'm sure you'll do just fine. Don't you just love the curve balls of life. NOT. I'll speak to you soon mate.
MB & JB I have replaced my seat on my Repco monoshock (the pic MB posted) with a better one. I still have the rusty one here and I may even have spare seat posts for it. LMK, there yours if you want them.
Glenn, I'm 99% sure I have a set of forks for you mono also. Let me check and I'll contact you.
Pete, I've taken some of your 2nd Gathering info and put it on the site for an update this weekend.
LMK an address etc when you can.
Cheers!
Roy, I'm very sorry to hear about your mum's stroke. Please hang in there, I'm sure you'll do just fine. Don't you just love the curve balls of life. NOT. I'll speak to you soon mate.
MB & JB I have replaced my seat on my Repco monoshock (the pic MB posted) with a better one. I still have the rusty one here and I may even have spare seat posts for it. LMK, there yours if you want them.
Glenn, I'm 99% sure I have a set of forks for you mono also. Let me check and I'll contact you.
Pete, I've taken some of your 2nd Gathering info and put it on the site for an update this weekend.
LMK an address etc when you can.
Cheers!
Historical AUSSIE Find, direct form old Madison factory stock....
NOS frames still in their bags...
Classic TAIPAN Phase II ...
The MXDR ...
And another ...
And another ...
And another ...
From Memory, there was an MX, MXR, MXDR or something like that.
Enjoy the HISTORY !
NOS frames still in their bags...
Classic TAIPAN Phase II ...
The MXDR ...
And another ...
And another ...
And another ...
From Memory, there was an MX, MXR, MXDR or something like that.
Enjoy the HISTORY !
That'd be cool Gary. Thanks. If JB and MB don't want the seat, I'll grab that too. Save me finding the right one. I am using a normal seat at the moment.
Well today I got bored and made my boy<Toby, a new jump. I couldn't let him go on using the bricks and scrap timber any more. I think he's gonna be like his dad when he gets older. he needs to get more speed up but can't due to the lack of runup area we have.
He loves it anyway. Bare feet and all !!
Cheers all.
click on pics to enlarge
[ August 12, 2006, 01:44 AM: Message edited by: COASTVL ]
Well today I got bored and made my boy<Toby, a new jump. I couldn't let him go on using the bricks and scrap timber any more. I think he's gonna be like his dad when he gets older. he needs to get more speed up but can't due to the lack of runup area we have.
He loves it anyway. Bare feet and all !!
Cheers all.
click on pics to enlarge
[ August 12, 2006, 01:44 AM: Message edited by: COASTVL ]
Wow Marty, Thats a cool score. They look better now than what I remember bitd. Great work.
The second BMX I ever saw was a Madison. Don't know the model but it was grey and had realy low bars like a cruiser has. How things survive this long is amazing. Thank goodness for people who keep things.
Glenn, build him a roll-in ramp and that way you don't need the distance to build up speed. I built a ramp like that when I got my new school bike because it is so heavy and I wanted to get more than a couple of inches of air. Didn't help as i realised it was skill related not bike related problems.
Glenn, build him a roll-in ramp and that way you don't need the distance to build up speed. I built a ramp like that when I got my new school bike because it is so heavy and I wanted to get more than a couple of inches of air. Didn't help as i realised it was skill related not bike related problems.
ahh you got them Marty......
HOLYY COW MrBMXa.. thats the score of 2006! well done homie..
GlennO: Did you have a got too? hehehe wanna see photos.. hehehe
Here's my latests score: 24 inch Hotfoot (Diamond Back) hahaha..
ENjoy
OsamaIE.
GlennO: Did you have a got too? hehehe wanna see photos.. hehehe
Here's my latests score: 24 inch Hotfoot (Diamond Back) hahaha..
ENjoy
OsamaIE.
Our monoshock bike will be far from an original restoration , , as long as the frame & forks all clean up nice & we can get the basic frame shock & front triple tree setup working nice
they will probably be the only original parts on it.
Still looking for some front + rear mudguards & figuring a way mount a 990plate & brakes setup for the rear.
The swept back handlebars will be getting replaced with something with a lot less sweep & a bit more rise , the seat will be either a springer style or a boxy MX style seat held up by a sissy bar or something.
No real rules on this build , other than to have a fun , comfortable , freewheel monoshock suspension bike to ride on.
What year were the Repco bikes originally made/released ? Best I remember is they were very new around the mid to late 1970's here.
JB
they will probably be the only original parts on it.
Still looking for some front + rear mudguards & figuring a way mount a 990plate & brakes setup for the rear.
The swept back handlebars will be getting replaced with something with a lot less sweep & a bit more rise , the seat will be either a springer style or a boxy MX style seat held up by a sissy bar or something.
No real rules on this build , other than to have a fun , comfortable , freewheel monoshock suspension bike to ride on.
What year were the Repco bikes originally made/released ? Best I remember is they were very new around the mid to late 1970's here.
JB
Good ! Does that mean I can have the seat JC has? Please.
JB:
I had repco monoshock catalogs/paperwork dated as 1975/76 if that helps...
P.S They're still an awesome ride today, bouncy and comfy is good ;-)
I had repco monoshock catalogs/paperwork dated as 1975/76 if that helps...
P.S They're still an awesome ride today, bouncy and comfy is good ;-)
Hey Johnny Chop - that bottom black one was exactly the same as my old one, had the gold madison stickers like the taipan. Great bike.
Do you plan to build those or sell JC?
Hey Osamaie - now you got two!
Do you plan to build those or sell JC?
Hey Osamaie - now you got two!
awesome jump Glenn, love that kind of thing!!
Nice pickup on the madisons Marty....lmk when you come across a bunch of hardtails, i'll grab a red one thanks .....even tho apparently they are sh1t
Nice pickup on the madisons Marty....lmk when you come across a bunch of hardtails, i'll grab a red one thanks .....even tho apparently they are sh1t
So, name this frame.....
Sure it has elf stickers but is it an elf? Seems well made and all but just not sure what it is.
Sure it has elf stickers but is it an elf? Seems well made and all but just not sure what it is.
Hey Dirtboy,
Strange frame - are they lugged or machined?
The dropouts certainly look like ELF, but I've never seen one with tubing/joints like that...
[ August 12, 2006, 06:04 AM: Message edited by: Kurt T ]
Strange frame - are they lugged or machined?
The dropouts certainly look like ELF, but I've never seen one with tubing/joints like that...
[ August 12, 2006, 06:04 AM: Message edited by: Kurt T ]
And another
[ August 12, 2006, 06:06 AM: Message edited by: Kurt T ]
[ August 12, 2006, 06:06 AM: Message edited by: Kurt T ]
One more:
Nice cranks ^^^^^
I don't know what my brothers on but I very keen for the seat JC. It might not be full original but still want the style.
I don't know what my brothers on but I very keen for the seat JC. It might not be full original but still want the style.
Not my bikes Matt - found in various places on VBMX when researching my ELF cruiser bars.
Looks like Hotfoot 24s are coming out all over too.
There's one on the bay at the moment with Mongoose stickers:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Bmx-Old-School-24-I...1QQcmdZViewItem
Looks like Hotfoot 24s are coming out all over too.
There's one on the bay at the moment with Mongoose stickers:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Bmx-Old-School-24-I...1QQcmdZViewItem
Wow Marty nice one mate! Can I have some pics for my site?
MB - I dunno what your bro's on either! hehehe. Why **** with 990 mounts on a Repco Mono Shock, go full old skool and adapt a disc and caliper from a Flying Wedge or Speedwell Fury! No prob the seat is yours and I found the posts too. Just drop me an email.
Glenn - I found you two complete fork legs and a top and bottom triple tree setup. Only missing a few bolts and washers etc. The forks are frozen but I'll spray some Inox down 'em tomorrow and free 'em up. There's only a nylon bush, circlip and spring in there. Oh, plus 30 years of rust!!!
Osamie, can I use your hotfoot 24 pic for my site?
KT - I'm not sure what you mean? Black bottom? Do you mean Marty's Madison pix?
Cheers!
MB - I dunno what your bro's on either! hehehe. Why **** with 990 mounts on a Repco Mono Shock, go full old skool and adapt a disc and caliper from a Flying Wedge or Speedwell Fury! No prob the seat is yours and I found the posts too. Just drop me an email.
Glenn - I found you two complete fork legs and a top and bottom triple tree setup. Only missing a few bolts and washers etc. The forks are frozen but I'll spray some Inox down 'em tomorrow and free 'em up. There's only a nylon bush, circlip and spring in there. Oh, plus 30 years of rust!!!
Osamie, can I use your hotfoot 24 pic for my site?
KT - I'm not sure what you mean? Black bottom? Do you mean Marty's Madison pix?
Cheers!
hey kurt, they are all ELF just different years, the lugged frame is the early one, correct forks too
Sorry JC - Sorry Marty - Got so excited seeing the old frame I stuffed up on who posted the pics!
You know your stuff V8ute.
You know your stuff V8ute.
I understand the brake thing. don't want back pedal brakes and bikes need brakes of some sort.
YES it's an early ELF i have one the same here there very nice looking frames
I wondered what you were on when you wanted to put fit alloy cranks onto the bike Matt.....
I'm on a mixture of Mescalin & shroom's atm , just coming down off the coke/smack speedball's I've been snorting up all day......I can't stand needles <heh>
Thanks for the approx date for the Repco Monoshockers Mr BMX , it seems to fit my memory timeline.
As far as the seat goes , I'd like to get a similar look to a MX dirtbike or whatever those US Kawasaki (?) monoshock bikes had for seats bitd.
We should have a troll thru Nth Parra bikeshop & see if there have any old suitable dragster style seats that can be
modified to make a boxy MX style seat with support at the back & seatpost.
Foam padding & leather to re skin it with are the least of my worries in getting one made up , just need a strong seat base to build from.....
Nothings set in stone on the overall design tho , apart from it having working suspension & no cotter pins in the cranks , boing !
JB
I'm on a mixture of Mescalin & shroom's atm , just coming down off the coke/smack speedball's I've been snorting up all day......I can't stand needles <heh>
Thanks for the approx date for the Repco Monoshockers Mr BMX , it seems to fit my memory timeline.
As far as the seat goes , I'd like to get a similar look to a MX dirtbike or whatever those US Kawasaki (?) monoshock bikes had for seats bitd.
We should have a troll thru Nth Parra bikeshop & see if there have any old suitable dragster style seats that can be
modified to make a boxy MX style seat with support at the back & seatpost.
Foam padding & leather to re skin it with are the least of my worries in getting one made up , just need a strong seat base to build from.....
Nothings set in stone on the overall design tho , apart from it having working suspension & no cotter pins in the cranks , boing !
JB
You can't use a dragster seat on a monoshock JB. The swinging rear end won't allow the use of the rear "sissybar". Thats why they have the seat support bolted to the seatpost.
Thanks Gaz for the forks too. I'm sure we'll make them work. Cheers mate.
yeah i have been around the block a few times Kurt, i seem to know my fair share of whats what, hope my info helped ya out bud.
whats up proie bruda, lol
whats up proie bruda, lol
whould you like the ELF V8..........hehehehehe
youv'e been around the block a few times ????? you must be driving a FORD then ... coz holden would only break down !!! saying that , if subaru made a v8 , you'd be a happy man ???????
JB, your second line . . . are you serious?
surely you can't be serious
Don't call me Sherly and he is always serious
Don't call me Sherly and he is always serious
Yah Ozzy,
I figure V8ute has got more taste than to drive around in a Ford ute!
Here's my "Hutch Transporter"
I figure V8ute has got more taste than to drive around in a Ford ute!
Here's my "Hutch Transporter"
Hello everyone...i'm back home for the weekend again. No change to my mum's health. Dad is on nerve tablets but is taking 3 at a time insted of 1/4 of a tablet. He's also washing them down with 1/3 of a bottle (700ml) rum.I'm so worried, but at 84 years of age, he won't listen to me. I just want to run away and hide...but that won't help anyone ,so i just have to stay and try to help as much as i can. I'll be going back to dad's place in the morning. I'm tired and cranky...and when i came home for the weekend, i found that my wife and kids are ALL sick with some sort of 24hr flu. I have it now too...so i'm hopeing i will be well before morning. The kids have just finished having chicken pox ,only to catch something else.
Thankyou all for your support and prayers.
Luis...thanks for the vid of rock stedy crew. That was cool. Talk to you all soon.
Thankyou all for your support and prayers.
Luis...thanks for the vid of rock stedy crew. That was cool. Talk to you all soon.
roy, its sound easy to say, but stay strong mate,
thanks scotty serva for the chat...
cheers
thanks scotty serva for the chat...
cheers
Roy, not sure what else to say other than hang in there. Sounds like life is throwing everything at you.
Your Welcome OldSkool Roy..
Yo Redline hows it going bro!! longtime no see
Jarvi: lets have a look at your hand? hehehe..
Yo Redline hows it going bro!! longtime no see
Jarvi: lets have a look at your hand? hehehe..
Hey Roy - go for a quick ride mate - you are guaranteed to feel a little better afterwards.
Hope things look up soon. Kurt.
Hope things look up soon. Kurt.
Kurtie Tee.. thats my line.. hehehe
Keep Strong there Roy
My thoughts are with you
My thoughts are with you
thats what i like to see Kurt, awesome ride bud.
hey OZZY, even if subaru could build a v8 i still wouldnt buy a throw away car like that and also take the turbo of that heap of junk and its just a hyundai, cant substitute cubic inches ozzzy and dont milk and juice come in 2 litres
hey OZZY, even if subaru could build a v8 i still wouldnt buy a throw away car like that and also take the turbo of that heap of junk and its just a hyundai, cant substitute cubic inches ozzzy and dont milk and juice come in 2 litres
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