I took a trip today about an hour and a half drive form home to do some tradng on a road bike I found at a garage sale. I got some cash, MX 60 wheels and some Lester mags. I talked and talked (three hours went by) and finally the guy said he knew of an old bike that a guy found in a trash can. I said how do I find him "he works at a local bike shop". They called and I went to see him. He went home, picked up this POS and we struck a deal!

These old things are out there!

Now - this is the ONLY one I have seen with a serial number on the headtube and the only one with a MS-1 original seat. The seat made it for me!

What is wrong, what is right and who has the decals and the correct paint codes?

Hey TeamRob - Awesome score! I would restore it. I've always wanted a set of those forks
I don't really know much about these bikes so I'm not much help.
I'm sure someone out there can point you in the right direction about paint codes and decals.
Cheers
Mick - Volcano

leave it original.
dont mess it up and paint it or anything. just clean it up...that thing will look sick!

Your avatar freaked me out - I was wiping my screen! LOL

Here is mine before grips. As much as I love mine I would rather have a origional survivor like yours. Great find!
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Very cool Dewabo. Your shock looks different than mine. I have seen at least three different type shocks for these bikes. Yours looks like the first gen shock with the Stingray dropouts. Mine has the Stingray dropouts too. I was also not sure if anyone else had this seat - glad to see some survived!

The thing wih me: if they canot almost look mint or have some "issues" I get bored with them. I love to claen and make look new, if they can never look new I get bored wiht them and let them go. This one will never look new!

Defintately leave it survivor.