Hey Guys...bit of a story here,

I was talking to an old mate who bought my old MTB about 14 years ago.
Long story short, his Dad still had it in his shed...I asked if he wanted it anymore, he said no...he's got a new one.
I picked it up last night...needs some TLC but still in OK condition. All GT / Shimano parts, factory seat too!

I don't know much about the Vintage MTB scene, I collect BMX's form late 70s to early 80's.
So the question is...are these rare/collectable? What year could this be (maybe 1989)?...any info would be great!
I'll add more pics soon...anything I should take photo of for you guys to ID it?

Not bad to pick it back up after all this time...

Mick

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Hey Mick, I nearly bought one of those off evilbay 2 weeks ago for 10 bucks. Not really desirable but a good bike. Theres probably about 20 million of them so they're cheap.

WOW that's a blast from the past! clean her up!

Hey mtbnj - I'm thinking of turning her into my daily rider.
I've got a set of GT pedals (DX copies) and going to put a Kashimax seat on it....well that's the plan.
The seat on it at the moment is the Original GT one out the factory!

I have mine from the late 80's early 90s. Complete and original

Hey PHXOS - Can u post up a photo?...what colour is the frame?

Blue with yellow. I am NYC until Saturday Will post then

Hopefully this works

OK here ya go

I'm kinda new at this but I had one of these and sold it. Dumb move it was the smooothest riding bike I ever owned. Wanna sell it?

I'm really interested in your karakoram any thoughts of selling it?

I would sell the one above. Just set in the garage

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Just thought I throw up a few pics...

I have a 1988 Karakoram that I bought new. It has the U brake under the chainstays and it has Deore SIS shifters with Biopace chainrings. Yours looks newer with the top mounted U brake, but I'm not sure of the year.

Are GT Karakorum K2's considered collector's item's or just run-of-the-mill MTB???