thanks to jeff s and dereck w i was able to aquire a super rarity. ive been waiting over a year for this to come through, but it was well worth the wait.

it all started with a bunch of boxes



and out came this



and the f/f they belonged to!

oooohhhhhhhhhh....very nice Mr. Pleva.

There's gotta be a story to go with it. Do tell. Great find/snag.

come on brian i know there is more........

oh yeah, the vector came with the bars and some other things





and this haro sport

Come on, Pleva........unless you got creative with the gray kittycat photo you're only telling HALF the story.

(got the stem and the extras the other day, thanks!)

Man Brian, your yard looks HUGE without 600 bikes and 300 people scattered all over it. HA.

Very good find. I guess I`ll see that next month.

wurd, then the vector mutiplied!

WOW!!! send me one lol

That's one of the most amazing things I've seen on this site, congratulations!

You've got to be kidding me. Score of the year.

There's more tubes in that picture than a pipe organ.

Wow, I bet you are still smiling from when you started upwrapping them.

You know, I got to thinking....the welding jig for those frames must have looked like the board for that game Kerplunk!

You must have a lot of luggage to transport on those two racks. Nice score B-man.

Nice score there Brian!!! I'm seen double, I hope you DON'T make a tandem out of those sweet rides LOL .But they would look real good as twins !!!!

Awesome score dude!

LOL....

so many places to stand.

I want to try some crazy rolling tricks with that fork platform.

Holy Cow, Brian - Rare is an understatement! What a score!
Twins rule.

Whoa!!!! Those are awesome!!! I'd like to score one of those one day too! And you found 2, way to go!!! I like that yellow too, very cool!!!!

Awesome find ! I love those bikes especially in the white.

Guys,

I was the one who sold Brian all of those parts. There is a story behind the Vectors, but it is not very interesting.

Back in 1984, a little bike shop in Raleigh, NC called "Coastal Bike Supply" was heavy into BMX, but heard of this new sport called "Freestyling". It just happens my brother and his friend showed the owner some of their moves (which was not much at the time), and he decided to bring them on as the "Coastal Trick Team". Here they are practicing....




At the time, white bikes were all the fad. Coastal owner decided to mix it up a bit. He thought, well, nobody is doing YELLOW. Let's do yellow so we can stand out. Sure enough, the dueling Vectors were built with a Heavy Yellow theme. One had metal flange (the only kind at the time) Skyway mags, while the other had yellow Z-rims.

My brother and his friend only did about 3 shows before Coastal owner decided he was in financial trouble. One show, specifically, was alongside the Hutch Trick team in Burlington, NC (Woody and Tim Judge). This video is on Youtube.

The yellow Vectors (always ugly to me) were put away in storage, mainly b/c they were heavy and who wanted to ride a bike nobody had heard of? We continued for years riding our Kuwahara's, Haro's and GT's. Yep, that was my '87 Haro Sport in the pictures as well.

Speaking of Brian, I'd like to personally thank him and Jeff S for their patience over the past year and a half. I kept these bikes in the hopes of finding someone who would use them as a showcase, not a way to make a buck on Ebay. Precisely why I didn't offer them on Ebay. I think the bikes are at a good home and I can't wait to see them back in working order.

Thanks again, and Brian may have more surprises yet to come!

-Dereck

WOW! That is just awesome to hear! What a cool thing to do.

Those bikes are amazing! Great story and I'm sure Brian will do them justice.

saC

dereck, thanks for posting that up......... great to see them again in action....




shhhhhhhhhhhhhh, its a secret

I remember when Brian first sent me a pic of the yellow Vector and I was really in awe of it. To have a set of twins with the matching bars is just collector awesomeness. They look great Brian and looking forward to seeing one of them built up with those yellow flanged Tuffs.

Wow!! absolutely awesome scoots and story...Congrats brian...Cant wait to see them when completed!!!Keep them yeller!

Brian P's Bike Shop - the place where bikes and parts go to be treated the way they were intended to be.......ridden.

Those bikes are now in good hands!