i've been trying to put this together for months, so i used whatever i could find. needs some tweaking but rides nice.

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mike

That's funny.

I got one I am bulding up this weekend. Think forklifter bars hehehehe

funny thing is floridavaughn set me up with frame and fork and then i went to the LBS to look for parts. he had a pile of used handlebars in the back of the shop and i found those, with OG mongoose grips still on 'em. what were the chances of that?

I like it a lot. I would run smaller tires for the oldschool look, but if you wanna ride it than do what feels right.

Also, are you going to resticker it? I think you should, it looks so clean, new decals would look great.

Its amazing. Tuffs (or look a likes) look cool on anything. Old school, mid school, new schol, future school... it dont matter.

I just recently acquired a Californian and it rode better than how I remembered they did. Not sure if it was the 80s bike feel I was liking or the actual frame itself. I sold my 04 Haro SX shortly after getting the californian. New school bikes are crap.

edit: just realized those werent tuffs.

Yeah they do, some mags just make bikes look hot. I don't know how many times I've changed my mind and ditched the spokes for mags.

oh, i plan on changing some things on it. this was just stuff i had laying around or whatever i could pick up cheap just to get it rollin'. smaller tires, definately. it does have 175 ashtabulas with a ppp power disc and sealed bottom bracket which i'll keep. i think i'll get stickers also.

that's cool ant dog! stickers a must! if i take it on the track, i'm going to use the redline bars i have cuz they're wider. can't wait to see that built up. are those decals repops?

og decals, (after an oa bath) I am not touching em, this is gonna be a Survivor Style build. Using whatever parts I have in the house. And I got alot.

btw I got this frame & fork for 5 bucks, from a friend

I have an '84 Cali I'm putting together also. What up ANT DOG?

Very nice...!!! Keep buildn'em...!

Mongoose stamp of approval...!!!

Just got back from the shop, seatpost was stuck gonna do a mock up right now. more pics later

mock up stage

Mock up is done. Now tear down and final assembly.

Cool build. The mags, black tires and lack of decals give it a mean, clean look. A black seat and lever would finish the job:

Is that where the original downtube decal was placed? Its going to hard to wheelie with it that far forward

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I like it with the black mags - I'd go for a set of gum wall tires if you want the old school look - that's just my opinion though

Here's my cali rider in a similar stylee (although I have changed the Kashi aero to a padded kashi RS now as the aero was killing my ass ! ) :