i met a guy yesterday Kevin, said he had an old dg he got for christmas 1976..
i said lets see it






and the DG bars........sweet


guy is way cool....i told him id show it off for him
enjoy
dion

Very cool! Thanks for posting these pics.

In 1976, I was completely enthralled with all things Mongoose, Webco, Redline and DG. Those were the absolute best bikes back then, at least to me. I still get excited seeing them today!

One day, I'd like to build a kick ass DG from that era...

Yep that's a DG alright.

....but I'm diggin the good ol box bars. I raced my share of those.

forgot

I saw the first picture and thought "My DG3 was blue and I had chrome TX500 forks". The round bridge and solid bead gusset were later than 1976. The 77 S/N is a 77 frame.

REGARDLESS, very cool! Thanks for posting.

ok cool , how to id dg 2 vs dg racer

Very nice...

I have one myself, and think its a 77.

Hey BenOr,

The S/N is 10....77....81
so does that mean it was made Oct of 77 and # 81?

Thanks

Oh nice, always good to hear of guys hangin on to there childhood rides!

That is how I was told. I have an un-drilled 77 frame (11 77 4) and was told it was the forth built in Nov. 1977

If the color is original, it's a mild steel DG3. With TX500 forks (cromoly but low cost) it's likely a DG3. Everyone with a DG2 bought DG or Redline forks. I struggled to afford the DG3 and TX500 forks. But I had a DG!

DG3 $49.99 plus TX500 $22.99
DG2 $79.99 plus Redline nickle or Dg $29.99

Weigh it. If it's about 4.25 lbs it's Cromoly. Closer to 5 lbs, mild steel.

Kevin appears to have my DG's brother. See the link about all things DG.
http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index....owtopic=1019798

Kenc and Procter are reading the early S/N's correctly. Later S/N's have yet to be unraveled with a decoder ring.

For what years would this be? I didn't think DG made forks until 1978.

he or his parents paid 800.00 back in 76 - 77
for the bike.......per. kevin the owner of the dg

bike was yellow with blue forks

its from Oregon
he raced at FUN RUN BMX 1978
Bret Patterson turned 16 and was a few ages older ..this guy was 11 at that time
they racer that track that day ..race was on the cover of bmx plus1978..kevin was there......way cool

He either bought that from The Bike Gallery or Action Sports. I raced Fun Run (Owned by Roger Berg of UNi Seats) and was there the day the PAtersons showed up. What is Kevins' last name? If it was yellow it is s DG2 cromoly.

I have lots of video from those races....

hes in texas now ...cant wait to share the info with him ....he still races ..im glad to have met him .
ill pm ya his #

800.00???? wow. thats quite a bit for those times. My parents house payment was only like 100 a month back then. You sure you didnt typo an extra zero?

thats what he said ...the same year he got a Kawasaki 80 and it was only 500-somthing
its here in texas