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Sadly this bike was given away to a younger kid by me when i was 15 or 16. This bike had hours of use at my local track that a group of us made in a nearby woodland. The first pic was taken on the day the bike was bought.
White falcon bmx 1984 pro#
It looks great next to it's sister bike, the Kappa that came 3rd in the same category at MK14.1984 Falcon Pro Kappa I was over the moon (and still am) that it won 1st place on the Old School Street category. He also did me a set of Beta decals from the originals I sent him.Īnt (factory pilot) came over last Thursday to help with a few final bits of resoration/pollishing, and helped to get it built up just in time for MK. I scanned it, then asked Del to tidy the artwork up and print a few off for me. Mark (BigBadSam) kindly let me have a CMA Cycles sticker (as that was my local bike shop bitd, and where my original blue Falcon Pro Kappa was bought from). The pads were also too far gone to restore, so I contacted Steve (Firebird), who made me up a new set based on the artwork I sent him - I scanned the pads from my Kappa, and re-drew the artwork from them to make sure the font/size were exactly the same. 1999 REDLINE RL 340 100 Original Old School BMX Bike Retro Bike Mid Skool USA. Gretsch kept making minor tweaks and additions to the guitar, including replacing the pickups for beefier, louder humbuckers. Today, this is between 6000-8000, a hefty price for a production instrument. They needed a lot of polishing/prep due to the poor quality of the alloy, but the results were amazing. When the White Falcon was finally released to the public in 1955, it was one of the most expensive guitars money could buy, retailing at 600. The brakes were too far gone and badly faded, so they were sent off to Jay (anodiser chick). I then got a local painter to re-create the anodised look by masking off the rim walls and painting them using this stuff These were taken to Leigh metal polishers who did an amazing job in prepping and re-chroming them. The rims also had very bad areas of rust. The red anodise look coating had dried and was flaking badly. The hubs were in good condition, and a bit of polishing and a re-grease sorted them out ok. The bike came with original rims and hubs. The quality, finish and service, as you would expect from Dan were excellent. Raced the bike and won a few trophies in beginners class lol.the bike was stolen in may 1985 at the front door of a yamaha dealer, I was checking out the new white/red 1985 yamaha YZ 80. The frame, forks and chainguard were then sent to Superbike Dan to be finished in candy red. My parents bought me a white 1984 500A back in 1984 when I graduated elementary school (6th grade) I was 11 years old.
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While BMX bikes were the teething toys of future motocross Stars. It was designed for a larger bike (24 or 26"), so I took it to a local welder (the same guy who put the finishing touches to my VDC Changa), and he cut the chainguard down to the correct size, and adjusted the fixing bracket position by using the one of my Kappa as a template. The Great White Fleet (above) was quickly obsoleted by the aircraft carrier. One crucial part that was missing from the bike was the chainguard, and the only one I could find that was the same design/profile was on US ebay. 2020 Vitacci Falcon 250 Motor Scooter with warranty Will Trade 3,199 (Philbrick Motor Sports ) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting.
White falcon bmx 1984 full#
I was hoping to bump into Cher Lloyd while I was there (as it's her manor), but sadly had no luck - well you can't have everything can you? The bike was fairly complete, but was really tatty and needed a full resto. The only slight issue was that the guy wouldn't post, so I drove down to Malvern one Sunday morning to collect it. RX 3 Shell Finger Rocks SEL Burnt Peak Jatkuche 1984 Peak CLX. I managed to find a complete on ebay last year. MBORE RANCH - 500 White Congo ( STATE Point Pilot Rock 2 Bile Rocks Dodes Rock. Here's the original advert from the Falcon catalogue For those who haven't, here's the thread and the story Īnyway, I thought it would be good to do a Beta build, which is basically the same bike with just a few slight differences. Many of you will have seen my previous Falcon Pro build from last year.