Who's making the frames I wonder..
Who's making the frames I wonder..
Similar to how mountain biking was born. Guys like Joe Breeze, Gary Fisher were thrashing old Schwinns down Mt Tamalpais. They kept breaking them and learned to weld out of necessity. Eventually Breeze welded up 10 frames from scratch. And it was all downhill from there . . .I mowed lawns all summer to buy one of these in 1974... Rode it to the ground, broke the frame multiple times. Buddy's dad was a pipefitter and master welder so he fixed our bikes as fast as we broke them. Ya, off topic but I do have a "Yamaha Bike" in my shed. Snagged this about 6 years ago for nostalgia..
Most OG Downhill bike there is right here..
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Nice find. I had one of the last mountain bikes his company built before he sold the company. 2014 or so. It was heavy, but it handled like a dream.
Nice find.
Love the fork. Hadn't seen that one before. A bit like that Icelandic company that builds forks for road and gravel bikes.
I've used their lines before, on a couple bikes. Nice stuff with a great support - I needed a new line modified for a custom application and they did it dirt cheap.OK moto folks. Yamaha, Ducati, Ohlins crossovers we know about.
Tell me about Galfer?
Damn you, I had that same bike in 75. It was so cool but like a dumbass i was(is), I left it outside to rust in about 77. Damn, I wish I would have kept it in pristine conditionI mowed lawns all summer to buy one of these in 1974... Rode it to the ground, broke the frame multiple times. Buddy's dad was a pipefitter and master welder so he fixed our bikes as fast as we broke them. Ya, off topic but I do have a "Yamaha Bike" in my shed. Snagged this about 6 years ago for nostalgia..
Most OG Downhill bike there is right here..
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OK moto folks. Yamaha, Ducati, Ohlins crossovers we know about.
Tell me about Galfer?
Oh that's not the one I had in 74. I rode that in to the ground literally. This one's one I found someone selling fully restored. And, it was way less than they typically go for in any condition..Damn you, I had that same bike in 75. It was so cool but like a dumbass i was(is), I left it outside to rust in about 77. Damn, I wish I would have kept it in pristine condition
It's a beautyOh that's not the one I had in 74. I rode that in to the ground literally. This one's one I found someone selling fully restored. And, it was way less than they typically go for in any condition..