BMXmuseum.com Bikes / Hutch / 1986 Hutch Trick Star

In about 2004 I was buying up some different colored CW freestyle bars just to make a display on a wall in my house, just because I have always liked them. I bought a set of black ones and the guy I bought them from, Lou, had the rest of the bike to sell me if I wanted it (and I did!) and he introduced me to vintagebmx.com. After seeing some of the bikes and stuff on there, the first thing I wanted to do was re-make my old Trick Star that I had as a young teen. That was the bike I first had a set of the CW bars on, orange ones just like these. I had this orange set already, so that was the start. My original TS was an american f/f in white with green and orange parts on it that I got in '85. In '86 I had some friends of my dad that owned a garage paint the f/f for me. I wanted it a Haro green but they did in in this candy green, which was a surprise to see it, but fine with me. I still had my old seat post from my original bike that I had painted green too, the broken brake levers and the pedals. I ended up not putting those parts on this bike, but I still have them. So I started from there. I had the bars and started looking for the rest. Some of the first parts I found were the rear NOS coaster brake orange Tuff II, the green Hutch tires, the ACS Mini-MTN levers, the orange Tuff Neck chainring and the grips. I ended up buying a set of the new orange Tuff II's just to get the front mag, which matched perfectly to the 20-something year old back one. I eventually had most of the parts before I even had a frame. I knew I was going to re-paint whatever one I got this green so I wasn't looking for anything nice, and would have really liked using an american frame, but I came across a really beat up chrome japanese one for a good price and it was the way to go. I stripped down some super crusty old white forks and painted the F/F myself with these House of Kolor rattle cans. I first tested it on the forks to see if it looked any good, and I was happy with it so I bought some more and did the frame too. Except for the Flite cranks and that fluted post (which has since been replaced), every part on here is one that was on my original TS in the beginning, and a few at one time or another.