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1975 Mongoose 
#1 2009-01-11 8:20pm
- mongoosedrummer
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1975 Mongoose
1975 Mongoose
My absolute favorite bike...
This is my "Holy Grail" 1975 "Long" Mongoose in original Nickel, with original '75 forks and factory issued original decals. Everything else on it is pretty much NOS era-correct for '75. The Simi Motomag 1's are in nearly perfect original condition and the NOS "Lucky 7" Schwinn sprocket is a replacement of the same one that originally came on this bike. With nice low gearing and classic Mongoose handling, this thing is fast and rides like a dream... 
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#2 2009-01-11 8:29pm
Re: 1975 Mongoose
Wow. Looks really sweet!
Is that my old bike?
Still searching for my missing bikes from BITD. 1979 Blue Max serial: C19 221346 and 1977 Webco serial: WB 42667. Both last seen at Spoke and Sport Bicycles in Spokane, WA. around 1984. Reward if found!!
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#3 2009-01-11 8:35pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Is that bike a Motomag?
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#4 2009-01-11 8:39pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Yes Sean! I hope it turned out the way you expected my Mongoose brother... Thanks for helping me.
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#5 2009-01-11 8:41pm
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Nice! You did an excellent job. 
Still searching for my missing bikes from BITD. 1979 Blue Max serial: C19 221346 and 1977 Webco serial: WB 42667. Both last seen at Spoke and Sport Bicycles in Spokane, WA. around 1984. Reward if found!!
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#6 2009-01-11 8:42pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Motor City Mongoose wrote:
Is that bike a Motomag?
No Dave. That term came out in the 80's to describe a different version. These were only ever described as a "Mongoose". A 1975 "Mongoose" either had "Motomag" wheels on it or it did not.
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#7 2009-01-11 8:43pm
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It did originally have a Motomag sticker on the downtube.
Still searching for my missing bikes from BITD. 1979 Blue Max serial: C19 221346 and 1977 Webco serial: WB 42667. Both last seen at Spoke and Sport Bicycles in Spokane, WA. around 1984. Reward if found!!
[img]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/scraplord/181838Cart_crash.gif[/img]
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#8 2009-01-11 8:49pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Funny story on those decals...
When my Dad and I put together the first Mongoose I had back in 1976, I remember looking at the "Motomag" stickers and being totally baffled... I had no idea where to stick them on the actual Motomags! 
Then after looking at some pictures of a complete bike, I said, "Dad, they go on the frame."
He said, "I wouldn't put them on son. They take away from the beauty of the Nickel finish and they don't match the other ones."
So, we chucked em' in the trash!
To this day, I still don't like them on a frame. None of my "Mongoose" have them. But, that's just me... And my old man. (RIP Jack)
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#9 2009-01-12 1:07am
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Ah the Holy Grail of Mongoose...
Nice!
mongoose the bicycle built to fly
FOR SALE: NOS Mongoose Motomags freewheel version $450 shipped PM me
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#11 2009-01-12 5:24am
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Of the pages and pages of Mongooses on this site, your 75 Beauty shows up as the 3rd bike in the parade. very cool.
#13 2009-01-12 12:51pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Thanks for the nice comments guys.
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#15 2009-04-17 10:09pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Thanks Maddawg... You always post great comments for everyone. You have some pretty cool stuff going on yourself!
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#17 2009-11-07 7:12pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Beautiful late fall day here in Nashville... Took the Goose out for a ride and snapped a few new pics. 
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#18 2009-11-07 7:17pm
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Re: 1975 Mongoose
Cool, me and my family was also out today riding around on post on a few of our gooses too.
didn't take any pics though.
Yours is still lookin sweet, "Mongoosedrummer"!
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