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I allways wanted a diamondback in 1980 because my best friend had one i had a old coaster braked mongoose not sure what model.I eventually got a pk ripper in 1984. I just picked up a 1981 diamondback silverstreak for £10.00 it was a bargain very dirty but all original. see my bike.tomorow im off down iford race track to try it out .YES at 36 i still ride and love it .

The frame number is 0J2355 with a circular thing on the end.  Its located on the inside of the rear forks(where the wheel goes).  There is a number under the bottom bracket that is 343.  Can anyone make any sense of these numbers? Are these similiar to the senior pro pictured? Cheers J

fulfullment, could you tell me where you got the frame stickers(tranfers)from?  Just re buidling the bike after re spray.  Cheers j

it looks nice is it durable? mine is a nitrus.

Does your bike have the small european bottom bracket? Are you sure about the year? I have one like this and was looking for info on it. My serial #is WJG 066 and it is stamped on the bottom bracket. I also need stickers!

hey scraplord, i'm not sure about the bottom bracket. But the baseball symbol does mean from overseas. As soon as I get time, I will post some more detailed pics.

Thx for the compliment Scraplord. I have seen these before. They are pretty rare. I believe they are the first of the Diamondbacks. I've seen two others for sale on ebay. I've only seen them as frames though. The forks on yours are similar to mine with the double dropouts, but mine has the diamond on the welded part. Sorry I don't have better pics. When the weather gets nice again, i'm going to take closer and more detailed pics. Too bad there's not a website that gives better info on these early DBs. Can't wait to see yours finished. It'd be nice to see one these completely restored. I assume they use the same decals as mine, but I'm not sure.

Love the goose, thankyou very much for that info.

this is a bit late but just wondering if you can tell me what kind of wheels (rims) the bike has on it

do you know if the araya and suz (hubs) were standard on that particular model or were they added later

yes i have a 1980 (0 at the front of serial) senior pro db with the baseball (made in Japan). I'm about to get the rust bucket chromed and need db pads, stem and cranks. I do have a nice set of blue (old school) tourney three piece cranks which is close enough for me. I know i'll be paying out of my butt for some dia compe mx 1000 brake setup according to how much they are fetching on e-bay at the moment. Bye the way are the brakes dia compe????..... I also purchased some decals but I think they are for 1981-82 bike. The snake ones are what I need. Finally, I could be one of two things!!! An almost middle aged dude whose past has been ressurrected and I'm in pursual of reliving my childhood or just a grumpy fart with nothing much to do. I think I maybe both!   
see ya!

Thanks Shiva. Yeah, as soon as the Turbo was out I believe they had stopped making the SR Pro. Thanks for checking it out.

Hey Peirce, the brakes are Dia Compe. Keep watching Ebay for the decals. They do pop up every now and then. I have seen the blue DB pads also. If I see any, i'll shoot you a post or an email. It's gonna take time to find all these parts. DB parts are pretty rare. It took me over a year just to find the pads. I had my originals but they were pretty shot. I know how you feel though, i call it my early midlife crisis. Hey it could be worse, we could all be addicted to drugs instead of BMX.