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mcater, I know it sounds a little biased but the owner of the shop I work at (Westbank Cyclery) knows damn near everything you could want to know. The only bad thing is no old school parts. There just isn't that much of a demand for it in the area. But the reason I always went to that shop was that he knew what the heck I was talking about. Most of the "kids" at the other shops probably never owned a BMX bike with a 1" threaded fork. And the older guys were just a bunch of road geeks trying to sell you a $2000 road bike so they could pay the rent. Or even worse . . . a hybrid. BLEEECCCHHHHH. Sorry, I just threw up a little.
You should try to restore the '84 Cali if you haven't already. Restoring is addictive. A passion. If it wasn't, this site wouldn't be here.
Sorry about your mom's house. I sort of know how that feels. My aunt and uncle HAD a house in Waveland two miles from the beach. It used to be my grandparent's house. Spent many a summer there.

Comay boy you hit the nail on the head with the new craze of bike shop workers. The shop by me has loads of knowledge but someone came in a few years back and cleaned them out of most of the old school stuff. Both of the owners ( they are brothers ) used to race at the track here. They actually gave me one of the old plates off the wall of the shop for one of my builds. Cool guys.

Hey I cannot tell you an acurate way of telling 4130 from the steel. Anyone help?? Brake levers are correct for both Cali and Expert. The Expert came with the generic plastic pedals that were colored like the pad set and tires were. The nice SR ones you have came on the Cali. Grips are correct for both models. Your chain ring and sprocket are Expert also. Expert came with a 2 piece unit but was not the pro class like the cali. Those are pro class 2 wheels right?? Expert came std. with those and the cali had the option of the pro class 3 wheels. Confused yet? I remember reading either BMX Plus or Action and they had the Expert reveiw like in 84. Thats how I found the Expert that I did buy. My neighbor bought the Cali and I could not afford it. 50 bucks more and that was alot of cash back then for me doing yard work! In that issue the centerfold was Eric Rupe riding his white Eric Rupe Signiture Edition Pro Class bike. I took it out of the mag and hung it on my wall till I moved out of my folks house. I still want that bike!!! Pro-class 3 wheels, white fram and fork. I wish I could remember exactly where it came from. During my marriage, (now divorced), my wife trashed that stuff! Hope I helped ya and help me also!! I want5 that white Rupe and I also need a set of chrome goose forks 4130 of course!-Mike

AZGOOSE, thanks for the info. I have a Pro Class disk and ring coming. I don't know if the wheels are 2's or 3's. After the magnet test, I have 2's. If I find out any info for you I'll be sure to pass it on.

skinnygmg, looks like an Expert

Last edited by comay (2006-10-15 8:07am)

Thanks guys. This site is a cornucopia of knowledge.

I found a Pro Class III in the shop that I work at (it's been sold). The only thing that I saw differnet was a "Pro Class III" sticker around the valve stem hole and a black anno finish.

I believe pro class 3 are hard annodized. thats why that blackish/gunmetal grayish color. Yeah if you take a magnet to them. If it sticks you got 1's, if they are silver and it don't yep it's 2's and if they are anno they are 3. Also the 1's are heavier.

Last edited by djdane (2006-10-10 6:04am)

post a pic.............serial number looks like a goose

my proclass wheels were grey anno finish and i believe they are III's. they are on a 85 cali

This was one of my childhood bikes and I have to say this one is a masterpiece. You could not have done a better job here, Nicest Mongoose in the museum dude, way to go!