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1980 Jag

Here is my latest restoration - 1980 Jag with era correct parts.

This Jag frame was recued from the dump only a few short months ago. It was thrown out with a heap of other modern bikes on top of each other and stacked on an old couch. This frame was on the bottom and was a very lucky save. It had three coats of paint on it when found and had a fluted aluminium seat pole stuck well down in the tube. It took me many hours of cleaning, a trip to a fitter and turner to have the pole drilled out and now here we have it...Parts include - gold annodized aluminium handlebars and seat pole, Nitto MX2 goose neck, Tange front forks, Sugino snow flake chain wheel, Takagi cranks, KKT pedals, OGK red tuffs, Comp. 3 look a like tyres and old school bling checkered grips. The decals are reproductions and I'm happy with the result.

Last edited by scared*of*spiders (2007-11-03 12:57am)

shivadread · 2007-11-05 5:30am

Real nice build

frizzbat · 2007-11-12 5:53am

great save & a fantastic resto.....

86GTWorldTour · 2007-11-12 5:58am

thats a great story. and deserved a nice era correct build. YOU DID GREAT!!!

freedo · 2008-07-28 1:32pm

i love looptails dude nice bike

wizard*777 · 2008-11-23 9:56pm

Thank you for your efforts on saving this bike. More and more, these Mongoose Jags and Blue Max's are showing up. Just a wonderful find for you. And for us to view. Thanks

fossa bmx 1 · 2009-03-26 4:21pm

I'm so glad you saved this one, I regretfully sold my jag in the Reno Nevada area in 1986, a year or two later when I wanted to buy her back I found out she was stolen from the kid I sold it to.
I shiver to think that my old jag might of been stripped of her parts and the frame thrown out as junk. If I could never find her, I'd at least hope she fell into the hands of a collector. My dad and I built her from the frame up when I was ten or twelve years old, she was black with gold parts except for red tourney cranks and red KKT's. GREAT JOB!