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1987 GT Pro Freestyle Tour Team

This bike was owned and signed by Eddie Fiola. Team GT did a show at a bike shop in Cleveland in 1988. After the show the bike was raffled off. Well, the owner of the bike shop's son won the raffle(imagine that). The bike then sat for sale for a couple of years in the bike shop because the price was so high. It eventually sold and this is who I got the bike from. I picked it up this summer and have been trying to verify it's authenticity. Johnny Qwest a member here, helped me out and got in touch with Eddie. He said it was HIS BIKE and he had signed it. I got the reply today and I am as giddy as a school girl. Thanks Johnny! and Thanks Eddie for taking the time to help.

mikebodrums · 2007-11-11 11:21pm

that is a super sweet bike man, they don't get more original than this bike.....

acuzerfdw · 2007-11-11 11:41pm

What a score?!?! You better hold on to this bike! Take more pics too! I want to see details on this bike, if possible.

tp-gonewild · 2007-11-11 11:47pm

I have to get a bucket..... I am drooling WAY too much.

The Shelby AC Cobra of Freestyle. Glad to see you have a part of freestyle history

Excuse me, I need a towel.

kal-el0101 · 2007-11-12 1:34am

what a find,that bike is so coool

kmpap · 2007-11-12 4:05pm

(LOL)! That's Awesome. What a great bike - and even better story attached to it - a true piece of history! Congrats!

Phil Wood · 2007-11-14 1:44pm

Thanks a bunch guys. I can't tell you how excited I was to find out it was for real. I'm glad someone else likes it as much as I do.

radmeon · 2007-11-14 2:10pm

That thing is straight up SICK, brother!!!

Don't ever let it go!

1990Slammer · 2008-02-07 1:49pm

man that bike is the sweetest bike in here and signed by the best of the best.. fiola.. wow i wish i found this bike, hope you hold on to it and cherrish this bike, mount it to the wall or hang from the celing!!

ponyboy · 2008-02-07 2:02pm

WOW! That is AWESOME!!!! Great score!

stclair411 · 2008-04-06 6:34am

What a cool bike, and even better story. The best part to me is that not only is it signed by Eddie and that he was a nice enough guy to confirm this. The coolest thing is that it was actually his rider! Not some pristine out of the crate showpiece never actually ridden, but Eddie Fiola's FREAKIN' BIKE. Awesome ride man!

BMXKID4EVER · 2008-04-17 11:33pm

That is 1 sick A$$ GT...

DemonGT · 2008-04-18 10:31am

where is Eddie...thought he was on this site? figured he would chime in on this one

07CARRERA · 2008-10-09 10:29am

Another PFT stunner!

Where's Eddie?

chromey · 2008-10-09 10:32am

07CARRERA wrote:
Another PFT stunner!

Where's Eddie?

Somebody's getting the GT bug lately......

(for good reason... these bikes are freakin' awesome!)

07CARRERA · 2008-10-09 10:33am

Yep. It's getting to that point of wanting a Day Glo or a nice blacked-out PFT

JohnnyQwest · 2008-11-08 6:31pm

Glad I could help you out, Phil. Eddie was shocked to see it in such great shape. Take care of her, buddie!

-JQ

evilT · 2009-02-25 6:40pm

i have this same bike. i cant remember if it came factory with an acs rotor or a gyro tho. do you know? i have an acs rotor and i love it.

DemonGT · 2009-03-16 11:24pm

if your bike was a 87 it would have come with a gyro

where is Phil? does he still have this bike?

Phil Wood · 2009-03-19 5:05pm

I still have it! This bike came to me by completely blind luck. I was selling a GT on ebay and the owner contacted me. He told me about it and I was very skeptical. He sent me some pics and we agreed on a price. He lived just 2 hours away. It was the same guy who would later sell another Day-Glo Team Model on ebay for $1700. The one with the Ferrari's in the back ground. He was a super nice guy. I'm very proud to be it's caretaker!