1985 Mongoose Californian 
#1 2012-05-27 11:26pm
- therteast
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1985 Mongoose Californian
1985 Mongoose Californian
long time restoring but finaly done for my friends wedding present, hes wanted a bike like this since we were kids n seen all the bikes i was building n was saying how much hed love to have a blue cal
clean cali f/ cr mo forks
big cali pc bars
polished 423 stem
cali post
mx clamp
blue seat i redone just a lil darker then normal but ill perfect it down the road
repop pads
polished pc breaks n levers w/ blue cables
polished sr 470 pedals
sr cr mo lite crank
nice og powerplate blue n polished sr chainwheel
nice pro class III rims sealed hubs with white nipples thought would be diffrent , pops with the white in the pads
nice cleans stamped headset n bb
og grips
just over all clean cali , i woulda got off way cheeper i shoulda bought yours caligoose that was a very nice og cali you had REAL NICE ....... man i wanted thos pads for this bro lol......... 
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#2 2012-05-28 11:55am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Awesome wedding gift. Nice build and it reminds me of back in 85 at the bike shop. I dig it.
I don't know what I'd do if anything ever happened to my girlfriend. But first, I'd
probably burn my clothes....
I'm wasting my time trying to come come up with a good quote, so, out of anger, I'm going to waste your time by having you read this one.... Mr T pities the emos, thats why they're sad...
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#3 2012-05-28 12:14pm
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Nice wedding gift as mentioned above... 
Do you do B-day and divorce gifts too? 
I'm looking for the following frames, frame & forks or completes by BMX products:
MotoTrac (nickle or chrome), Racer-X or a Super-X (with the double gussets preferred).
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#4 2012-05-28 3:53pm
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
divorce gifts for sure.......... like being reborn
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#5 2012-05-28 10:08pm
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therteast wrote:
divorce gifts for sure.......... like being reborn
Yup, ya get to party like a rock star!
I'm looking for the following frames, frame & forks or completes by BMX products:
MotoTrac (nickle or chrome), Racer-X or a Super-X (with the double gussets preferred).
Thanks
I'm also johnng23604 at "Retro-goose", "VintageBMX" & "RADbmx"
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#6 2012-05-29 12:20am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
looks good man
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#7 2012-05-29 12:28am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Great gift and great bike! I'm a real sucker for the calis and blue parts. I got a 88 pro with blue parts. Also a GT pro series with some blue parts.
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#8 2012-05-29 9:53am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Very nice. Look good.
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#9 2012-05-29 10:12am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Hats off on the build,that turned out great! 
***TNT PRO OR XL STEM AN 1" TNT SEAT CLAMP NEEDED***
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#10 2012-07-14 6:37am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Man I
Wana mate like you lol
Sweet build bro!
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#11 2012-10-18 2:08am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
SWEET, Very well done!
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#12 2012-10-18 2:24am
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It's looks like it would be a sick rider !!
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#13 2012-10-18 3:23am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Awsome goose it looks great.Nice wedding present.
[img]http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t380/KMF122371/1d9676eb886-1.jpg[/img]
The winners choice.
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#14 2012-10-18 4:01am
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Sweet ride. I've always liked these. Only one kid had one in my neighborhood. All chromed out and shiny.
I'm sure you didn't do this, but I think it would be hilarious to see all the people dressed up at the wedding reception, gifts in hand, placing them neatly on that gift table----you roll up in your suit and tie with the bike, lean it up against the table with a bow on it next to all the other gifts. His new wife would be like "WTF????" 
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#15 2012-10-18 5:58am
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Hahaha that's something I would do to! Lol
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#16 2012-10-18 6:29am
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Great Story! Building one almost identical myself as we speak. There's just something about these Cali's. I call it the "It" factor. LOL! You have to get some pictures of the look on his face when he gets it.
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#17 2012-10-18 7:12am
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Does anyone know if repops of these specific pad sets are being made? I've searched the forums on here but can't seem to find any info on it.
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#18 2012-10-18 1:46pm
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Re: 1985 Mongoose Californian
Yes contact Stephan from Esemdesign
Pretty sure this is his email address
esemdesign@aol.com
Iv got a couple of mates that have got sets like mine from him they look identical
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#19 2012-10-18 1:47pm
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He did the set of redline ones for me also, u can check them out in my bikes
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#20 2012-10-18 1:52pm
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HULK wrote:
Yes contact Stephan from Esemdesign
Pretty sure this is his email address
esemdesign@aol.com
Iv got a couple of mates that have got sets like mine from him they look identical
excellent. thanks.
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