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#1 2012-06-15 6:24pm
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Happy about this find!
So since my Daughter and I finished the 1998 GT Performer build I have been on the hunt for the next build...
Well today I found it!
I believe it to be a 1985 (not sure) Diamond Back "Mini Viper" 16". It is complete and all original.
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#2 2012-06-15 6:31pm
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Cool bike.
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#3 2012-06-15 6:33pm
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#4 2012-06-15 6:35pm
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That's some serious rake! I bet that thing just want to go straight forever. 
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#5 2012-06-15 6:36pm
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My Daughter and I are pretty excited to start the build project.
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#6 2012-06-15 6:55pm
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There's nothing better than doing something like that with your kid. It should look real cool, especially with the loopy.
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#7 2012-06-15 7:01pm
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I had a Huffy with a rake like that on it. Great no-hander bike. 
My friends and I used to jump department store minis in the woods back in NY. Hilarious watching a big guy come down hard and just tumble and fling the bike in the air. Good times.
Nice DB! Can't wait for updates!
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#8 2012-06-15 8:34pm
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Re: Happy about this find!
Darkman wrote:
So since my Daughter and I finished the 1998 GT Performer build I have been on the hunt for the next build...
Well today I found it!
I believe it to be a 1985 (not sure) Diamond Back "Mini Viper" 16". It is complete and all original.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff11 … M_0674.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff11 … M_0675.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff11 … M_0678.jpg
Awesome find! Decals and serial appear to be 88, but I'm no expert on Diamond Backs. I picked one up myself today (DB, not a mini though), pics sometime tomorrow =]
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#9 2012-06-15 8:39pm
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very cool!!!Now go give it an OA bath and start the father daughter build!Nothin a kid loves more than building with theyre dad.Me and my 8 year old are building a project bike right now.Nothin better!! 
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#10 2012-06-15 8:50pm
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Cool find!I agree on the 1988 date.
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#11 2012-06-15 9:30pm
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its an 88 but cool pit either way, if you decide to powder it make sure you trim off the chain guard tabs on it. keep us updated on the build.
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#12 2012-06-15 9:45pm
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Def 1988 find
Build it, Ride it and Break it. That what it was made for.
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#13 2012-06-16 2:08am
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Weird bike. certainly cool though.
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#14 2012-06-16 8:08am
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When I looked through the Museum bikes the '88 Mini Vipers did not have the loop tail, had to go back to '85 to find one with these decals and the loop.
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#15 2012-06-16 2:10pm
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Ijust checked and couldn't find an 85 with those decals, but did find this 88:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/diamondback/39934
Did you maybe look at one title and click another pic at the same time?
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#16 2012-06-16 4:51pm
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cool find.. I have a 84 mini viper..
Whats cool is it still has the 84 registration sticker on it.
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#17 2012-06-17 8:56am
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Jon1971 wrote:
Ijust checked and couldn't find an 85 with those decals, but did find this 88:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/diamondback/39934
Did you maybe look at one title and click another pic at the same time?
Well that settles it, it is a 1988.
We took the bike apart last night and began cleaning it up. The chrome is coming back very nicely!! She wants to keep this one for her "rider" bike and wants to have all the non-chrome parts done in pink... So I'm on the hunt for some pink 16" tires for it.
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#18 2012-06-17 9:15am
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haha, first thing i noticed was the rake. awesome find!
Looking for GT Performer forks - maybe. Lemme know what you have!
V-bars, knobby tires, and chain guards - Oh, yeah!
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#19 2012-06-17 9:52am
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I have an 85 DB looptail with a gusset and an 87DB looptail. There sweet pits and very underrated if you ask me. Cool that your gonna give it a second chance at life.
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#20 2012-07-05 6:24pm
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Progress is going slowly on this build. 
Does anyone know where I could find some 16" pink skinwsll tires?
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