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I was wondering if that was a diamond back and if it was what year it could have been? i was also wondering about the forks? it has some stickers that say arnette or arnelle
the serial is: F3)8504),the thing after the 3 and 4look like a parentheses or a bracket on the serial they could also be like a J but looks more like a C

thanks in advance

Kurt_Rad · 2012-07-11 8:48am

Yes. Frame made by Akisu in Taiwan. F = Formosa where it was produced, 3 = 1983

KoolAidMan · 2012-07-11 8:56am

1983 Viper ...

yojesus · 2012-07-11 9:19am

i was looking at the 83 vipers the forks that most have have a diamond any one have any clue what the forks are i didn't see any stamping on them of any sort besides those 4 holes? by any chance do you guys think i can get 70-80 for thisor is that too much? i really have no plan in restoring it just bought it because it came with some nice wheels that i wanted and i would rather sell it to someone who would like to restore it.

Kurt_Rad · 2012-07-11 9:38am

Those look like standard Akisu forks. They may be stamped Akisu below the threads on the tube.

myone · 2012-07-11 10:22am

KoolAidMan wrote:
1983 Viper ...

Yup!!!!

mitchtram · 2012-07-11 11:14am

KoolAidMan wrote:
1983 Viper ...

+1 on frame. Forks are not diamond back. They look like plain akaisu forks.

sparky · 2012-07-11 11:39am

Here you go http://www.os-db.net/content.php?147-Co … -Freewheel

yojesus · 2012-07-11 12:22pm

im pretty sure its an 83 viper thanks for all the help i dont believe the forks are akaisu though i was thinking they where they actually look alot like the akaisu forks i have seen on here but i cleaned them and looked all over for a stamping and nothing, can they be like some knock offs?

sparky · 2012-07-11 1:35pm

Not all Akisu forks were stamped, are they capped at the bottom with pinch areas?

yojesus · 2012-07-11 2:15pm

sparky wrote:
Not all Akisu forks were stamped, are they capped at the bottom with pinch areas?

man i really appreciate all the trouble you guys are going to help me find out the brand of the forks, i didn't know exactly what you meant so i decided i should post maybe some pictures that might help

again thanks for all the information that everyone on here has provided me with

I am the owl... · 2012-07-11 2:41pm

Cheap knockoff fork...

bailhard · 2012-07-11 6:29pm

I'd like to own that frame. . . .

Stubbleduck43 · 2012-07-11 9:00pm

I had a candy blue complete in 83. I loved that bike!

80sbikedude · 2012-07-11 9:07pm

Diamondback frame YES........Forks NO

sparky · 2012-07-11 11:52pm

They are deffo generic Akisu forks.

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