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#1 2012-09-19 9:14am

sperlingaz
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1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

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1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

Morry Dirtbuster

Nice iconic NZ barn / farm find.....
20" BMX
Rear end loop tail
Nicely shaped gusset
Tange forks
Complete with original parts + the bars and seat (not pictured sorry)
The red Z-rims are an extremely nice find..... smile
Another one to add to the nz morrison family
On the books for a restore with the Super X I have
Will update pics as I go along.....
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Added the last pic, just picked this up recently, interesting frame, similar to the Comet or Dirtbuster but the rear end and rear dropouts are different....


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#2 2012-09-19 9:45am

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

Sweet find.Love the red z rims.

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#3 2012-09-19 11:11am

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

did those rims come on that bike? dont know much about a dirt-buster.

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need: 98' GT TOUR bars/front motomag rim-86' gt bmx seat lavander, blue or white. Chrome 127mm crank

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#4 2012-09-19 2:41pm

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

cool

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#5 2012-09-20 12:26am

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

Cheers guys, yep definitely an extremely nice find.....

umm, but after a visit today to a mate to pickup some powdered parts for some HMX's Im building..... I have started to think this might be an earlier 78-79 Comet opposed to the dirtbuster, only reason I say that is because I got these brochure photos recently, original from back in the day showing the different models
Dirtbusters had a triangle rear end opposed to the looptail shown here

So Im thinking the looptails are comets and the triangle rear ends are dirtbusters as shown

I have also added a couple more brochures of other NZ BMX's and bike available back then in the 80's, interesting info smile


http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/P1000366_zps65a9714e.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/P1000240_zps2ac8ffb6.jpg

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http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/cat005_zpsa30913ef.jpg

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#6 2012-09-20 1:44am

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

Ok, oops.....posted the NZ bikes and BMX's first, sorry

Here are the Dirtbuster and Comet pics, very cool info
Also after saying the differences in the rear ends, it looks like comets came in the triangle rear ends too as shown
Interesting stuff..... I also have found lots of NZ BMX to be varied in components and colours over the time
Some of them have standards and have been followed but some others look as if some bikeshops varied them a little and sold them off

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5051_zps9011004a.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5038_zps3119f895.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5040_zpsfa6a44a8.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5053_zps9f3d3157.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5057_zps8ddffeb7.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5059_zpsaa33a8a1.jpg

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http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5066_zpsa577be94.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5068_zps0f063a19.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5069_zps606d6600.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5072_zps7cbdec79.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa90/sperlingaz/My%20Bikes/CIMG5074_zps9bfe9a7e.jpg

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#7 2012-09-20 3:39am

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

this bike is too cool. the pantha bmx looks like it was way ahead of its time i love those cranks. your bike will deff. improve your collection.

Gary turner is the man. GT is the brand. Just posted my 86' PFT!  http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/gt_bicycles/ … aVbxGS9LCQ
need: 98' GT TOUR bars/front motomag rim-86' gt bmx seat lavander, blue or white. Chrome 127mm crank

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#8 2012-09-20 5:29am

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

The last frame from your first post is most likely a Kozumi-made frame - a company which made frames for Centurion, TBC Cobra and even Diamond Back. The rear Dropout is very characteristic and if you you look under the the Centurion bikes here in the museum you´ll find more similar signs...

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#9 2012-11-21 5:19pm

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Re: 1981 Morrison Dirt-Buster

Very cool, I recently finished a Morrison Super X too.

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