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#1 2012-11-03 6:09pm

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Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

bought a BITCHIN early Champion Survivor today from the original owner  and not sure what to call the forks ?  they look like mongoose but slightly different .....did Skip Hess build forks for Schwerma ?
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae120/divad231/001-4.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae120/divad231/002-5.jpg
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http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae120/divad231/011-5.jpg
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http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae120/divad231/012-5.jpg
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#2 2012-11-03 6:10pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

pics??


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#3 2012-11-03 6:27pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Look like Early Mongoose forks to me.


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#4 2012-11-03 6:28pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Awesome score! Congrats!

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#5 2012-11-03 6:29pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

gaijin wrote:

Look like Early Mongoose forks to me.

with long steertube ?

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#6 2012-11-03 6:31pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Champion Schwerma with a DeCoster Fork. Nice pick up!


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#7 2012-11-03 6:35pm

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so the decosters had a 5" head tube ?    damn,,,,just when I thought I knew everything ! ha:lol:

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#8 2012-11-03 6:39pm

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so the decosters had a 5" head tube ?    damn,,,,just when I thought I knew everything ! ha:lol:

No. They just made a fork with a longer steertube along with Speedo & Redline at the time.


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#9 2012-11-03 6:47pm

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aha...1977 ?

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#10 2012-11-03 6:50pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Great find man.  Love to have one of these in my stable myself.  Looks to be in great shape.  Congrats!


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#11 2012-11-03 6:53pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

so probably an easy fork to find NOS !   any champ serial info anywhere ?  Thanx !

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#12 2012-11-03 8:54pm

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I need a score like this..
Great find.


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#13 2012-11-03 9:43pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Love the Chiquita Bananas sticker on the stem cool


Looking for any Panda stuff, undrilled Redline Squareback fork in nickel,  OS uncut Star Bars, black, red or blue 1st gen Mushroom grips, Auburn pads, Schwinn Pro modified 1 frame decals, 20" 7b's or Ambrosio hoops & 26" 2.125" hoops.
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#14 2012-11-03 9:49pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Any serial # info anywhere ?.....when did they first put a drilled brake bridge on .them....this one has no drilled brake bridge....trying to figure out what year it is

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#15 2012-11-03 9:53pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

combover wrote:

Any serial # info anywhere ?.....when did they first put a drilled brake bridge on .them....this one has no drilled brake bridge....trying to figure out what year it is

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=384911

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#16 2012-11-03 10:02pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Cool.


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#17 2012-11-03 10:12pm

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Any serial # info on these anywhere

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#18 2012-11-03 10:25pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Sorry about the other post. Didn't realize I copied the wrong thing.
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=384911


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#19 2012-11-03 10:30pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

wow.. that is an amazing find !!!


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#20 2012-11-03 10:41pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

That's is a FINE looking machine. Great score.

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#21 2012-11-03 10:53pm

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The bikers wrote:

That's is a FINE looking machine. Great score.

Thanx !

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#22 2012-11-03 11:59pm

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Re: Early champ Score....need help Idendifying forks...... Skip Hess ?

Great find. That's a keeper.


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#23 2012-11-04 3:07am

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ScOrE


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#24 2012-11-04 6:33am

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Sweet find. cool


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#25 2012-11-05 10:49am

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:.......big_smile

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