Redline v-bar experts needed!!! 
#1 2012-11-14 3:50pm
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Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
I need some help getting a positive ID on these bars. I got them on this 1979 Schwinn Competition Scrambler that had other upgraded parts as well. I believe they are Redline, but I've been looking for months, and I haven't seen another set without stamping?? They are chrome, but they have residue of a yellowed clear coat, but I think that it from something the prior owner did.
My concerns are: redline bars or not? approx what year? how rare?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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#2 2012-11-15 3:03am
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
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#3 2012-11-15 4:04am
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
look like Proline bars going off the measurement.
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#4 2012-11-15 12:01pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
is there anything stamped under the grips?
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#5 2012-11-15 12:16pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
The Redline bars section has a couple where you can see that oval sticker.
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=16275
I'd expect they're early 80's merely due to that sticker. Not super rare.
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#6 2012-11-15 12:28pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
They sure look like Kusuki made Redline v-bars (82-83). As noted in the link above, sometimes they came stamped and sometimes they did not.
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#7 2012-11-15 7:02pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
thanks for the input so far guys. the 2 strips of knurling on mine is much narrower than any of the kusuki ones I've seen. I haven't tried removing the grips to see if there's anything stamped underneath them, the grips are in really good shape and I think I would destroy them if I tried to remove them. as far as I know, redline bars don't have any stamping in that area anyway....do they?
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#8 2012-11-17 7:10pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
Not much info out there I guess? 
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#9 2012-11-17 7:29pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
I have seen some redlines from about 79 that looked like that....Before they were stamped.
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#10 2012-11-17 8:45pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
I am interested in the rear tire if you wanna sell it . the bars sure like like redline bars by the shape , welds and the oval sticker . I have a set like that . I will measure the knurling and see if it is the same on mine .
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#11 2012-11-20 2:58am
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
1966bmx wrote:
I am interested in the rear tire if you wanna sell it . the bars sure like like redline bars by the shape , welds and the oval sticker . I have a set like that . I will measure the knurling and see if it is the same on mine .
cool, thanks! 
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#12 2012-11-22 6:22pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
x2 on the Kusuki bars
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#13 2012-11-22 7:15pm
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Re: Redline v-bar experts needed!!!
does anyone have a pic of kusuki bars with the same kind of knurling? all of the kusuki bars I've seen have wider knurling...
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