BMXMUSEUM.com Forums

woka · RSS feed for topic

1989 GT Mach One

12/88 build 1989 model.

Found this one this morning at a garage sale in Brisbane, Australia. Totally original including stem, seat post, clamps, cranks and sprockets. Nothing is out of place from original I beleive, including the handle bad grips..! Chrome is still in very good condition, however with some spots of surface rust starting to develope. If anyone has more information on this bike please let me know..

Last edited by woka (2008-05-09 7:29pm)

blastfromthepast · 2008-06-28 3:17pm

Fantastic score!!! Swap out the white seat to a blue one and it will set that bike off big time!!

woka · 2008-09-30 6:19pm

Hi,

Regarding this bike.. I've noticed some surface fust developing around the chrnk 'hub' area.. Any ideas on how to best deal with this..?

I would consider getting the frame chrome plated if I had to but:

1: Would it detract from the originality of the bike - is it preferred to leave it in as original condition as possible
2: Where can I get reproduction decals from..?

I've searched for the decals but I can't find them anywhere.. Any ideas from anyone..? Regardless of if I rechrome the bike, I'd still like a new decal set.

Thanks in advance..

Woka.

TODD74 · 2008-11-08 10:50am

i'd clean it and thats it! maybe put a blue seat like blastfromthepast said, but thats about it, it is nice just the way it is! that blue stem is sweeeeeet! nice score!

oldskoolracer · 2009-07-08 6:52am

dude, this isn't an '88. check out where the seat stays meet the top tube. that's a '90's bike.

oldskoolracer · 2009-07-08 6:56am

actually, it might be a pro series frame, not a mach one.

woka · 2009-08-04 9:41pm

oldskoolracer wrote:
dude, this isn't an '88. check out where the seat stays meet the top tube. that's a '90's bike.

You reckon..? I still stand by the my thoughts that its an '88 bike and totally original, plus the frame number confirms it..

Why would someone redecal a pro-series frame with Mach One decals anyway..?

djd93306 · 2009-08-04 11:44pm

Nice Mach One. It may very well have been made in 88, but it was sold as an 89 model Mach One. The neck and sprocket were used as replacement parts. The disk looks to be the 85/86 version. I dont recall seeing a blue ano SR mallet, easy way to tell is take the neck out of the forks and look at what color the quill is. If its black its an 85-87 SR mallet if its chrome its probably one of the replica stems GT had made in the 90's.

Last edited by djd93306 (2009-08-04 11:56pm)

djd93306 · 2009-08-04 11:47pm

woka wrote:
Hi,

Regarding this bike.. I've noticed some surface fust developing around the chrnk 'hub' area.. Any ideas on how to best deal with this..?

I would consider getting the frame chrome plated if I had to but:

1: Would it detract from the originality of the bike - is it preferred to leave it in as original condition as possible
2: Where can I get reproduction decals from..?

I've searched for the decals but I can't find them anywhere.. Any ideas from anyone..? Regardless of if I rechrome the bike, I'd still like a new decal set.

Thanks in advance..

Woka.

leave these decals on and just give the bike a CLR soak to get the rust off.

josare714 · 2009-08-04 11:54pm

the decals are 89 decals

Nice Mach One. It may very well have been made in 88, but it was sold as an 89 model Mach One. The neck and sprocket are looking 86ish were used as replacement parts.