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hey everyone. this is one of my old school bmx's, i have had this bike for about 10 years and i used to ride it to school everyday. this bike has the same frame shape and dropouts as all these brands: Hot Foot, GT BMX, KUWAHARA PANTERA, SCHWINN PREDATOR, Malvern Star Blue Diamond and the CYCLEPRO GREG HILL, this is from all my research and most of these bikes are from 1983. this bike just could be one of those but i dont know which one, thats why i need your help. this bike has tange handlegrips, aero araya rims, sealed bearing suzue hubs and shimano pedals but i dont know what handle bars it has and also the head stem, so i need help there to. i have the original sprocket as you can see in one of the pictures which is ready to repainted. in the picture of the number stamp you can see that someone has welded over the numbers which makes this very hard to identify. it also doesn't have the stamp on the right rear dropout. oh and dont worry about the badge on the front of the bike, i put that on there.
i hope you can help, thanks for reading. michael

bikesmithe · 2012-04-10 9:11am

Groovy Moon Eyes sprocket! .. now back to the topic ..

unfit4society · 2012-04-10 9:13am

looks like a Schwinn Predator frame to me.

Kurt_Rad · 2012-04-11 8:34am

Schwinn or Akisu frame. What is the serial?

soillam · 2012-04-12 3:16am

well mate as you can see in picture 10 that the cereal number has been welded over so its a bit hard to identify.

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · 2012-04-12 6:41am

friday made frame - as in "hell it's a friday and i need a beer"

akisu looking drop out !

blue tange are a bit rarer

bmxgrimreaper · 2012-04-12 10:30pm

Schwinn.

soillam · 2012-04-13 2:24am

hahaha, its defiantly a friday made frame. dodgy workers

KoolAidMan · 2012-04-13 12:27pm

The welds don't look as good as the Predator/Pantera/Greg Hill, also the serial numbers should be on both drops for these... It actually looks like something else.

Tony1970 · 2012-04-14 5:48pm

Stem looks like a forged SR. Japan should be stamped below the minimum mark, and SR marked on the quill.

ttop88 · 2012-04-15 12:50pm

frame was not tig welded. Best guess would be department store brand. Goods parts tho...

soillam · 2012-04-15 9:43pm

i found a trace of sticker on the seat pole tube. you can just see the outline in the chrome. the sticker was blue:D
i have a few pics

its-all-good · 2012-04-15 10:04pm

That could be the bike shop sticker. Many bike shops put there stickers on the seat tube.

woftam master · 2012-04-15 10:27pm

Being an aussie bike - Thats a Giant made hotfoot
put some clearer pics up on ozbmx.com.au - there are some strange hotfoot fanatics there who will know for sure

soillam · 2012-04-16 12:05am

i thought that repco made the hotfoot. which still has the same frame as mine.

Dirty Habits · 2012-04-16 12:06am

HUTCH Fo' Sho!

soillam · 2012-04-16 12:27am

i've never seen a hutch with the dropouts like mine.

woftam master · 2012-04-16 5:02am

soillam wrote:
i thought that repco made the hotfoot. which still has the same frame as mine.

They did make some, and started as Aussie made I think - then went to generic frames as did a bunch of other companies. Tange made frames for kuwaharra, cycle pro, suparoo, the list keeps going. Giant were the same, they made frames for a bunch of people, that is their dropout...
Sad thing is - the build quality actually improved when they stopped making their own frames

soillam · 2012-04-16 7:28am

so mine could be a tange or giant, which is the original brands or all the others with the same frame and dropouts. and what you said about the build quality is true because my frames welding is not as great as the Hot Foot, GT BMX, KUWAHARA PANTERA, SCHWINN PREDATOR, Malvern Star Blue Diamond and the CYCLEPRO GREG HILL.

so mine is a tange or giant. thanks for your help

woftam master · 2012-04-16 4:23pm

No - it isnt tange - I was just using tange as a comparison company who made a heap of frames for different branded bikes.
That dropout belongs to Giant. Tange never made hotfeet.
That bike is a Giant made hotfoot.

soillam · 2012-04-16 6:37pm

so its defiantly a giant hotfoot. got to do some research to see what they looked like original.

i really appreciate your help WOLFTAM MASTER.

woftam master · 2012-04-16 7:08pm

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php?showtopic=32165
Try here

bmxgrimreaper · 2012-04-16 9:53pm

All good stuff, And rear drops do bring ? But can you show me right rear drop #? If schwinn? It will be there.

soillam · 2012-04-16 10:44pm

theres no stamp on the right dopout mate.

soillam · 2012-04-17 12:10am

i found a bike just like mine and it has the same white sprocket. its a giant hotfoot. what do you think is it the same

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