a990hemi

Thanks for the welcome back. I've been away from the oldschool BMX scene for a couple of years while I've been helping an old friend finish up his turbocharged NMCA Super Street Outlaw drag car. 2400 horsepower on 10.5" wide slicks in a steel bodied '78 Trans Am with OEM glass and interior should nuts!

Thanks for the pads Green Griffin. You are a good guy to do business with ...item arrived just as described and with fast shipping too!

I agree with you 100% about leaving the OEM decal in place. Survivor quality original finish equipment is way more impressive to me than restored stuff these days.

They look a little funky off the bike but they look absolutley killer when mounted on a bike. I assumed that these were probably BOSS or DK bars the first time that I saw the cruiser leaning up against the timing tower at the drag strip. I did not see the bike again until almost 1 year later at another Big Bucks Bracket Bash event and this time followed the rider back to his enclosed trailer for a conversation. My heart almost jumped out of my chest when I saw the original GHP block letters on the back side of the bars ...but the owner was in no way going to part with anything on that bike since he was having a very bad day of parts breakage on his Super Pro entry. I returned to the track 2 months later for yet another Big Bucks Bracket Bash with mint DK cruiser bars, a fresh set of red AME grips and $$$ this time. This was a much better race day for the cruiser owner so he was willing to let go of the GHP bars this time around. What do you think GHP cruiser bars are valued at these days?

Check out these bars that I acquired at the local track last weekend. They are uncut originals with no dents, dings or stem crimping. No scuffing from the stem clamp, brake levers or grips. The chrome plating is absoultely bright and clear all over. These bars could pass for NOS with very minor shelf wear if the GHP decal had not been scuffed by bungee chord hold downs in his enclosed trailer. They were mounted only once on an original owner late 80s DK cruiser that a drag racer used for getting around the pits at my local track. The entire bike lived a pampered existence to say the least. Luckilly I found an original used GHP cruiser cross bar pad on Ebay the very next day and Subwax found a correct reproduction GHP decal for them 2 days later! more high res pics at: http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww51/a990hemi/

They definitely do look just like the X20R forks @ Museum. I remember my old racing buddy's Chromoly Murray pretty well and the quality of the chrome and welds were outstanding (unlike the cheaper department store Murrays with similar geometry). Does anybody out there know who manufactured the chromoly frame and forks for Murray bitd?

Hello all, Anybody know what type of forks these are? They are on an old friends looptail P.K. Ripper but he believes that the forks came from his 1982 Chromoly Murray that he purchased new. The tubes are large diameter, the ends are not capped and the TIG welds are very professional. What are they? Thanks

The once great Hutchins owned HUTCH BMX produced small volume, high quality components that were manufactured right here in the USA for more than five years before shifting production to Asia. The Asian HUTCH components were quite cheesy and ultimately led to the end of the legendary bicycle manufacturer. Isn't it ironic that JDB decided to outsource production to Asian manufacturers for the very 1st item that Trick Bike Co offered to the vintage BMX community? It's all about the profit margains for JDB since he has extremely fast HAAS production machinery in house and he claims to be a a highly skilled machinist specializing in complex computer aided machining software. There is absolutely no reason (other than greater profit margains via utilizing Asian slave labor) that JDB can't manufacture these small volume boutique BMX parts right here in his Wisconsin machine shop. Hutchins manufactured these very same products in small volume batches back on the East Coast and did quite well for himself.

My favorite rider of all time... 1982 Two/Four cruiser. These bikes are so comfortable that you'd swear you're on a 26 inch cruiser.

Funny you mention that you're looking for one... this one is about to be for sale.

Thanks for the compliment. The chrome was scuffed badly on the entire frame and fork so I decided to try a red / white / blue theme to match the old factory Mongoose uniforms. The frame / fork / bars were glass bead blasted and then coated with a metal etching primer. Sikkens base coat / clear coat urethane is so straight and smooth that I can see reflections on white!

It's finally complete after a couple years worth of gathering bits and pieces! I originally found this bike as an abandoned commuter here on the UW campus a couple of winters ago so I geuss it's fitting to post the first restoration pics in the snow. Original Mongoose frame and fork have been professionally painted in white Sikkens urethane along with the oldschool GT bars. The prism foil decals are NOS Mongoose while the seat post decal and top tube chromoly decals are Vintage BMX reproductions. All other parts are mint originals or NOS. Two/Fours are somewhat unique as they feel like a 26 incher with a large frame but handle precisely with their 24 inch wheels. This has become my most favorite bike to ride!

Greg Hill has verified that my GHP is a first production run frame and it was built by Voris Dixon. He stated that some Star BMX frames had their decals removed and were re decaled with GHP stickers in an effort to get the product line up and running quickly when Greg left GT. Way cool stuff indeed!

I was able to login at BMXactiononline and Greg Hill checked out some of my pics. He stated that the frame is from the very first GHP production run. Wow! Thanks for all of your info and help.