i know a guy selling an exact color dyno of the mags same pink on seat and grips as all original nut buster and jandle bar pads and a few other og dynos most are mag wheel and ome has the purpleis bluish mags with mqtching tires. I have and all original 90s powerlite i wish i could find the value of
Mount the tire on the mag … fill up.. then let air out so you can reposition the sidewall around the tire that didn’t line up at first try… I also bounce the tire off the ground an sometimes will help the process of pulling into place an eventually you get there pretty quick.
My roommate just recently saved some bmx bikes from being thrown away by his sister. He has no clue how deep I was into bmx when I was growing up. Immediately got nostalgic when I saw them in the garage🤩 I plan on restoring them and getting them on the road asap. This channel is golden.
Bro i love your energy, humor, hyperness, skills and honesty. Been watching your vintage freestyle bike videos and so many memories came back including brands or bikes and parts i forgot about. Haro, hutch, diamond back, odyssey beakes, ame grips, etc. Owned a blue/white 88 dyno detour and wish i never sold it. Im trying to remember the dude i sold it to decades ago. I think detour was the best looking freestyle bike because of the pretzel bars and drain pipe post. followed by gt performer.
Excellent video - just the facts. You can try a little dish detergent and water solution applied to the tire bead on the outside. That way the tire will move to it’s happy spot on the rim. Inflate to the rated pressure and it should seat properly and not hang up due to the friction of the tire. It works really well for motorcycle tires too. I appreciate you doing a video about fixing up old bikes. You are right - lots of bikes just need some TLC and a little attention regularly to be in good shape.
Sure you could do it yourself but there are many people who do not know what needs to be done or how to do it. He should be compensated for his time and his knowledge. He has a shop to run and overhead. If you brought it to a few other places you are probably paying $100 and then parts which may not even be needed.
So cool seeing the old stuff. I think considering the headset was so loose, I'd repack with grease. Unless it was a sealed set (didn't look like it though) Going over board might have been to repack the crank bearings, I probably would have. I totally agree though, not a single part needed to be replaced. I think some people just want a shiny new-old bike, but there's not need for it unless that's what yo uare truly after (then be prepared for a bill, lol). I really am liking the slightly beat look, but tuned and working like butter. I always had that problem with the mags and tires. Couldn't stand it as I was a perfectionist when it came to how my bike ran. I ditched them for that and the weight problem.
Im so glad to see your latest video. I too bought Tuff 2 same pacer tires ,and i could never fix the lumpy ride...I bought rims for my Skyway...Smooth,faster ride
I have a old school question about Haro's. Ever since I was a young I've heard tails of a tripple stamp haro. People talked about it like it was the best bike. Like some kind unicorn never seen. Fast forward to now a days. Flipping threw offerup I seen a haro with all original parts. Had to get it so I did. Not even remembering about tripple stamp haro. It's a 350 series all sealed bearings. Well when I was looking at the haro stamps and noticed it has 3 stamps. Is this a tripple stamed haro... thanks.. a show about unicorn 🦄 type bikes real or a myths would be cool... any info on tripple stamped haro's would be greatly appreciated....
Job well done. You can try taking sharp scissors and chop the sidewalls out of an old tyre. Then you can slip them inside your new tyre to internally line the side walls making them twice the thickness for that added pressure. It's worked for me in the past. Not too sure about mags? But I'd give it a try anyway. Good luck
Awesome giving it new life. My personal bike the grease broke down and leaked all over my fork. Beside I'm wanting to have it repainted or powder coated. What is the best option for a 1986 Mongoose Decade?
Great stuff to know. I assumed you had to totally strip down an old bike and rebuild it repack bearings etc. I have an old Hutch Pro Raider I wanted to restore. It was never ridden that hard and has been in the garage for years. Will need new tires though for sure.
I do most complete cleaning /light polishing ..clean all bearings n new grease n oil...for $100- 200 dollars but it will look n ride 100 percent better..
Wanted to ask, what exactly were you cleaning the chain with, also, do you have any idea how those wheels on the wall got so white. Salon 50? You mentioned the tuffs were tough to seat. They are a pain but I guess you add air, straighten, add air straighten to get them right and fill the rest of the way. Thanks for the content.
Nice video but that gentleman that you’re building the GT for needs to buy some skyway brake pads as well. Not sure what’s on there now but they look worn weird. I never had issues as a kid with the tuffs, my dad made me use them because I kept bending Araya wheels, and he didn’t wanna pay to have them trued all the time.😂
As You are airing the tire up on the frame of bike, go with low air pressure and align the tire slowly and more air pressure and keep pulling the low spot of tire out. I've never had that problem before.
Hey question here I'm restoring a Haro backtrail x3 nyquist. My rear brake makes a really loud screeching noise when i press it. I cleaned the wheel is not in bad shape. What coul it be ? Do i need a new back wheel ? Brake system is new .
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I have an early 80s red line PL20 that I'm thinking about getting restored. Where are you guys located? How would I go about getting in touch with you?
When I whitened my mags I also put the salon 40 on my brake cables and seat, i didn't achieve ad good of results as the wheels but they looked better. I don't know if anyone else had this issue but after getting my wheels super white using salon 40, put in the sun then heating sections with heat gun and applying the salon 40 and achieving dam near brand new results they started to yellow again after 6 months of hanging in ghe man cave 🤷🏽♂️
The tire can be repositioned when it has a very small amount of pressure in it. Maybe 5 psi, and the tire can be moved, but will stay where you put it. Experiment with it.
Phu, I watched this video yesterday, but I had to come back to it, because something you said really bothered me. On the subject of people (kids?) not understanding you, it has nothing to do with how you speak. I hope you weren't seriously questioning how well you speak English. There's nothing wrong with how you present your information. I think the people who don't understand probably have a lack of hands-on experience. They need to buy some tools, and take the money you save them and buy some basket case bikes. They can learn a lot by working on really messed up bikes and making them work again.
Welll.... no answer with yall so I'm just buying my parts from DanComp. The Detour has been cleaned of all old paint. New head set & bottom bracket in hand. Just need to rebuild these OGK mags and repaint.
I agree that the quality of parts isn't exactly what it was, Phu. But the design of modern bmx makes them ride better. Things like integrated headsets, simple stems that are much stronger, 3-piece cranks being commonplace, and better heat treating. But the fit and finish isn't always there.
when i do these new school gum tires i set em in the sun let them get warm, its hot in AZ. i put the tube in thw tire. i air up the tube... then let the air back out... i put the tire and tube on the wheel in 1 shot. not 1 bead a a time and i dont use tools i just man it on. then i hit it hard with my shop compressor then let air out and put the correct psi i can hear it go popoppop the first time i blast it. and your right lol none of them have a straight seam its always crooked.
I think he wants new brake cables to look better. Survivor bikes that are in such good shape do not appeal to me, in my mind this was owned by a rich kid who realy wasn't into bmx and never realy rode the bike. I like a survivor that has mismatched parts, decals from the era and maybe somethibg that places it geographical. Those make me wonder who was this kid? It reminds me of how things were. A bmx bike that had freestyle parts added or just parts that showed the kid spent his life on his bike and constantly wrenched on it. Acs rims, odi bearing caps, old number plates, spokie dokies, things that reflects the things we did to our bikes. If you had a complete stock bike a a kid you weren't that cool imo
Thanks for all the support y’all! 🎉
i know a guy selling an exact color dyno of the mags same pink on seat and grips as all original nut buster and jandle bar pads and a few other og dynos most are mag wheel and ome has the purpleis bluish mags with mqtching tires. I have and all original 90s powerlite i wish i could find the value of
Thanks for al of the interesting videos, lads!
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Love watching the videos of you working on the vintage BMX bikes.
I love how resourceful you guys are. Not many bike shops are willing to save the customer money.
Haven’t watched this channel in years but got back into BMX recently and man I can’t get enough
Mount the tire on the mag … fill up.. then let air out so you can reposition the sidewall around the tire that didn’t line up at first try… I also bounce the tire off the ground an sometimes will help the process of pulling into place an eventually you get there pretty quick.
I just put little air in tire and go around with hand and squeeze tire and make sure is balanced right then air the rest up 😁
i learned a lot I have a mongoose I have to try and restore I am new so I will have to learn from your channel and other youtube channels
My roommate just recently saved some bmx bikes from being thrown away by his sister. He has no clue how deep I was into bmx when I was growing up. Immediately got nostalgic when I saw them in the garage🤩 I plan on restoring them and getting them on the road asap. This channel is golden.
Bro i love your energy, humor, hyperness, skills and honesty. Been watching your vintage freestyle bike videos and so many memories came back including brands or bikes and parts i forgot about. Haro, hutch, diamond back, odyssey beakes, ame grips, etc. Owned a blue/white 88 dyno detour and wish i never sold it. Im trying to remember the dude i sold it to decades ago. I think detour was the best looking freestyle bike because of the pretzel bars and drain pipe post. followed by gt performer.
That bike looks so sick!
Excellent video - just the facts.
You can try a little dish detergent and water solution applied to the tire bead on the outside. That way the tire will move to it’s happy spot on the rim. Inflate to the rated pressure and it should seat properly and not hang up due to the friction of the tire. It works really well for motorcycle tires too.
I appreciate you doing a video about fixing up old bikes. You are right - lots of bikes just need some TLC and a little attention regularly to be in good shape.
yep soapy water helps
Rarely you find honest people and Phu is one of them. Respect!
Honest? He is charging $100 to lube some parts which you could do yourself for $3.00 lol.
Sure you could do it yourself but there are many people who do not know what needs to be done or how to do it. He should be compensated for his time and his knowledge. He has a shop to run and overhead. If you brought it to a few other places you are probably paying $100 and then parts which may not even be needed.
@@sirbrad4 He really charged $100 for what he did on the video lol?
Great tips!
Looking to get my old 85-86 Mongoose Expert back on the road. Needs some work tho lol. Great video
Phu, do you have online sales? Also, what is your store location?
Spot on - thanks! Washers always. I use the Aluminum 3/8 SE washers
I wonder how well a pink Kashimax aero seat and some pink Hutch super star grips would match those pink tuff 2s.
Thank y'all for the videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
back to the classic phu in his element with the old school 👊 nice touch with the washers them bolts on their own destroy the dropouts
Yes, another video! You guys are on top of it. Thank you 🙏
So cool seeing the old stuff. I think considering the headset was so loose, I'd repack with grease. Unless it was a sealed set (didn't look like it though) Going over board might have been to repack the crank bearings, I probably would have.
I totally agree though, not a single part needed to be replaced. I think some people just want a shiny new-old bike, but there's not need for it unless that's what yo uare truly after (then be prepared for a bill, lol). I really am liking the slightly beat look, but tuned and working like butter.
I always had that problem with the mags and tires. Couldn't stand it as I was a perfectionist when it came to how my bike ran. I ditched them for that and the weight problem.
Im so glad to see your latest video. I too bought Tuff 2 same pacer tires ,and i could never fix the lumpy ride...I bought rims for my Skyway...Smooth,faster ride
I use white lighting chain lube it cleans it good
Great video as usual man...class old school bike too👍👍
That's a really cool bike one of my dream bikes I'm hoping to get soon, anyway great videos man I love your page👍👍
Magnificent OG GT. Love what you do man 🤙
Love the old school...keep em coming
Awesome info!
I have a old school question about Haro's. Ever since I was a young I've heard tails of a tripple stamp haro. People talked about it like it was the best bike. Like some kind unicorn never seen. Fast forward to now a days. Flipping threw offerup I seen a haro with all original parts. Had to get it so I did. Not even remembering about tripple stamp haro. It's a 350 series all sealed bearings. Well when I was looking at the haro stamps and noticed it has 3 stamps. Is this a tripple stamed haro... thanks.. a show about unicorn 🦄 type bikes real or a myths would be cool... any info on tripple stamped haro's would be greatly appreciated....
I want to see it finished with the seat and grips. Soap and water to bead the tire to the mag?
Old is so much better!!!!
Job well done.
You can try taking sharp scissors and chop the sidewalls out of an old tyre. Then you can slip them inside your new tyre to internally line the side walls making them twice the thickness for that added pressure. It's worked for me in the past. Not too sure about mags? But I'd give it a try anyway.
Good luck
Thank you man. This right here is amazing
One of my favorite videos you have ever made. Thank you
I totally agree old parts are superior to most of the new just sold these days.
Awesome giving it new life. My personal bike the grease broke down and leaked all over my fork. Beside I'm wanting to have it repainted or powder coated. What is the best option for a 1986 Mongoose Decade?
This dude can grease a dead body and bring ‘em back🤙
Great stuff to know. I assumed you had to totally strip down an old bike and rebuild it repack bearings etc. I have an old Hutch Pro Raider I wanted to restore. It was never ridden that hard and has been in the garage for years. Will need new tires though for sure.
my very first pro bike. nice!
I wish your bike shop was by me ! ❤
Great video bro
I do most complete cleaning /light polishing ..clean all bearings n new grease n oil...for $100- 200 dollars but it will look n ride 100 percent better..
Wanted to ask, what exactly were you cleaning the chain with, also, do you have any idea how those wheels on the wall got so white. Salon 50? You mentioned the tuffs were tough to seat. They are a pain but I guess you add air, straighten, add air straighten to get them right and fill the rest of the way. Thanks for the content.
What is the precision oil setup you're using? Thanks!
Nice video but that gentleman that you’re building the GT for needs to buy some skyway brake pads as well. Not sure what’s on there now but they look worn weird. I never had issues as a kid with the tuffs, my dad made me use them because I kept bending Araya wheels, and he didn’t wanna pay to have them trued all the time.😂
definitely save the drop outs.... frig looks at that point... with ya on that
Have you seen a aggressor x-55 explorer bmx I'm just curious cuz I have one
As You are airing the tire up on the frame of bike, go with low air pressure and align the tire slowly and more air pressure and keep pulling the low spot of tire out. I've never had that problem before.
Hey question here I'm restoring a Haro backtrail x3 nyquist. My rear brake makes a really loud screeching noise when i press it. I cleaned the wheel is not in bad shape. What coul it be ? Do i need a new back wheel ? Brake system is new .
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I had that bike in lavender and white.
This channel has been like a father to me. I broke my chain and needed to fix it but I have the weed brain 🧠
🙏🏻🙏🏻
I have an early 80s red line PL20 that I'm thinking about getting restored. Where are you guys located? How would I go about getting in touch with you?
back again... you try tire lube? on the bead of tire...hell even a little KY on bead and rim.. might do the trick
What is the name of the stock 6 spoke GT mags. I have a set on my 88 predator Freeform pro.
Where is your shop at? I’ll come spend some unnecessary money 😎
When I whitened my mags I also put the salon 40 on my brake cables and seat, i didn't achieve ad good of results as the wheels but they looked better. I don't know if anyone else had this issue but after getting my wheels super white using salon 40, put in the sun then heating sections with heat gun and applying the salon 40 and achieving dam near brand new results they started to yellow again after 6 months of hanging in ghe man cave 🤷🏽♂️
Bro i heard if you wet the tire in the skyway mag it will seat better.
soapy water
please see video link to seat tyres correctly on Skyway mag wheels 👍
Respect
On bead...very slowly..pushing back on tire till all even around complete wheel
The tire can be repositioned when it has a very small amount of pressure in it. Maybe 5 psi, and the tire can be moved, but will stay where you put it. Experiment with it.
He is charging $100 to lube some parts which you could do yourself for $3.00 lol.
Dawn dish soap on the inner walls will stead the tires
Phu, I watched this video yesterday, but I had to come back to it, because something you said really bothered me. On the subject of people (kids?) not understanding you, it has nothing to do with how you speak. I hope you weren't seriously questioning how well you speak English. There's nothing wrong with how you present your information. I think the people who don't understand probably have a lack of hands-on experience. They need to buy some tools, and take the money you save them and buy some basket case bikes. They can learn a lot by working on really messed up bikes and making them work again.
Hot dog pliers. Park makes em. Can’t think of the real name. Helps seat tire beads.
1:27 I got distracted by doggo
Hey guys! I've been trying to get my DynoDetour back on the road.
I need parts but live in Alaska... no shops this far north. :-/
PLEASE HELP!
Welll.... no answer with yall so I'm just buying my parts from DanComp.
The Detour has been cleaned of all old paint. New head set & bottom bracket in hand. Just need to rebuild these OGK mags and repaint.
LIES!!!
The washers are new…..
hahahaha, great restoration!!
👍👍
What was the "secret" part?
Still a secret
To get that tire to bead slip some dish soap along the inside of the rim.
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Iv got a 86 jr looks like a mini me for this bike ,about to give it some love ❤️ check it out
The gyro plate is upside down
I agree that the quality of parts isn't exactly what it was, Phu. But the design of modern bmx makes them ride better. Things like integrated headsets, simple stems that are much stronger, 3-piece cranks being commonplace, and better heat treating. But the fit and finish isn't always there.
New bikes have no style or originality. Boring they all look the same.
Pink brake pads
Haha evil twin
when i do these new school gum tires i set em in the sun let them get warm, its hot in AZ. i put the tube in thw tire. i air up the tube... then let the air back out... i put the tire and tube on the wheel in 1 shot. not 1 bead a a time and i dont use tools i just man it on. then i hit it hard with my shop compressor then let air out and put the correct psi i can hear it go popoppop the first time i blast it. and your right lol none of them have a straight seam its always crooked.
I think he wants new brake cables to look better. Survivor bikes that are in such good shape do not appeal to me, in my mind this was owned by a rich kid who realy wasn't into bmx and never realy rode the bike. I like a survivor that has mismatched parts, decals from the era and maybe somethibg that places it geographical. Those make me wonder who was this kid? It reminds me of how things were. A bmx bike that had freestyle parts added or just parts that showed the kid spent his life on his bike and constantly wrenched on it. Acs rims, odi bearing caps, old number plates, spokie dokies, things that reflects the things we did to our bikes. If you had a complete stock bike a a kid you weren't that cool imo
Gonna be a girls bike so pink rims? Sounds like you’re genderizing. Real men ride pink bikes too.
Old stuff made better...