1979 SE Bikes PK Ripper All Original Build @ Harvester Bikes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2019
- Built this SE PK Ripper from 1979 with parts from 1979 to 1982. Parts list below
1979 SE PK RIPPER pre serial number frame
1979 skyway tuff fork, came on early Se bikes along with cycle pro fork. Used till the landing gear fork was introduced in late 81
1981 first generation graphite skyway tuff wheel
1979 Tange meriter pro mx sealed headset
1980 gold tuf neck 2000 made only in 1980
1979 Se pro bars
Cycle pro snake belly greghill tires
1979 Se 13\16 seat post
1979 xcaliber seat post clamp
1982 brown suede kashimax areo seat with correct guts
1982 gold dia compe mx 1000
caliper
1979 Se bmx team products right hand brake lever
1982 dia compe yellow rear cable
1980-81 bullseye sealed bottom bracket
1980 gold campagnolo strada crank 170 with dust caps
1980 campagnolo 45t chainwheel with campagnolo chainring bolts
1979 gold skyway graphite tuff pedals one of the lightest pedals ever made
Acme bmx chain only bmx chain made in the USA made in Holyoke Massachusetts
Shimano freewheel
Baby blue AME Tri grips - กีฬา
Wow this has to be the most correct era build SE "P.K.RIPPER" in modern history .thanks a lot.
I disagree
I get it, but it’s still freaking phenomenal! I would have killed for this bike, back when I was a dirt biking brat, in 1982!!
I had a black and gold PK Ripper in 1982.Some thug stole it the first night I forgot to bring it inside the house.It was the greatest Christmas gift I ever recieved.
33.3% chance that I'm the guy who laid those welds on that OG PK Ripper looptail. There was only 3 of us guys working the Alloy line from 79 till 84, when we closed our doors at Race Inc.
What happened and did they move to the east coast(Pennsylvania) after 1984?
I have mine still from 84 I believe. Gotta go with the landing gear! Snake belly tires? I had the comp snake bellies. They look like a snake belly but I get this is older. Uni seat FTW and I played with the z rims which were fun but the araya 7x is what I stayed with. Bullseye ftmw btw. Those cranks were garbage, I went through a few of those. We all liked the redline comp cranks better. I guess for 79 they may not have been around. Was nice to see the build.
Did you Know any Guys laid welds on the JMC ?
What's that Joke 'Now Hiring Welders 18 to 24 dollars a Hour " and Dude Applies and says do you want a 18 Dollar Weld or a 24 ???
@@hushmoney2058 Tig and mig pays better now.....
PK Ripper and the Quadangle were like unicorn bikes among my friends. We would have done anything to own one.
Bikes were pieces of art in those days they were second to nothing I thank the good lord for giving me the 80s and 90s for my youth such wonderful years and I want to thank you for this wonderful build so it could resurface those memories 👍
Yes they were. 80s was an awesome time. I wish I knew back then how much these 80s bikes would be worth now. I would have saved my bikes. I would have never thought.
I had a Ripper in the early 80's I was 20yo. The frame was bare polished. Awesome bike. Wish I had known how rare those would become.
I had the PK Ripper and my mate the Quadangle. Absolute legend BMX
All you need now is a giant ziploc bag and a good vacuum. Would love to see someone take a couple recreational laps at some local desert track in the southwest on this bike. That bike is a time capsule. Back when yellow and gold were interchangeable by default. A lot of time and effort went into this build. This feels like a recreation of a bike that existed at one point rather than a dreambike from the past type project. Nicely done.
Amazing stuff…… as a racer who retired in 1976 😢
Lots of memories. When social classes were divided by BMX brands. Lol👍
I had one back in the early 80's. I did obscene things with that bike. The Allen Wrench for the seat post goes in the top tube pad so that you can drop it when you wanna rock it and put it up for long city cruises. #MissingANumberPlateTho Loved it.
Who here is in there late 30s watching this and wanting to buy a BMX bike again? lol I love these videos. I feel like having a midlife crisis with a 80s Dyno instead of a sportscar.
I'm 43 and I still love bmx bikes, I ride a 29 se big ripper these days.
very few kids had a PK Ripper in Calgary Canada back in 79' 80' ... I think I only remember ever seeing 2 in person as a kid outside of BMP cycle ... amazing !!
beauty. brings back the days we all rode in the circle and everywhere, 1983 gt pro here, mongoose proclass rims etc. buddy had patterson race bike, another buddy an elf. now my sons and his friends ride kink
Beautiful brings back alot of memories back in the UK ,, hi
aweseome. I just turned 50 and I still remember seeing that light blue PK at the bike shop. obv my dream bike. the loop tail and the squared off downtube were like nothing else
I’m blown away!!!!!!! Lovvvvve it!!!!
This brings back memories when I lived in Colorado in 1979. The older kids had this bike. They weren't cheap bikes to buy.
Brother much respect love the video man pk's something else only knew two kids that had them back years ago I'm 52 now and I want to buy a mongoose supergoose never grow up.
I have one that I got a couple years ago. (Supergoose) have an 81 P. K. Ripper as well. Contemplating selling the Goose. It’s all custom. Built as I would have built it when I was a kid. Also have a Thruster tri power and a hutch pro racer. That’s my baby! And I have a 2014 P. K. Ripper that I ride everyday !
I have kept my 81' PK all these years in a suitcase in storage. I chemically stripped the frame of the black in the mid 90's, spent a crap ton on various parts, all in the suitecase. That blue on the frame is inspiring!
My PK Ripper was Lavender with lavender Z rims in the 80s🤘🏾
in the early 80's ill never forget seeing a kid with a PK Ripper and back then it was something you rarely ever seen. I had always wanted a gt performer in the mid 80's but could never afford one. When I saw the PK Ripper it was like, damn that is my dream bike. The memories of going into West Side Schwinn back in 1984 in Colorado and seeing all the Gt Performers lined up in every fluorescent color is a memory I'll never forget. My brother and I had the cheaper bikes though pretty cool like a raced out 79 mongoose, Predator free form all white.
Same thing with me but only a JMC ...
Dude that's just great. Many memories wrapped up in the PK Ripper builds of back in the day and this build you just did was way classic.
Dude, I either had or saw all of those parts in the early 80’s.. Thanks for the classic build.
Super clean! Awesome build!
I am very impressed with the amount of NOS parts from so long ago... Dope Build!
EDIT: WISH THE FORK WAS CHROME THO...
PK Ripper is one of my favorite BMX of all time. This bike reminds me back to childhood. First ride, first love. Awesome bike !! Thanks for sharing this vid.
Still building them today(2021). Yes they are manufactured in China but they are designed in America. You should looka t them they are still a work of art aluminum beauty.
@@tonyengland9744 And as much as it pains me to say it- the modern, built in China SE’s are of BETTER quality than an old American made one! I know, I know, that’s heresy but it’s true. Obviously an old American made one holds more value but if you want a very well made, modern BMX bike, current made SE’s are well worth it!
So good, really nice job! I wouldn't have thought to incorporate the brown but man does it set it off! Outstanding!
Wow! Incredible 👌
Have a PK rebuild ongoing myself, just need to kick things into gear and get on with it
Do you have most of the original parts?
Crazy build funny i just finished a 1979 Rampar R10 skyways with v-bars. Love Pk rippers u do a Great job!!!!!🤘😎🤘
My god I would have killed for this set-up in 79!
Wow such a classic bmx . Sick parts , great build harvester. Nice one 😃👍👍
What a thing of beauty………. 😍
Great Bike and Great value
Great video brings back old memories
Dude sweet Build. Awesome color.
Bad Boy Blue ....RIP Scott
Bro this was such a nice build! This is something special and rare that you definitely don't see every day. I bet it killed you to open and take those parts out of their original packages. All you need maybe for that bike is maybe some original decals? So nice bro. This has got to be one of my favorite builds I've seen you do. So nice!
Awesome build 👍
love this build!
Rich kids bike back in the 80's! I had to make do with a Redline MX11 which was great, but PK Ripper and Quad was the shit! 51 now and finally got a SE bike- Beastmode ripper!
JMC ????
I was saving money back in 82/3 to buy one of those frames in that exact color. Then my bike was stolen in front of James Games in Upland,CA
That's a beautiful bike that bring back memories I used to have the same one red and black PK Ripper and quadangle they were my ultimate bikes I had told my ex-girlfriend stole it and ran it over with her car and crushed my quadangle I'll tell you are the days with them bikes that were the best bikes out there thank you. Brings back a lot of memories thanks guys and stay safe
wow....awesome build
Back in the day there was this blue bmx book I think it just was called bmx freestyle but all the bikes in it looked like this one , great build
These were the kind of bikes preppy kids rode while I huffed on my Huffy.
Wow super dope 😮
My uncle and my dad tell to me that back in the day they have pk ripper frames just like that
Dude, I used to ride a tuff wheel ripper in 1982. Now that is dating myself 😜. Party on dudes!
The only thing I would like to see different is the frame sanded down and polished. Then reproduce the blue PK Ripper decals in blue. Finally clear coat the frame. That would be awesome.
A buddy of mine back in grade school had the “79 Pk Ripper loop tail and it was decked out will all the best parts that he could get his hands on and at that time he had roughly $1500 in that particular bike. I now have the Se Racing Ripper, even old kids still have fun
In 79 That was Hard to Do 1500 ?
I love that suade seat.
Shout out to all parts made in America
All original, good one
matthew Abeyta you had a killer p.k. your bro mark had a kowahara racer i had a diamondback and my bro had a redline. those were the days el paso tx.
Dude, such a rad build. I don't remember Snakebelly tires with that tread. All these channels make me want to put time into my bikes now. 1st real BMX bike was a Hutch Pro Star from around 1984. Still have my 24" Free Agent from about 1992
I know the PKs came with Skyway forks originally, but just doesn't look right without Landing Gear forks, IMO. Great build though. I rocked a lot of those components.
I remember those Bad Boys.
That is One B-E-A-UTIFUL Bike!!
The only things I would change would be the brown pads, and the Skyway forks. I would totally search for Landing Gear forks. They just suit that frame much better. 👍🏼🤘🏼
That bike is almost the same colors as the San Diego Chargers when they wore the powder blue uniforms.
👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿🇺🇲🇮🇱🇺🇲🤘🏿🤘🏾🤘🏽🤘🏼
AWESOME!!!!!
Amazing
amazing!!!!
I have those same pedals with blue cage like new in the original box. Also have the TUFF II.
Bad ass .dude!
Those exact rims developed a crack for me and pinched so many tubes before I figured it out. So many memories. I had that exact frame back in the day. The forks were cracked when I got it. Rode that frame til it was stolen
I had 2 and love them i got 1 bike and scrape the plastic color and they we're all crome under the colors . My dad pay over $1000.00 for each bike in the 70s. And woop my ass for scraping the 1 bike.
Great build I would updated that frame. I understand that you have to build for customers tho.
I had a brown PK with Roger DeCoster forks
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Beutiful!
haha those pedals are deadly!!!
The colors on this bike omfg😍
Sweeeeeeeeeet ride!
Nice
Nice job, very correct parts. You just dusted off the cob webs from my memory bank... everything works great together. Perfect piecing together. Who owns it now? For sale?
I like hutch bike and redline bikes
JMC was the best.....
Perry Kramer wants his bike back :-)
How’s it going buddy! Need some help from here, Arizona. Been looking for a similar bike I got for Christmas back in 1985. My parents got it at bike shop in the Kendall area, Miami Florida. Even tho I’m really sharp at remembering small details from my childhood, I only had the bike for two years before it got stolen right in front of my house back then. So I can’t remember the brand name. Me and another kid from school had the only ones I’ve ever seen, ever. They came in pastel colors like CW and GT we’re doing at the time. I had the lavender color and Carlos had the purple tone one. If I had to describe the bike - Bike was a cross between the rear of a Dyno VFR with tubular rear foot pegs and handle bars like a CW California. The front down tube exactly like the dual oval shape tubes the Vector Unlimited of that era. The bike was not as expensive as a GT Performer but it wasn’t a Huffy either. I believe my parents paid $200 and the GT Performer was $250. Is guess $50 was a big difference in the 80s. 😂 Hopefully my description illustrates how the bike looked like. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Old skool
large and stable.
Brakes need some Vans Kool Stop sneaker brake shoes 😉
Would love to see a candy blue Race Inc. build..
My Heart ❤️ is Just Fluttering Right now!
I love this build! Wish it was mine. What can you say about that break lever? I don't know much about those odd ones below the cross bar mounted. Thanks!
Right on
skin wall think you meant gum wall but still cool and you reminded me off tire snake belly....couldnt remember the name of the tread type
👍👍👍❤👍👍👍👍
I think the fiberglass UNI seat would have looked better on the bike.
Hey beautiful restoration! What's a bike like this able to sell for nowadays roughly?
nice build, l prefer the original chrome chunky landing gear forks.
Landing gear forks didn’t emerge until 81-82, this a 79
Like new sub
I just bought a PK Ripper... always wanted one!
What is the red wand you keep swirling around before you add parts? WD40? What do you spray in the grips before putting on?
I want that frame to modernize it, light ass frame.
Needs black SE Racing / PK Ripper decals. What about a Uni seat ? NOS parts = GOLD. I wish I still had my Fred Blood Freestyle Quadangle & PK. Both had Standing Gear forks. Do they still make them ? Still have my SE jersey.
Those are not snake belly tires unfortunately; I'm surprised no one caught that and I'm pretty sure the pedals are KKT LIGHTNING'S and not Skyway. The Skyway mags appeared to be generation 2 and not the original gen 1 that didn't have the large diameter 5 star hub. I could be wrong but I lived this stuff as a kid.
What are the six original colors these all aluminum frames came in?
What would one fetch,should one be interested?
I could have sworn Landing Gear came out before any Skyway frame/forks which were initially made by Torker??? Who knew?
Skyway were not making bike frames or forks in 1979. The correct fork, pre landing gear should be one that is badged SE Racing BMX Innovations. I know this because I bought a pk ripper in 78 that was in-between when the one rider left and SB decided to call it the pk rippper. My frame was sans gusset and had said forks. It was later that the pk ripper came with the gusset and landing gear foks.
How do you get the parts from the 70’s and 80’s? Like how do you find them or even where do you begin to look?
No different than tracking down new old stock car or motorcycle parts from the 40s on up. They're out there. There's dealerships and stores closed up full of this stuff. Gold mines just got to find them.
You gotta have Doc's number. He will pick it up in the Delorean.
what up with the lever mounting position?
Hi ,even though it is a pre serial number frame, did it have the PK pre fix stamped on it
Thanks
No Pk stamped on frame
I will buy this from you!!!! I WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR!