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1983 Diamond Back Formula 1
#1 2015-10-14 7:02pm
1983 Diamond Back Formula 1
1983 Diamond Back Formula 1
Perfect in every way and restored to catalogue show condition. I've had this bike since new
this folks is my original race bike that I got in 1983, it sat around in my parents shed for many years before I got her out and brought is back to 1983 new condition when I picked it up off the bike shop show room floor. I think this is the best example of a 1983 formula 1 on this site and that I have seen to date and because of the history I had with it. I raced it between 1983 and 1987 winning many events, collecting a bunch of trophies, ribbon and winners plates.
The frame forks and bars are still original OG, cranks, wheels and rims have been re-chromed to show condition, brakes and hubs have been re-anodised in original color and I fitted a set of NOS comp 3 diamondback labelled tires (ultra hard to find, took 2 years of searching).
Old School Fool still living in the 80's where life was simple and sweet
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#2 2015-10-14 7:16pm
- Knarly
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Re: 1983 Diamond Back Formula 1
Great work on your DB restoration!
It turned out great. Love the attention to detail.
LOOKING FOR........ or consider in a Trade ;
-Bubble gum pink DiaCompe Rear cable
-DK Freestyle stem PLATFORM ONLY
-Mint or NOS BLUE Cal Lite Johar FRAME pad.
-Mint or NOS CHROME Cal Lite Johar BAR pad.
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#3 2015-10-14 8:47pm
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Knarly wrote:
Great work on your DB restoration!
It turned out great. Love the attention to detail.
Thanks Knarly, I love this bike and I have put so much into it that I hope I have done it justice
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#4 2015-10-14 11:44pm
- debrown1974
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Awesome build
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#5 2015-10-15 2:47am
- iflyasa
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Wow. I have 2 84 F1's. Those tires tires are just sick. By far the best 83 I have ever seen. Thanks for bring it back to its glory!
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#7 2015-10-15 6:17am
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Wow where did you find the NOS tires? At the end of a rainbow?
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#8 2015-10-15 1:26pm
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That is a beautiful Formula 1. You did an excellent job on the resto.
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#9 2015-10-15 1:36pm
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iflyasa wrote:
Wow. I have 2 84 F1's. Those tires tires are just sick. By far the best 83 I have ever seen. Thanks for bring it back to its glory!
You have two perfectly restored F1's iflysa and I love them both. I also have an 84 F1 that I plan to restore soon
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#10 2015-10-15 1:37pm
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iflyasa wrote:
Wow where did you find the NOS tires? At the end of a rainbow?
Pretty much at the end of the rainbow, hardest thing I have ever had to get
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#12 2015-10-15 2:48pm
- justapok
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Awesome racer and ultra clean build with beautiful parts ; I like that plate too.
Congrats !
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#13 2015-10-15 4:55pm
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justapok wrote:
Awesome racer and ultra clean build with beautiful parts ; I like that plate too.
Congrats !
Thanks justapok, all parts expect grips and tires are the original parts that came with the
Bike when I purchased in new in 1983. The NOS comp3 diamond back labelled tires (rarest of rare) and 80's Oakley B-1B grips are bike correct and super sweet to compliment the bike back to exactly how it came
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#14 2015-10-15 7:01pm
- Burnin4
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Re: 1983 Diamond Back Formula 1
Wow, spectacular! That would look nice beside of my 83 HLT!
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#15 2015-10-15 8:48pm
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Burnin4 wrote:
Wow, spectacular! That would look nice beside of my 83 HLT!
I bet it would Burnin4, but this bike will be with me to the end
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#16 2015-10-17 3:14am
- scruffah
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Awesome! The bike i always wanted as a kid...great resto...screams team bike.
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#17 2022-09-26 9:39am
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Probably never get an answer here but I have a formula 1 with what looks like pink stickers. Your main tube sticker appears to be pink-ish, the rest red. Is that sun bleaching? Was there a set of pink forumula 1 stickers?
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#18 2022-10-05 7:08am
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Was the Formula one purchasable with the turbo lite neck/sprocket? I have this same bike minus the seat. It has this neck and a regular sprocket (sprocket) same cranks. Lower quality DB rims. I am just trying to figure out what to do with the bike.
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