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Good video! We need more like it. Those catalog errors sure make things difficult. Your video starts off with the 1986 catalog but it would be great if you could look at earlier years. The video mentions next year models being available the previous year (like cars). I had a Mach One that I got Christmas 84, but it was an 84 model (which was the first year). The 85 had several component changes. I know mostly how mine came equipped but sometimes I look for a few minor details that I just can't remember, but considering the catalog discrepancies, it's difficult. And my photos from back then aren't good enough quality to tell. I also think GT (and all companies) would just occasionally use different parts (and slight design differences), depending on supply issues, especially since other companies made many of the components a bike company used, even if it was branded with the bike companies name. I also noticed some of the GT bikes at bmxmuseum seem to be labeled the wrong year. Perhaps people assumed that their bike was the model year of the year they bought it. Or perhaps it was just because GT equipped them differently even for the same year. Of course the owner(s) could have swapped parts too.

Hello, can I ask is the 89 performer with the crash test decals any more desirable or rare than any other for that year ? Just wondering

You lucky one. This is a Lamborghini. Done and Dusted everyday!! Keep it like a crown:-)

Hi, just checking if youve seen the serial number update ? i may have mistakenly sent it to myself ? , just seeing the frame says G5L1 etc has a made in japan sticker rite near it, but is labeled pro world tour with original stickers and paint no baseball stamp either ,it sounds very confusing i believe ? Any help would be great thanks

Great video, im flored by the mid year change to the pro world and ive also heard they moved production from santa anna to huntington beach mid year 1986 ? Resulting to the race pro series decals also changed can you elaborate or add to that ?

Feed it up first thru the fork , then pull the cable thru your pots mod. Then you can put the stem in.

Wow the wave of irritation and relief that washed over me lol

Strange, I have a survivor all original 1988 Performer with a race version stem with a factory Potts mod.

What are Gen 1 going for these days?

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Great video.Now people can know this. 👍

On the comment about PFTs, pro performers etc.. built in the USA....What about the Japanese built world tours? there are world tours out there with bottom bracket serials and dual cable guides on fork??

This is what we love you for Tony👏😉 Thank you for doing these the way you do 🏆

Great video and curated clips Tony! Thank you again, these have been great to watch and enjoy. In my short study of PPs/PFTs since 2021 I fully agree with your summary statements at the end, they had to have been making so many bikes in late 87 into 88 the FS stamp had to be haphazard with bigger fish to fry.

In addition to this video a fellow GT owner presented a photo of his early 1989 Aggressor that had the FS stamp instead of the A. Now there are two possible reasons for this; 1) factory error grabbing the wrong dropout when welding. 2) GT was very confused about the aggressor in the beginning and some photos of it in ads show it with PFT decals. Another ad has no decals at all. Regardless GT might have considered it freestyle at first before making the change to Aggressor model abbreviation. What it does mean and proves is that Gary misspoke in the video. We all can agree that 1989 Aggressors were USA built being prototypes at that moment in time. So FS being stamped contradicts Gary’s FS = made overseas answer he gave.

Awesome

Love it! Thank you

Your videos are always so informative. Love it!

Good info. Thx!

Great video Tony!

Love these tutorials , excellent source for folks, plus get to see some nice builds. But truly the 990s are a pain and when watching the video you realize actually how many steps there really are 😂 and the fine tuning of the cables and gyros to get them to brake solid and gyro spin smoothly. Thanks for the vids ❤

Holy CRAP!!! I own that exact bike in that same color!! 1988 GT Pro Freestyle Tour in electric blue with sealed mechanism mags! I found mine at Russel’s Bike Shop in Downey, CA in June, 1990, just about a month after my ‘87 Pro Performer was stolen. I still have it. Mine is in about 90% survivor condition with nearly all original parts. It came with those exact cranks, but there was a problem and the bike shop had to swap them out. There wasn’t enough thread, and the lock nut kept popping off and falling down to the pedal. The shop replaced them with newer GT Power Series 1-piece crank arms which have the logo dry-transferred in black letters similar to the 3-piece cranks. Also, I hated that stem. In ‘92 I finally found an original 1985 stamped GT block stem in white with a Potts-mod hollow bolt. My mom bought it for me ($35), and I had Bellflower Bikes install it. Unfortunately, when they did that, they also replaced the lower cable with the new, longer Gyro cable, which I never liked. I still have the original cable in my parts collection, and I know the dual cables are 4” long. I was always happy with the newly installed block stem. I thought this was the correct stem for ‘88 because that’s how the bikes are equipped in the ‘88 catalog. Not until the internet came along did I slowly realize that the new, inverted GT stem (which doesn’t appear in the catalog until ‘89) actually was factory original for ‘88. I still have the factory inverted stem and plastic cap which came with the bike, although the shaft is bent forward. The shaft on the block stem is perfect. In ‘92, when I started 9th grade, I very badly wanted to add GT Superlace wheels. These were still being sold at that time, but I couldn’t find any with the original GT hub logo. Even though they were 36-spoke hubs, they were being provided with the new GT sleek logo hub sticker of the ‘90s. I was never satisfied with this, so I ended up never buying them. I replaced the tires twice and the grips once, but I always bought the correct ones. The correct tires are the GT 20x1.75” low-profile tread, and they are all white. My last set of tires came from Albe’s mail order, which I installed before I retired the bike and switched to a ‘94 Pro Freestyle Tour Team Model, which I also still have (in pieces). The 990 is not the correct U-brake for ‘88. GT Pro Freestyle Tours, Pro Performers and Dyno Pro Comps came with a thicker U-brake from Axiom, which I bet is difficult to find today. The 990 is the better brake, though, because it offers better brake pad adjustability. My bike also has Odyssey RX-3 levers and a Dia-Compe 883 Nippon in the front. My powder coat is factory original, and is in excellent condition with no fading. My mags are pretty yellow, and so are some areas of the cable housings. The correct pegs are the first generation GT steel pegs, which go in the rear with the frame standers. The alloy pegs you have are correct for ‘87; my Pro Performer had those. My bike came with black, sealed cartridge bottom bracket bearings just like those, so I believe those are correct. 👍 Thank you for uploading your video! Stay rad! 🤙

These seats are awesome I've bought 7 of them so far for my oldschool dyno compe collection

Quick and easy. You didnt show them adjusting the pads and dialing the barrels adjuster to get the gyro silver detangler perfect and even. Save that or the next video,idk how i never made a video for that,after doing so many in my lifetime.

Beauty!💟

Nice job on the video!! This is a common problem for most when installing the 990.

Whats the best way to feed the bottom cable thur the s vend?

Awesome thank you

Good info. Thanks!!

That is one beautiful specimen. 100% perfect, I wouldn't change a thing. 👌

Fuggggggg! 10/10! Beautiful bike! 🔥🔥🔥🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

Nice bike. DM me price. Thx.

The shorter cables were made by odyssey for gt

What model are the Ukai rims ? I had a set on my Dyno back late 80's wouldn't know what they were. Memory not so good these days lol. Looked like your set though pretty sure.

I had one identical to this one except I had a set of 3 spoke gt mags on mine.

@atrains I gotta say you definitely did the bike justice, and you did an outstanding job on the refurbishment. Congratulations on your attention to detail……..🫡

It was usually 2 years from start to finish .

Do you know anyone who has a 87 gt performer fork for sale? Trying to build up a frame I have . If not do you know of any forks I could use for now?

GT wanted to show us the new pro performer but Eddie didnt want to 🤘

Me too got a white 88 Pro Freestyle Tour TM

Great video! Brother very educational. I have one og TM and didn’t know it was that rare.

Hi ! Thanks for your inf. I have one gt aggressor ! I wold like to know what's the price today for one those please !! I'm from Hidalgo Mexico

I just picked up a purple 94 Auburn on Marketplace for $50 an can't find much info on them. Do you know anything about their history, etc? They don't get mentioned often even though they hold value and are straight off the GT floor. Thanks!

Cool vid… Just finished a 90 team model Aggressor. Just grabbed a 91 frameset. Will be the flat/matte black team model when I’m finished. OutlawinTX on bmxmuseum

The only thing I don't like is the whale tail type frame standers and the GT fold down fork standers. They never came on any of the pro freestyle tours and by the time they made that bike nobody used them because they were pretty much useless for all the rolling and scuffing tricks by that time but I guess it's down to personal preference and the bike looks great either way

Would a gen 3 fit a 26” with a 1 1/8 sealed intergraded 41.8x45 headset

I have a set of those hubs on my mosh. It’s still in my extra bedroom collecting dust

There are many 1989 PFT models at the Museum with welded 990 mounts on the bottom of the chain stay. Some noted serials in 89 too. You said that in 88 GT used the 2188 seat. The one you showed does not have the bubble font logo on the seat. Your 2188 example had the slanted block font logo on the seat (6:08 mark). That style logo doesn't appear on bikes until 1990...including frame decals.

This was two weeks ago but am I seeing the colors now or is that a different grip? I’m confused

Not BMX related but still GT related, I own a 1998 GT Tempest, which in the catalogue states the frame is 7005 series Aluminium (I live in UK, hence different spelling). However my GT Tempest is stamped and stickered as 6061 Custom Blended and butted, I don't know how many of these still exist. I have seen people selling and showing off the same year Tempest with 7005 aluminium. Maybe the 6061 were left over from Avalanche models, although the main distinction is that my Tempest frame doesn't have an integrated seatpost clamp and externally reinforced headtube. Other than that it's a great bike to own and ride. I bought it as a frame and built it up like a BMX/MTB hybrid as I need gears to ride up and down hills.