XR75 frame made by Redline BMX

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Never heard of this until seeing this thread on a bmx site....how sweet would that be? The DG thread got me thinking about it, here is a rare Redline (Chatsworth California) XR frame and swingarm setup. Anyone here have one? Or even seen one? Sweet setup!


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Nice
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'Redline was building CR125 swingarms swince the earth cooled... and a few different frames as i remember!
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DanDunes818 6/1/2012 5:40pm
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I wanted one of those so bad. Here's one of the nicer restored ones I've seen.



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stillwelding 6/1/2012 5:48pm
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bmxcurator wrote:
Never heard of this until seeing this thread on a bmx site....how sweet would that be? The DG thread got me thinking about it, here is...
Never heard of this until seeing this thread on a bmx site....how sweet would that be? The DG thread got me thinking about it, here is a rare Redline (Chatsworth California) XR frame and swingarm setup. Anyone here have one? Or even seen one? Sweet setup!


Redline Engineering was around for a long time before there was a Redline BMX. Redline Engineering was my first job after welding school. We were building Short Track frames using the Can-Am 250 and Yamaha 250. They were just designing the first BMX bike, with suspension, before they learned that it didn't really work. I was so low on the totem pole that they only let me weld chromoly brake pedals (right side). Lynn Kastin and Mike Konle were the owners. Phil Haskell was the resident contract visiting super welder. It was on Parthenia St. In Northridge Ca. I learned stuff there that I still use today. I've got more to tell, maybe sometime in the near future.

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I saw this back when Jeff Ward and Brian Myerscough were racing Minicycles.

I can't remember what Honda Team Jeff Ward raced for at the time but those were some badass machines.
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Had one! Bought it about twelve years ago, stumbled upon it for $250.00. Relunctantly sold it two years later for $1250.00 to fund my Johnny O Mugen purchase. Kinda felt guilty but figured it would cost me a grand to ever get another one. Three months later I saw it on Ebay and it sold for $2750.00. LOL

The Jeff Ward frame kits were built by C&J. Not many of those out there for the XR75's and most of the Mini Elsinore frames ended up in my garage.....my dirty little addiction. PK Racing made complete XR frame kits as well. Anybody want a perfect replica of one of those, I still have a few.
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Found one at Vintage Days in Mid-Ohio and the guy said he would take $1500 for it. My buddy said he would think about it, looked at one row over and he decided he would buy it. Walked back over and it was sold! He still kicks his self about that.
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A friend used to have C and J build them frat track frames. Googled C and J and it comes up Red Feather, any connection to Redline.
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i thought they did flat track frames too....badass one i think
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stillwelding 6/1/2012 8:27pm
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BobbyM wrote:
i thought they did flat track frames too....badass one i think
Here's one of Don Castro's old Redline framed flat track bikes

project racer 6/1/2012 8:46pm
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Sorry about the crappy pic.Just threw a snapshot in the scanner of my older brothers 1975 Redline framed / Shell 250 MX-B short tracker.

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project racer wrote:
Sorry about the crappy pic.Just threw a snapshot in the scanner of my older brothers 1975 Redline framed / Shell 250 MX-B short tracker. [IMG]http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/projectracer/img002.jpg[/IMG]
Sorry about the crappy pic.Just threw a snapshot in the scanner of my older brothers 1975 Redline framed / Shell 250 MX-B short tracker.

That looks great. 1975 was the year I started working at Redline Eng.
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Cropped.



Fun fact. I was actually the Redline team manager for a while in the mid-80s. Interesting gig, but the Lomita to Camarillo commute was a bit much...
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GuyB wrote:
Cropped. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/06/01/060212flattrack_267155.jpg[/img] Fun fact. I was actually the Redline team manager for a while in the mid-80s. Interesting gig, but the Lomita to Camarillo commute was...
Cropped.



Fun fact. I was actually the Redline team manager for a while in the mid-80s. Interesting gig, but the Lomita to Camarillo commute was a bit much...
Thanks Guyber. Somewhere in my magazine collection, I have the full article from an o0lde Popular Cycling mag vwhere they did a Redline XR75 build up. I'look for it.
mike.gardner.568 8/2/2012 9:25am
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Looking for redline swingarm...maybe complete frame. Would like info on the PK frame as well if still for sale. .....healeyracer59 at aol. com
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jeffro503 8/2/2012 9:38am
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Some great history and info about Redine in this thread. I remember as a kid wanting to get a hold of a Redline frame for my XR75..........it was a dream anyways.

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Kinda off subject but since BMX is in the title. I just picked this up yesterday. Have been looking for one since mine got stolen many many years ago. Actually I remember it like it was yesterday but that's another story.

Anyways here she is, a 1996 GT Auburn CR-20RX in amazing condition.

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bmxcurator wrote:
Never heard of this until seeing this thread on a bmx site....how sweet would that be? The DG thread got me thinking about it, here is...
Never heard of this until seeing this thread on a bmx site....how sweet would that be? The DG thread got me thinking about it, here is a rare Redline (Chatsworth California) XR frame and swingarm setup. Anyone here have one? Or even seen one? Sweet setup!


stillwelding wrote:
Redline Engineering was around for a long time before there was a Redline BMX. Redline Engineering was my first job after welding school. We were building...
Redline Engineering was around for a long time before there was a Redline BMX. Redline Engineering was my first job after welding school. We were building Short Track frames using the Can-Am 250 and Yamaha 250. They were just designing the first BMX bike, with suspension, before they learned that it didn't really work. I was so low on the totem pole that they only let me weld chromoly brake pedals (right side). Lynn Kastin and Mike Konle were the owners. Phil Haskell was the resident contract visiting super welder. It was on Parthenia St. In Northridge Ca. I learned stuff there that I still use today. I've got more to tell, maybe sometime in the near future.
I remember when Lynn started Kastin bikes and made that single blade BMX fork that didn't hold up to well.
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jasonv43 wrote:
Kinda off subject but since BMX is in the title. I just picked this up yesterday. Have been looking for one since mine got stolen many...
Kinda off subject but since BMX is in the title. I just picked this up yesterday. Have been looking for one since mine got stolen many many years ago. Actually I remember it like it was yesterday but that's another story.

Anyways here she is, a 1996 GT Auburn CR-20RX in amazing condition.

Without using the search function or checking your "files", who all knows who built that Auburn?Cool
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my friend rode em for a bit. he was on gt/robinson. rip vanderveen.
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jasonv43 wrote:
Kinda off subject but since BMX is in the title. I just picked this up yesterday. Have been looking for one since mine got stolen many...
Kinda off subject but since BMX is in the title. I just picked this up yesterday. Have been looking for one since mine got stolen many many years ago. Actually I remember it like it was yesterday but that's another story.

Anyways here she is, a 1996 GT Auburn CR-20RX in amazing condition.

newmann wrote:
Without using the search function or checking your "files", who all knows who built that Auburn?Cool
If it's a 96 it would have been GT, a few years earlier and it would have been a freestyle guy and a former SE Racing salesman.Wink
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DanDunes818 wrote:
I wanted one of those so bad. Here's one of the nicer restored ones I've seen. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/06/01/Redline_XR75_A_739033_347613.jpg[/img]
I wanted one of those so bad. Here's one of the nicer restored ones I've seen.



She's a beauty. That was my first bike, but I was 6 and it was way too big, had to bump down to a MR50.
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jasonv43 wrote:
Kinda off subject but since BMX is in the title. I just picked this up yesterday. Have been looking for one since mine got stolen many...
Kinda off subject but since BMX is in the title. I just picked this up yesterday. Have been looking for one since mine got stolen many many years ago. Actually I remember it like it was yesterday but that's another story.

Anyways here she is, a 1996 GT Auburn CR-20RX in amazing condition.

newmann wrote:
Without using the search function or checking your "files", who all knows who built that Auburn?Cool
I beleive it was Todd Huffman of MX Files fame. I thought Bob Morales of ASV fame was involved as well, but he may have had Dyno haven't thought about this stuff in a long time.
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GuyB 8/2/2012 5:38pm
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newmann wrote:
Without using the search function or checking your "files", who all knows who built that Auburn?Cool
I know that guy. We used to be teammates, roommates, and he makes some killer videos.

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