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1982 Puch,Magnum | Outdoor Sports240 of 1146 |  |  |
Posted 9 months ago
gearpunk
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My 1982 Puch,Magnum
Barn fresh,and all original(except the tires)
This is the only known complete to have survived.
Tange Forks
Dia-Compe Brake
Suzue Hubs
Araya 7X Rims
Sugino Cranks
Puch (Pronounced Pook)is a manufacturing company located in Graz, Austria. The company was founded in 1889 by the industrialist Johann Puch and produced automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles.
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very cool:)
Thanks Bell!
Seems like I read somewhere about these being imported in to Australia as well as here. You may do a little digging on their BMX sites. Can't dafe a loop tail! Nice find. My first motorcycle was a Sears badged Puch. Total Honda dream Knock-off!
...Can't FADE a looptail frame is what I shoulda said!
@heyslugger
After more searching I found out the frame and fork was made by Tange for Puch in Japan.
Love the looptail bikes!
@heyslugger
I looked up the Sears Puch motorcycle,and i'm digging the look.
@gearpunk i found this bike two years ago at a garage sale...bought it for $20 to use as a project bike diddnt do any reasearch until now...how much of an idiot am i for changing the color from red to white. did i just make the biggest mistake of my life??? sorry but i figured you would know more about it than i mainly because i just wanted a bmx to ride around