scored a 79 motomag. survivor saved from the scrap yard!

[Rear Facing Drop Out]

A fellow local bike guy that mostly deals with current bikes called me with this motomag. I tipped him of I the value of older bmx stuff and he returned the favor by giving me first dibs. Mags have no cracks. He also had the correct moongoose tagged seat on a shelf he didn't even know about. I had the yellow pad from a pick years ago and I have been saving an original pair of moongoose stamped union rat trap pedals so I will toss those on soon. Tempted to paint it cuz I want it nicer but I know survivors are getting harder to come by. ...

 

[41rollfast]

Great find!!
Motomags have to be one of my all time favorite.

 

[pedal_junky]

Man, what a great bike. Pads even! I vote no on the re-paint. There's plenty out there that need restoring, this one is cool as it sits. Awesome score .

 

[looneymatthew]

Nice survivor
its definitely worth more as original.
Survivor. I would just give it a good clean.
And leave it. Original

Just my opinion

Nice score anyways
I picked up the same bike a couple Months ago.
but no original paint or decals.
But everything else is the same.
I paid 200.00

Its blue
im thinking of painting it black like your bike with nickel forks.

 

[looneymatthew]

79 moto

Here is the one I scored

 

[Rear Facing Drop Out]

If i did choose to repaint i would offer a swap for a worse frame to spray. Always liked orange. I restored my old goose for my son to original yellow. For now It's fine add is

 

[Moto dog]

Do you want to sell the goose?

 

[Pantmaker]

That was my exact bike as a kid. wow...a time machine that one is.

 

[bikesnbuses]

N I C E ! ! ! ! !

 

[jayrev67]

Very Nice Find. Are the bits on it (Reflectors, Head Set Cap, Bottom Bracket Cone Adjusters, Seat Clamp) Mongoose Stamped? Especially the reflectors since that was the first thing a kid took off when he got a new bike BITD.