1994 GT RTS-1

[Pickle]

These are the Team RTS decals, which are 94

However, the top tube of yours looks very 96 like mine and mattbrown's :?

 

[Tallpaul]

FWIW a Team and RTS-1 are the same frame, shock and swingarm; only the components on a full bike were differant.

As my frame says neither Team nor RTS-1 i believe that frame-only they may have been sold with non-specific decals?

Now, if you can show me a catalogue with my identical frame and decals, i'll believe the year but until then 1994 is close enough for me

 

[Pickle]

As my frame says neither Team nor RTS-1 i believe that frame-only they may have been sold with non-specific decals?

I have the same problem with my LTS......the original decals were identical in style to yours.

I have decided, like you, that mine in neither a Team or a 1, and believe it to be 96 rightly or wrongly

 

[Tallpaul]

I have decided, like you, that mine in neither a Team or a 1, and believe it to be 96 rightly or wrongly

I didn't decide what the frame was, simply that this is what it is. It has the flat end cap to the top-tube and also the serial number format of a US built frame, both are distinct differences from the far-eastern frames eg Avalanche and RTS 2/3.

I would assume the same applies to the LTS, but i have never looked in to it.

 

[boxxer]

Is that Warner in the piccie?? Always meant to ask if he had an RTS in the garage, might even venture the question when next I bump into him.

 

[cce]

completely unrelated, but boxxer - i'm fairly sure all 8 speed LX hubs were parallax

 

[boxxer]

You may be right, I'll have to find my 93 / 94 catalogues to check......

 

[mattbrown]

my sn is 009941669 RTS 16

 

[Tallpaul]

my sn is 009941669 RTS 16

September 1994 then.

Really looks like they built 2 - 3 years worth of frames between 1993 and '94

I wonder if that was planned or they sold fewer than expected? :?

 

[Tallpaul]

It's here, it's here, it's here

Oddly, i'm more excited about this than most other arrivals.

Anyhoo, i think it's anodised, can anyone confirm if that's how these are prepared? Normally i'd spot it easily but this appears a little 'thick' for ano yet nowhere is it damaged like it were paint (or powder coat for that matter) :?

Ta!