heavyp
Retro Guru
FYI: This is not my bike, I helped Ali get it back as we are friends and am helping him find the parts and info he needs, he is also not a member but I asked if he wouldn't mind me posting on his behalf.
You may have seen this bike for sale since 2020 on here (Retrobike) for many years and then marketplace in the end.
The seller was never very responsive (I heard this from numerous people) and definitely didn't want to budge on price. This bike was custom built by Intense for Ali King (having your name stamped into the BB by the Intense factory is a pretty sweet detail) who raced for the Intense/Kawasaki DH Team back in the late 90's and took this bike on to the 1999 British Masters DH champs.
Ali who now resides not far from me here in Australia hit up the owner a few times to try and buy it the bike back a couple of years ago but the owner never replied, the same thing happened with the latest post on marketplace.
I was frustrated for him so I took it upon myself to try and get this bike back to Ali so I hit the owner up and after days and days no reply, I asked again and to my surprise had a reply to which the guy gave me him number and said to use whatsapp. Now with a direct line to him I explained that I do not live close to his location but have a friend
who does (Alis brother lived 15 mins away) so my new friends Martin who I have never met or spoken to went along to see the bike and offer a slightly lower price which the owner excepted!
So the bike that was built, raced and sold by Ali is now after 25 years back (well almost it jsut needed t be shipped to Australia) in his possession.
Ali wants to build it back up to original spec which 90% of the parts are there but also is planning on repainting it back to the Original Kawasaki/Intense colours.
You may have seen this bike for sale since 2020 on here (Retrobike) for many years and then marketplace in the end.
The seller was never very responsive (I heard this from numerous people) and definitely didn't want to budge on price. This bike was custom built by Intense for Ali King (having your name stamped into the BB by the Intense factory is a pretty sweet detail) who raced for the Intense/Kawasaki DH Team back in the late 90's and took this bike on to the 1999 British Masters DH champs.
Ali who now resides not far from me here in Australia hit up the owner a few times to try and buy it the bike back a couple of years ago but the owner never replied, the same thing happened with the latest post on marketplace.
I was frustrated for him so I took it upon myself to try and get this bike back to Ali so I hit the owner up and after days and days no reply, I asked again and to my surprise had a reply to which the guy gave me him number and said to use whatsapp. Now with a direct line to him I explained that I do not live close to his location but have a friend
So the bike that was built, raced and sold by Ali is now after 25 years back (well almost it jsut needed t be shipped to Australia) in his possession.
Ali wants to build it back up to original spec which 90% of the parts are there but also is planning on repainting it back to the Original Kawasaki/Intense colours.
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