Kirk Precision

[bagpuss]

Thought I would add this to this section . My Kirk road bike .Built with Sach new sucess gears Campag hubs on Mavic gold sprints .Later brakes and saddle.
Frank Kirk . Now finished . by rebalrid, on Flickr

 

[Penfold6290]

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Great looking bike, nicely finished off. Very much of its time, I remember as a teenager in the mid to late eighties marvelling over pictures of bikes made out of new and largely untried materials. These certainly were certainly a diversion from the traditional tubed bike frame.

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[Sketchyxup]

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I remember being a yoot and one of my mates got the MTB version of that frame, iirc its was terrifying flexy even by the standards of the day and in less than a year was covered in cracks.

What happened to Kirk, presumably they went bust?

 

[bagpuss]

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They had a major problem after a magnesium dust fire. Bought out by Dawes i beleive .
Link to hitory here .
http://www.kirk-bicycles.co.uk/Kirk.htm

 

[Retro Spud]

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Thats nice, I've got the MTB version

I remember being a youth and one of my mates got the MTB version of that frame, iirc its was terrifying flexy even by the standards of the day and in less than a year was covered in cracks.
What happened to Kirk, presumably they went bust?

this got covered here viewtopic.php?f=6&t=361267


also worth a watch

anyone remember Tomorrows World........ by all accounts One Ton of sea water and you get a Kirk :shock:


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdU8j5ydVuI&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

 

[Retro Spud]

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq4ioEdou6Q[/youtube]




[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17C2FM1C18[/youtube]