'93 Nishiki FS3 full sus. frame

[Arran]

This is a very cool piece of MTB full suspension history. A Nishiki FS3, designed by Richard Cunningham of Mantis Bicycles fame. The frame is closely styled after the Mantis Pro-Floater. It's one of the earliest (semi) mass-produced frames that actually worked! And it looks cool to boot...

I bought this frame with a crack in the head tube. It developed the crack very early in it's life so it's practically unused. The frame has been repaired & the affected area resprayed by a professional frame builder.

Frame spec's are:
Headtube = 1 1/8" x 112mm
Seat tube = 34.9mm OD, 30.6mm ID, 415mm c-c & 460mm c-t
Top tube = 550mm c-c
Chainstay (static) = 420mm c-c
B/B = 68mm english
Shock = Noleen oil damped coil over

The repair:

Shipping rate to the UK (in AUD). Other areas, please ask for a quote:

Because of the rules i'll say i'm looking for $A300 for the frame but am open to offers of trade or whatever...

 

[Arran]

A couple of pics of the ol' girl built up:

 

[incorrigible]

Any pics of the frame before the repair? I have always been inspired by this post and finally found an FS3 for myself (or so I thought).

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 81#1289381

Do you think the one I found has a chance of being reincarnated?

 

[passiflora]

pm sent

 

[incorrigible]

pm sent

To me? If so, did not get it.

I'm still somewhat of a newbie, so perhaps I'm doing something incorrectly.

Can you email instead?

Thanks.