ahh I recon just some rusty old Rocky...

[dillbike]

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A better photo of the bike in upright position.

 

[Mr.Toad]

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That bike has sooooooo much potential!

 

[troje]

No way! One in a million find!

 

[sho220]

Dibs on the stem...

 

[raidan73]

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What a score mate! So where was it and did you find out how it came to be lying in a pile of junk?

 

[sho220]

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What a score mate! So where was it and did you find out how it came to be lying in a pile of junk?

All I ever find heaped in the trash are road bikes...

 

[Retro_Roy]

I apoloigize for my shitty sacracstic sense of humour! I have given it a very good home, adopted perhaps as my third child?

Blizz is correct, good eye he has. Well I should say he is very close, its not just a Thunderbolt, it's a Thunderbolt DL!

only a DL...................oh well, still interested in taking it off your hands.
you gotta get us a whole lot more pictures of this.
good score.
so what sets the DL apart from an ordinary thunderbolt? anyone?
heading for the archives..................

 

[RockiMtn]

Looks to me like a 88 or 89 Thunderbolt! Based off the smooth welds, long name on the top tube, XT parts, and non-stock frame colour. Nice find!

I was thinking Thunderbolt given the long top tube name. but like MrT, the stem threw me off and decided to under guess.

NICE SCORE!

 

[dillbike]

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Well I decided to swap out a couple parts, felt that the fillet brazed fork needed a good matching fillet brazed stem. It's now ready ride! The fit is actually pretty darn good for the 80's...

 

[Mr.Toad]

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Hot stuff!

Stem is a perfect match, i'd ride and love it as is.