[MISSISSIPPI KID]

iám working today but a friend of mine just called and said the guy is telling him its a mid 80's mongoose..my buddy is not into bikes ,but he said the gusset is solid and has a cross stamped into it....what is it???...now for the good part.!!!! he started telling me it has a funky lookin wheels on it...i ask him if there stamped moto-mag??...he said ,moto-mag II...i told him to check all the spokes make sure they are all there and they are..!!!! he gave the guy $30.00..for all of it.....is the frame worth the build or not....thanks for any info.....M.K.

[Dirty]

Sounds like your buddy just picked you up a Blue Max with Motomag IIs for $30. That's a score! He deserves a beer on you! LOL

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[MISSISSIPPI KID]

what year are we talkin about..????....iám going to look at a yamaha sunday and thought the mags would be great for it..but if the blue max is a keeper i'll use them on that instead.....thanks dirty for the info..(at least a 6-pack??)

[SEADOOIT]

blue max......moto mags........great score :14:

[sk8bones]

If they are the same bikes I saw last year they have Webco mags on 'em already. The Blue Max is late 70's to possibly '81. Don't separate the MMII's from the BM. Get some heavy duty steel rims with 108 guage spokes for the Yamahammer's if ya want. You'll have plenty of work to do on the Yamahammers already trust me.

Call me a freak, but I'd fix up the BM first. It will be a lot easier. The Yamahammers are more of an over the winter project. Good luck!!!
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[MISSISSIPPI KID]

thanks for all the info guys.!!!...i had to work today...but my buddy said they were ton of bikes at this ft.worth...swap meet....just my luck, me working today!!!...iám glad my bud was lookin out for me...'he's on his way up to my work with the find......he said it was chrome or polished....were they not painted???

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[DMG]

Comming from the grapevine memory here, but I think the BlueMax was a version of the Supergoose sold at military installations.

[sk8bones]

The gusset ones are more like a Moto-Trac. They have a looptail. The newer non-gusset ones are like Mongoose Cali's or Experts. The gusset ones are the good ones. Yeah, they were sold on military bases initially. Later on the non-gusset ones were Mongoose's first attempt at marketing their bikes in department stores.

[MISSISSIPPI KID]

it get's better!!!!! he offered the guy $25.00 :22: and he took it.!!!!!..bike is all there and should clean up nice.....my freind said the bike was on the bottom of two others he thought were mongoose's also..he said the mags is what caught his attention...he said the others just had spoke wheels.....M.K.

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[Spur]

Jags also had the "t" in the gusset as well if memory serves me right.

[Astrodamus]

No, Jags were flat gussets. The Moto-Trac has the "T" in it.

[LIVIN' IN THE PAST]

Here's what the Jag Gussett looks like......

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opps...Try this..

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[sk8bones]

I think you guys are taking it too literally. The Jags, Moto-Tracs, and Blue Maxs seem to differ only in the actual gusset. I may be wrong though. I sure do want a Blue Max though. I just like the iron cross. And no I'm not a Jesse James West Coast Choppers freak or anything. BTW, a buddy of mine is gonna be on Monster Garage soon. He'll be easy to spot. He's like 4' tall with a pompadore haircut from OKC. He's been doing car commercials here locally too. Super cool dude. I think Jesse asked him back for the season finalle.

Ah ha, the BM has holes in the dropouts and may be chrome.

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[MISSISSIPPI KID]

sorry no camera,,,would like to know if these parts are period correct for the blue max......the handlebar stem is a suntour anodized blue,the pedals are blue also and say surefoot (stamped japan)....the seat post is fluted.???looks maybe to have been chrome at one time....the seat post clamp has no markings but it is blue....i know its hard to date things without pics,,,but if they are the same era i'll just clean"um up.....the handle bars have v-crossbar....the blue parts hince the the name BLUE MAX...??? ...THANKS ....M.K. PS-the seat is blue hard plastic....

[sk8bones]

That's not how the bike came, but very appropriate for upgrades. Every kid on the block loaded up on v-bars and annodized parts. I'd change the seat if it's an aero style, but that's just for esthetics. Some parts may be newer than the bike. That just shows it was loved for several years, and may speak to the true character of these bikes. Someone made the point not long ago that we would change out stuff over several years and era correctness can be taken too far sometimes. Sounds killer. I'm freakin' jealous. I haven't found doo doo lately.

[Spur]

Astrodamus, on Oct 29 2005, 03:20 PM, said:

No, Jags were flat gussets. The Moto-Trac has the "T" in it.

I stand corrected, thanks for the info. This helps actually. After I get done with the later model Jag I am building I may want to do an older version. Now I know what to look for.