HISTORICAL FACTS: DIAMOND BACK BMX BIKE KIT TEST BMX ACTION JANUARY, 1981. SCANNED FROM A REPRINT: (DB PRODUCED A BOOKLET FOR HANDOUT).           CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE           CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE      CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE PLEASE NOTE: THE ABOVE TEST BIKE WAS DESIGNED BEFORE THE NEW DIAMOND BACK BLACK/SILVER. THE FIRST DESIGNED BMX BIKE OF THE NEW DB WAS THE SUPER HOT SILVER STREAK (SUMMER 1981) ENTRY LEVEL RACING BIKE. DIAMOND BACK PLANNED TO GIVE A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE BIKE AT THE NATIONAL RACE IN SAN DIEGO, CA. AND BMXA MAGAZINE WAS TAKING PICTURES TO DO A THING IN THE MAG.  SANDY FINKELMAN ALLOWED DB TO ASSEMBLE THE BIKE SECRETLY AT WHEELS N THINGS, BUT DB HAD NO NAME FOR IT AND NEEDED IT BEFORE THE RACE THE NEXT DAY.  THE SILVER STREAK WAS NAMED TWO HOURS BEFORE THE RACE BY SANDY FINKELMAN. THE NEXT BIKE FOR DB WAS THE VIPER A LOW-END STEEL BMX BIKE. SANDY FINKELMAN NAMED THE BIKE AFTER THE NAME OF THE AMERIACAN FIGHTER SHIPS (VIPERS) FROM THE MOVIE BATTLE STAR GALATICA.  THE DB VIPER BMX BIKES WERE THE STEEL STREET VERSION OF A BMX RACING BIKE  FOR AGES SIX TO ELEVEN.  THE VIPER CB (COASTER BRAKE), THE VIPER FW (FREEWHEEL), AND THE MINI VIPER (16"), COMPLETED THE DB VIPER SQUADRON. CHOOSING THE NEW BMX BIKE NAME: BY SANDY FINKELMAN THE NAME OF A BIKE MODEL CAN MAKE OR BREAK IT. I ENJOY THE CHALLENGE IN FINDING THE BEST BIKE NAME FOR IT'S DESIGNED CONCEPT.  DIAMOND BACK AFTER FOUR YEARS IN BMX DECIDED TO ENTER THE 1980'S WITH A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT.  BEFORE THE NEW DIAMOND BACK BLACK/SILVER. THIS DECAL IS HUGE OVER 13 INCHES! THIS WAS PRESENTED TO ME BY THE MAJOR DB DISTRIBUTOR IN THE UK. (THIS CUSTOM DECAL IS HUGE). CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE DB BIKES/TESTS