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I don't think they were into a wheelie bar in my young days riding bikes.. post up a photo for me if you will ,,I will take a look at a wheelie bar ..and just see if I member ever seeing one..

as for me I had a 26 inch bike with a 20 inch front tire and for a while had a old car steering instead of handle bars ..

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I don't remember them either.

I just remember flipping the handlebars up on my Schwinn Varsity 10 speed to ride wheelies on it. That was common at the time.

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And before the wheelie days it was sticking that Bobby Orr hockey card in the spokes with the clothes pin.

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I do Remember the Banana seat:ito::lol:








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That name sounds familiar. Was he famous? I don't follow sports. We used to use playing cards, and our parents were always asking where the cards went. :lol:

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I meant to say something about everyone in bare feet. Growing up in the pre-safety era was fun... with a few stitches or maybe a cast or two :lol:. I remember when we were teens comparing how many stitches or how many bones we broke. Kids today are so deprived :lol:


Remember the sky high sissy bars? Probably the reason they invented the wheelie bar. lean back against that sissy bar and you were poppin' wheelies real easy

Here's a bike that has it all!

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Bobby Orr , one of the greatest hockey players.
If I had the hockey cards today with some of the top players back then that went into the spokes I would make some decent $$$$ on them.

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I got this one in the shed. It's similar to the one I had when I was delivering newspapers. It has a slick on the back.
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I have mine hanging from the ceiling. I put the stock seat etc... back on someday..:lol:

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I never had one of these either

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Had one like this when a young lad ,The wedge , but I don't remember the handle bars being like that

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Wow! I forgot about the V-rooom thing. I got one of those for my birthday and immediately removed the close pins and baseball cards from my spokes.

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A Raleigh Chopper. I wanted one so bad as a kid. And those handlebars are definitely aftermarket. The Chopper came with ape hanger type bars.

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I made my owner Sting Ray/chopper bike out of a '40s-'50s 20 incher someone gave us. I never should have changed it but I wanted a cool chopper, and it needed parts. I gave it a gold base with candy apple green metal flake lacquer job. I went through a few banana seats but ended up with a Schwinn white metal flake. It was like one of these, black & white
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I was a little older when I got my first shiny new bike. It was a Sears with 24" wheels. It was purple and the tires were redwalls. It was a stick shift 5spd with dual rear brakes (no front). Cool bike! I switched to a Schwinn seat on that, too.

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My first shiny bike was a Murray Eliminator. It was next to the Christmas tree when I woke up xmas morning. I didn't pay much attention to it because I thought it was for one of my brothers. I couldn't believe it when I found out it was mine.

I rode that bike into the ground and finally cracked the frame.


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...Eliminator.jpg

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Baddass bike! I remember those and all the muscle bikes. We sure had cool bikes offered back then.

Gotta be cool like Evil, right?

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I can picture you doing this to impress the girls: lol

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30 second Evel Knievel commercial- he includes his “safety tips”- hilarious! He’s the reason the kid in the above pic is launching himself through the air


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7fVC_wPN8qo

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That is exactly how I cracked that frame. :lol:

We were jumping fools back in those days.

No helmets. Nothing like that. But I did get a couple of nut crushers.

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What about shoes? Did you wear shoes?

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Poor 2 guys at the end , I don't think he's going to clear them !!!

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Paul and his buddies

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These pictures of bicycles reminds me when I went to Cottonwood Falls about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I saw a fella that had a Penny-Farthing bicycle. If you did an endo on one of these could possibly end your life.

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I love old bicycles but never had interest in those! They call the bikes we know that came after those, the ones with same size tires and a chain to the rear wheel, "safety cycles". Get why? :cool:

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special-k told me this thread is talking about muscle bicycles! My parents got me this, wiped out the first day on sand that washed onto the street (bent handlebar). After looking at the picture, remember the chain guard was removed because I tore pants. I lived in Tucson, rode it like a BMX bike, the parallelogram frame collapsed after a few jumps. One time I crashed, was knocked senseless, managed to walk back home but didn't know my name.
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I worked a short stint at a bike shop in the early 80s. Someone brought this in, asking about fixing the bent gooseneck. The owner gave a quote, the guy flinched, I asked to buy it, SOLD! It's rideable enough, did a 4th of July parade with the bike club. Then hung in the rafters of my shop, where it's been about 35 years. Almost hurt myself getting it down yesterday, weighs a ton! Cleaned and lubed, but need to replace the brake cables, and see if the bike shop can get the 3 speed to shift, seems to be stuck in 3rd. Made the chain-guard from a scavenged stove door, hardly a replica, but it's not worth restoring.
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Found a good location to take lots of pictures. LOL
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I looked at Flickr for pictures, noticed my model with 5 speed and high sissy bar is really rare. Figures, story of my life. At least this one is a Mk1, probably 1970. In Ireland they have rallies where people do group rides. This bike saved Raleigh from bankruptcy. The safety was questioned in Parliament. There are museums with them on display. I never knew......

Anyway, now that I'm in the Fakebook klink for 30 days, I'll be on this forum more often. :lol:
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Facebook clink? You should be ashamed, you outcast! :lol:

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If you are in FB clink, I'm sure we could be friends. 😁

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We took a drive over to Yellville, AR to eat BBQ yesterday. Our 16 year old granddaughter drives the Ochre K10. We caused quite a stir at the restaurant.

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I'm jealous.....:devil:

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I bet you did. A mobile classic Chevy Truck show. I've been thinking about taking a drive for BBQ all weekend. Now I have to go

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Good looking group Larry!

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Trying to think of a caption….
“Do you know how to weld?”

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Do you know where we can get a gas tank?







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Reminds me of one of my friends who took a 360 out of a wrecked (Suzuki?) motorcycle and put it in a Moped frame. Took off down the street and the throttle cable stuck. He ended up running behind it until it fell over. :lol: HE came out of it unscratched!

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What could possibly go wrong?

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“Custer took a chance”

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I was doing some reading on nitrous systems. Author told about a guy who put a 50 HP system on a motorcycle and used a toggle switch instead of a momentary switch. Once he hit the nitrous, he couldn't get his hand back over to shut it down because it was pulling too hard. Rode it as long as he could and then bailed.

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:lol: Yeah, that stuff happens. I recall that I posted here about riding a 350 Kawasaki triple and just barely being able to get the throttle closed while hanging off it like an ape in a tree before hitting a chain link fence! (Didn't hit that fence, but it was a close call) At least I didn't have to bail, but that was just pure dumb luck, on my part.

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That right there is what us younger generations call whiskey throttle. It’s always funny when it happens to someone else but sucks royally when it happens to you:lol:

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I'm not getting on it, we'll get your sister to try it !!!!