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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14576 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: How many of you were BMX'ers? Something you should know...!! |
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A few Diamond Backs in my current stable. As you can see, I like 'em factory spec & in original 'survivor' condition
1982 Harry Leary Turbo-
1984 Formula One-
1982 Silver Streak-
1980 Large Pro-
_________________ 1947 Typ 11a
1954 Typ 117
1956 Typ 151
1959 Typ 117
1959 Typ 265
1961 356B
1966 Typ 151
1966 Typ 241 |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69697 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Red Fau Veh Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2012 Posts: 3037 Location: Prescott Az.
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Oh well I guess they got deleted because I had them uploaded on The Samba and that must be illegal. I did just get a nice retro bike to ride but I can't put that pic here either so you can't see it but it is amazing. _________________ 1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20218 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:12 am Post subject: |
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Red, none of your photos are showing up. Could be my confuzer, but if not, I'd love to see them.
I rode freestyle through the 80's. Always on a Haro once I stepped up from dept store bikes. (Murray and Huffy)
Had two Haro FSX's, then a Haro Master. I was never very good, but we had a lot of fun. Friend had Redlines and GT's mostly. I still have some of my old BMX and Freestyle mags. I have a bunch of old Dirtwheels mags, too. _________________ nothing |
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sixfootdan Samba Smartass
Joined: February 13, 2002 Posts: 4848 Location: \Lo*ca"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of locating.
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:34 am Post subject: |
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I was just about to post about my old bikes then I read the post where I did already 9 years ago. This is an old ass thread lol _________________ Schrodinger's cat walked into a bar and it didn't.
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Red Fau Veh Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2012 Posts: 3037 Location: Prescott Az.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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These pie plates are what you raced with if you didn't have a plate or your number was taken.
This track official's book is awesome with some stuff inside that many folks have never seen.
These are very early bikes I built. The top and right hand pics are a girls bike with double down tubes but I put a cross tube on it and a pad. The left pic is a Stingray with a few mods.
This was the dream.
And this is 81 on a chrome bmx, not sure what it was.
_________________ 1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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Red Fau Veh Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2012 Posts: 3037 Location: Prescott Az.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:30 am Post subject: |
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I raced BMX in the early 80's and before then I built my own bmx bike out of a Schwinn Stingray. I had Ashtabula forks cranks and neck, and I have pics of me jumping it. When I got my first Mongoose, in 1979, I raced it and got third in my first race, still have the trophy. We raced La Mirada Regional Park, Azuza BMX track behind the Eagle Lodge, Norco/Corona, and some place way down by Del Mar. I eventually moved up to a full race JMC, try to find one of those these days, big bucks!
_________________ 1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
1973 Orange transporter stock type 4 with dual 40 Dellortos and Empi single quiet pack
1969 Adventurewagen blue whale Gene Berg 1776 built by Dave Kawell dual 36 DRLA's, Vintage Speed exhaust, Bosch 019 screamer
1961 Swivel Seat camper, L345 grey
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Morganwerk Samba Member
Joined: December 30, 2000 Posts: 496 Location: Sacramento Valley
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:39 am Post subject: |
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sloans265 wrote: |
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MEANIRISHMOFO wrote: |
I have not heard anyone mention Kuwahara (spelling?) I had one in the 80's and it was the so light. Now I have a 24" Specialized Vegas that I cruse every now and again. |
Wasn't Kuwahara the featured bike on the ET Extra Terrestrial movie? |
I forget which pro's rode in that movie. |
Hmm...I recall Bob Haro and Mike Buff doing work on it. Haro said he was the one who knocked the gumball off the cop car. _________________ Gary
1966 1300 Sea Sand
2003 GTi VR6 |
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sloans265 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2004 Posts: 1321 Location: 32207
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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RareAir wrote: |
MEANIRISHMOFO wrote: |
I have not heard anyone mention Kuwahara (spelling?) I had one in the 80's and it was the so light. Now I have a 24" Specialized Vegas that I cruse every now and again. |
Wasn't Kuwahara the featured bike on the ET Extra Terrestrial movie? |
Yeah Kuwahara was the bike used in ET. I forget which pro's rode in that movie. Anybody remember the Kuwahara Grand Nationals they use to have in Vegas. Our local team went there 2 yrs in a row. Best I did was 36th out of 150 riders in the 14 yr old expert class. No where near getting a trophy but I still did better than 114 other guys. 1st place trophies were like 8 ft tall! _________________ 1970 Lotus White Panel
In search of any Pensacola Fla dealership items |
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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14576 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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MEANIRISHMOFO wrote: |
I have not heard anyone mention Kuwahara (spelling?) I had one in the 80's and it was the so light. Now I have a 24" Specialized Vegas that I cruse every now and again. |
Wasn't Kuwahara the featured bike on the ET Extra Terrestrial movie? _________________ 1947 Typ 11a
1954 Typ 117
1956 Typ 151
1959 Typ 117
1959 Typ 265
1961 356B
1966 Typ 151
1966 Typ 241 |
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sixfootdan Samba Smartass
Joined: February 13, 2002 Posts: 4848 Location: \Lo*ca"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of locating.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: |
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I had a blue one of these with gold crank and wheels.
_________________ Schrodinger's cat walked into a bar and it didn't.
GO SEAHAWKS!!! |
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sixfootdan Samba Smartass
Joined: February 13, 2002 Posts: 4848 Location: \Lo*ca"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of locating.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:38 am Post subject: |
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I had This one and added a skyway spinmaster gyro and axle pegs all around.
_________________ Schrodinger's cat walked into a bar and it didn't.
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1964VW Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 463 Location: I live where people chew dip,just past the sticks...
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Heres a couple of pics from my first contest days...lol I still have my AFA card...and the GT Pro freestyle tour I'm riding...oh boy check out my double rear brake set up..heh 2 gyro cables..could have just run to reg cables but it's all I had around.
1st pic was my 1st comp at 12 years old--start of a 1 foot framestand!
That was my Haro Sport-all stock setup...damm I hated the helmet days!
2nd pic the bike looks bigger than me...Funky Chicken rocking the RUN DMC addias with flights and double rear brake setup
3rd&4th pics Rope-a-Roni and Miami hopper
Last pic doing hang 5's at an early age of 12
I wish I had a scanner,pics of pics dont show well plus their grainy-oh well-I love my past! |
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1964VW Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 463 Location: I live where people chew dip,just past the sticks...
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:18 am Post subject: |
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So who here goes to York Jam or has been?
Best bmx flick ever-blows RADout of the water...AGROMAN! |
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1964VW Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 463 Location: I live where people chew dip,just past the sticks...
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Tell you what, those show's were light as hell! I had a hard time riding them cause of it. Wayy to light for me...but are works of art. It was the only frame they made for Flatland made from Alum too! A guy down the road has one First year Blue one,but he's not coming off of it-heh
You should post a pic of the BB area for everyone to see-fu#king sweet! |
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4130_nasa Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Texas
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Damm is that a GT Show in the pick with the trick Stars?
Anyone remember the 24kt gold TrickStar Woody Itson had that was stolen? |
Yup, thats a GT Show alright. Like the Trickstar, it was cutting edge in design for its time.
As for the 24kt gold Hutch, someone finally got ahold of Woody and asked him about it. Aparently is wasn't stolen, but he gave it to a neighbors son, cause he kept googling it. I wish I were his neighbor.
There have been a few copies, but nothing like the original: http://www.vintagebmx.com/goldhutch.htm
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1964VW Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 463 Location: I live where people chew dip,just past the sticks...
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: |
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My friend "Rob Artigo" used to team up with Ron Wilkerson as the 2-Hip Trick team and also compete in the "King of the Skateparks" series.
I also remembering since Rob didn't have a car to go to Ron & Stacey Wilkerson's wedding in Antioch, I had to drive him to the wedding. Got to meet Bob Haro, Mike Dominquez, Mike Bluff, Eddie Fiola, Brian Blyther, and many other top freestylers there. |
That was a cool era of freestyle.Wilkerson had a bad crash back in the late 80s.Was in a coma for weeks.A friend of mine saw the accident,said he was laying unconcious,face in a puddle of blood.16ft to face,no hands out nothing.A couple of my friends went on tour with him and he ripped them off.Shadey dude.They cut his red,white n' blue 'george clinton' dreads ( )off in brookyn and hand cuffed him to a lamp post! |
Dude it's true about Ron-he got shady big time. Was told many times it was the herion. I went to a comp in long Island Greenport I beleave and we could not find a room to rent anywhere due to some Firefigher thing in town. So we started making out way back the down the Experssway to find other but had no luck. At that point we said fuck it we only live about 2 hours away lets just go home and leave early the next day. Well when we woke up it was drizzling a little-we said fuck it and left anyway cause it might stop and the comp be on. When we got there everyone was gone only about 2 tents of people camping out there were left. We asked what happend-where did everyone go? They said they packed up and left. We were pissed cause Ron had the entry fees and did not even bother to call even know the forms had our phone numbers on them. So for weeks we tried to call Ron to see what was up and finaly afetr posting a thread on pedalbmx.com he called and said dude we have been trying to get hol of you. I was like OK-I don't think so but whats up,then when on to explain that he was sending the money back. I have no idea what Ron is doing now-just hope hes off that stuff... |
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1964VW Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 463 Location: I live where people chew dip,just past the sticks...
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:16 am Post subject: |
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Damm is that a GT Show in the pick with the trick Stars?
Anyone remember the 24kt gold TrickStar Woody Itson had that was stolen? |
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1964VW Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2004 Posts: 463 Location: I live where people chew dip,just past the sticks...
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: |
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All you fucked up with selling your Gi joes and transformers-their worth decent money on ebay-just look. If you got a bunch of the 70's GI's your sitting on a goldmine.
I rode pro bmx, up to about 2 years ago. I did not race, I rode Flatland,the art of doing tricks on the pegs. My last gig was at Universal Studios City Walk in Orlando Florida. 8 months of 5 shows a night for crap money. Getting paid for what you love to do is nice, but that place was a joke with the costumes and all. Plus we had a talent agent middle man fucking us out of money. I tried to get a direct contract, but Universal was afraid of screwing the talent Co. cause they offered other odd talent to Universal. I'm glad I left, it was holding my riding back-try riding flatland on non-flat ground. I did get to meet Rita and Ziggy Marley-another funny story...During the Reggae Fest The Marleys took over our green room.
When we came back after the set and opened the hall door that led to the dressing rooms a BIG woosh of smoke poured out and it reaked of Mary Jane! The next set when we came back their was a sign on the greenroom door saying "NO SMOKING IN THE GREENROOM PLEASE" You think they gave a shit...lol That was a great night!
Buy the the, I buy old bmx bikes from the 70's into the 80's-but not for Bus prices...Let me know if you have something to sell-take some pics. |
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Skim Rants Master
Joined: April 15, 2001 Posts: 17078 Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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I'm as addicted to BMX as I am to VW's! Old school bmx is big these days! My favorite site, aside from thesamba... is vintagebmx.com
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That Hutch TrickStar was bad ass. I was a big time S&E Racing fan, PK's Quadangles, Floval Flyer i was a freak for it. Landing Gear forks, Flites, ACS Z rims - all that old shit. Good times man. Great thread. _________________ GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint |
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