Ahh the good ol' days...

[CanadianPoncho]

Riding our bikes in bare feet, no helmet and a Wham-O Wheelie Bar!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-txZE2ggg
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif
Todd

[Dog427435]

COOL!

Is that the Little Old Lady from Pasadena?

[AlsV8vair]

that is sweet, I have been looking for the bike I had as a kid but no luck yet. remember the bikes that were named CHOPPER.
Ralph Nader even had his hands in saying those style bikes were UNSAFE. I will try and dig that article up. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkPFOsNWEH0

[njsteve]

Yes I do...here's me and my brand new Raleigh Chopper back in 1970. And here it is now. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I never could figure out how to do a wheelie without crashing, though.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/bike2-1.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/chop5.jpg

[kwhizz]

Here's my contribution to the "Old" Bike thread.....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/kwhizz/tn_DSC01042.jpg

Ken http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[1969l78]

cool video

[3macs1]

Glad to see you adjusted the seat up Steve so you can still drive it. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Man I thought I was bad for holding on to things. Nice to see there is a few of us out there with the gathering sickness http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif
What happened to the optional accessories like the horn rear view mirror and stand. Hard to find those Nos now.

[Mr70]

Man that vid really made my Saturday morning!
I need more cereal..

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/68/150px-Quisp.jpg

[CanadianPoncho]

I don't recall what make it was, but I remember a buddy having a similar bike with a redline rear tire. It did "sweet jumps!" My bike had a flake banana seat and I could do "catwalks" all the way down the street. We'd go through 2 or 3 rear tires in a summer..
Todd

[Salvatore]

[ QUOTE ]
Yes I do...here's me and my brand new Raleigh Chopper back in 1970. And here it is now. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I never could figure out how to do a wheelie without crashing, though.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/bike2-1.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/chop5.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]That is amazing you kept that bike all these years Steve. I dig the socks and shoes also!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[WILMASBOYL78]

Tibor adjusting the radio on his first bike....way back when http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309594-27685384_RadioBikeandKids.jpg

[rsatz28]

Wouldn't have been easier to ride with the kick stand up?

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Yes I do...here's me and my brand new Raleigh Chopper back in 1970. And here it is now. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I never could figure out how to do a wheelie without crashing, though.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/bike2-1.jpg

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[Z-11 396]

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Tibor adjusting the radio on his first bike....way back when http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


http://www.yenko.net/attachments/309594-27685384_RadioBikeandKids.jpg

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+++ Tom +++ They didn't have Radio back when // Tibor // was a boy, at best << Smoke Signals >>, Quess what he's still /// Blowing Smoke ///.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif..Kasey

[Xplantdad]

Nice bike there Steve...

Also...way cool bike there, Kwhizzer! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[AlsV8vair]

OK

Here is the bike I had with me on it 1972 . cool dude eh.
So lets hear it ......................

THe make was Royce Union , I have not found one like it to date.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/Aircooled/Alsbike.jpg

[njsteve]

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Wouldn't have been easier to ride with the kick stand up?

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Yes I do...here's me and my brand new Raleigh Chopper back in 1970. And here it is now. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I never could figure out how to do a wheelie without crashing, though.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/bike2-1.jpg

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I was posing for the camera http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif This was the first bike of my own. With 4 boys and one girl in the family, all I ever got were hand-me down bikes. I actually learned how to ride on this one. You can see the seat is in the lowest position but my feet are still about 6 inches from the ground. I wasnt too good at balancing that thing.

Oh and the shoes? I had a habit of dragging the toes and scuffing my shoes whenever I was in a huff and didn't get my way. It didn't work too well on my parents and all it ever did was make my shoes leaky in the rain. Humbug!

[PeteLeathersac]

Wow great stuff!.
Love the old bikes too and still have a 40's Columbia Tankhorn also a few old trikes..
Cool Whizzer Ken!. I had one too but sold it a dozen years or so back...I'll dig up a few pics..
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/youguysrock.gif
~ Pete

[CanadianPoncho]

Remember some of the accessories back then? I was a kid in the early-mid 70's. I had a speedometer, turn signals, one of those huge orange flags, a headlight with those generators that run off the front tire and Star Wars cards in the spokes for that motorbike sound. My privileged friend had one of those motorcycle grips that made a revving sound when you twisted it and a "CB Radio" that mounted in the center of the handlebars. It was really a walkie talkie.
Todd

[Mr70]

Nearly every kid on our block had one of these by 1968. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-MATTEL-TOY-V...1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-MATTEL-TOY-VRROOM-HOT-RODDER-ENGINE-1963-MIB_W0QQitemZ280187560921QQihZ018QQcategoryZ30QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[Mr. Chevy]

A friend of mine just picked one of these up off E-bay that was nos like this one. I told him now all he needs is the vintage bike for the motor.. Cool Stuff....

Rich

[427TJ]

My parents bought me a Ward's Hawthorne (Stingray copy-cat) for my b-day in about 1970 and it weighed a ton. A few years later it was stolen from the bike rack at Ward's and the replacement was a Schwinn Scrambler and that bike was excellent--light and very "wheelieable."

[njsteve]

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My parents bought me a Ward's Hawthorne (Stingray copy-cat) for my b-day in about 1970 and it weighed a ton. A few years later it was stolen from the bike rack at Ward's and the replacement was a Schwinn Scrambler and that bike was excellent--light and very "wheelieable."

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Sounds suspiciously like you set up a "hit" on your first bike in order to get the second one. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Dog427435]

I'm a few years older, or more, then you guys and we didn't have the StingRays, or Choppers when I was a kid.
But I did have this cool attachment that slid over the handlebar end and screwed down. It worked like a
motorcycle throttle and when you cranked it a loud engine roar would erupt from it.
Very hi-tech for the time!
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http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/dog427435/Super%20Chevy/photos/1006.jpg
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http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/dog427435/Super%20Chevy/photos/1003.jpg
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http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/dog427435/Super%20Chevy/photos/1001.jpg
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[396/425blr]

here's the one i had (sears catalog). it was a sears swinger 5 speed with drag brake. in fact i still have it, it is hanging on the wall of my pole barn. dennis

[x Baldwin Motion]

I still have a 1965 Humber 3spd hanging in the garage. Has a repop rear wheel but a heavily chromed front wheel with the original wide white.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gifphotos in spring.

[396/425blr]

heres a pic as it looks now, not bad for a 69 model. dennis

[Xplantdad]

Wow...I vaguely remember those Dog....am I that old? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[396/425blr]

my mistake, i wanted a sears chopper, but got the JC Pennys swinger instead. it was only $69, and the sears was more. a schwinn was totally out of the question. but with the red lines and cheater slick i made do http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif dennis

[427TJ]

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Wow...I vaguely remember those Dog....am I that old? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Bruce, you are positively ancient.

[Xplantdad]

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Wow...I vaguely remember those Dog....am I that old? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Bruce, you are positively ancient.

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Thanks a bunch Bill http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW, you are not TOO far behind me...lol!

[Z-11 396]

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Wow...I vaguely remember those Dog....am I that old? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Bruce, you are positively ancient.

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Thanks a bunch Bill http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW, you are not TOO far behind me...lol!

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+++ Ancient ++ is a understatement, and for the handle bar device, /// Bruce +++ has one in his Car, that's what gives it that Extra Roar +++++++++... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif..Kasey

[427TJ]

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Wow...I vaguely remember those Dog....am I that old? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Bruce, you are positively ancient.

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Thanks a bunch Bill http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW, you are not TOO far behind me...lol!

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+++ Ancient ++ is a understatement, and for the handle bar device, /// Bruce +++ has one in his Car, that's what gives it that Extra Roar +++++++++... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif..Kasey

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I have been for a ride in Bruce's Chevelle and he is definitely not afraid to turn on the Extra Roar. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[x Baldwin Motion]

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Wow...I vaguely remember those Dog....am I that old? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Don't buy into the hype Bruce, I think they still made those roaring handle grips into the early 70's. We are both still young. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Chris396]

We forget sometimes I think just how big the car culture was in the 60's and how it extended to everything. Those bikes are so cool.

[Zedder]

Hmmmm...I don't think we had those up here??? I remember, using another set of front forks to extend our bike forks like a chopper, those colored straw things for the spokes, hockey cards between the spokes with a clothes peg to generate some noise, banana seats and sissy bars, sparkly red hand grips...those were the days http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Dog427435]

Here's a shot of my Schwinn taken in '59. I believe it was called a Panther.
Now I know why I always loved those great big Impala's!!
Check out the Bungalow Bar ice-cream man in the background!
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[kwhizz]

Looks like a 58 Ford behind you........

Ken

[Salvatore]

[ QUOTE ]
my mistake, i wanted a sears chopper, but got the JC Pennys swinger instead. it was only $69, and the sears was more. a schwinn was totally out of the question. but with the red lines and cheater slick i made do http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif dennis

[/ QUOTE ]Another guy that kept his bike all these years! I could NOT wait till the new JC Penney's and Sears Catalogs came out for Christmas in those days! I bet that bike will never be for sale. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Mr70]

What are the decals on the car Dog?
One looks like "Nascar"...

[Dog427435]

Good eye - that is a '58 ford.

The decals are, a Daytona International Speedway decal,
a NASCAR decal similar to this - but not a race winner decal
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http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/dog427435/Super%20Chevy/photos/win7.jpg
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And the last is a decal from Darlington
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[Verne_Frantz]

IF your camera was a gun, that car would be filled up with shell casings!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

Verne http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[Chevy Phil]

WHAT WE NEVER SAID TO A COP (still holds true)

1. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
2. Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
3. Aren't you the guy from the Village People?
4. Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with me. Good job!
5. Are You Andy or Barney?
6. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical condition to be a police officer.
7. You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?
8. I pay your salary!
9. Gee, officer! That's terrific. The last officer only gave me a warning, t oo!

10. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.
11. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no other cars around. That's how far ahead of me they are.
12. When the Officer says 'Gee. Your eyes look red, have you been drinking?' You probably shouldn't respond with,'Gee Officer your eyes look glazed, have you been eating doughnuts?'