What "Muscle Bike" did you have as a kid?

[Old Moparz]

for the life of me Bob, i cant remember who made it.....it was black with a red tank, chrome coil shocks, and a number plate on the handle bars (number 1 I think)

There were these twin brothers about a year or so younger than me who had that bicycle you're talking about. Theirs were yellow, fake gas tank, the number plate on the front, & I'm almost sure it said Yamaha on it. I thought it looked pretty wild, but it also looked very heavy.

I can't find a photo either, but this is close....

http://www.bmxnonstop.com/oldschool/74yamamoto.htm

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Nope Bob thats not it.....I found this thread that describes it perfectly...even gives it a name but I cant find a pic

Graco MX 1000

http://www.thecabe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1435&highlight=Graco+1000

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

FOUND IT!!!

Mine had a black frame though

[Old Moparz]

FOUND IT!!!

Mine had a black frame though

Okay, that looks close, but still a little different than the one that I had seen. (I think?) I don't even know If I'd know it if I did see it....LOL

Here's a vintage bicycle site where you can search by name, year, style, etc....

http://www.oldroads.com/tool_dispb.asp

[WingCharger]

I have a Yamaha Breeze  125cc crap quad. Thing cant even do a burnout. That is the reason for the  for sale sign.

[Charger_Fan]

I have a Yamaha Breeze  125cc crap quad.

That's not a bike.

[mikesbbody]

A Raleigh Chopper

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,18836.0.html

I had one too mine was yellow i got it for xmas when i was a kid I went down the steepest hill i could find on xmas day, got the speed woobles (probably because of the smaller front wheel) I wrecked hard and smashed the ..t out of the bike  I was in hospital on xmas day 

Sorry, but as long as you can tell the story, it's pretty damn funny.  

My next door neighbor was telling me about how his Dad taught him to ride a bike when he lived in San Francisco as a kid. I suppose his Dad was either a bit sadistic, or didn't care, or maybe just dumb. He took him out to a street with a big hill, which I hear is fairly common in SF, kept him balanced, then gave him a shove. He said he was doing okay at first with the momentum from being pushed, then picked up speed until a chain link fence put an end to his debut ride.  

  I wonder how long it was before his dad said...Oh Sh#$!

yeah i can laugh at it now  of course i was bummed at the time my dad wasnt too please iether! the funny part was i was riding with my sister, she had no idea i wrecked and kept on going without me!

[71_Charger_R/T]

AMF Aerobee...white letter slicks and Superbee emblem...is it any wonder why I like Mopars!!!

I had an Aerobee too! it was the Aerobee Renegade. It had a Bee that looked much like a cross between the Scat Pack bee and a Super Bee. Here is a picture but it's hard to see the Bee real well



I also had a Huffy Sling Shot that had a cool chain guard that resembled the "Machine gun" exhaust tips of a familiar Muscle car




I guess I've always had a Mopar influenced mode of transportation

[mikesbbody]

Mongoose FS1.
I will try to find a pic post.
I was born in 74', so I was riding bikes right when the freestyle/BMX craze really hit.
As long as you had pegs and a "gyro" you were set.

That was me too! i was born in 71 i had numerous bmx's fresstyle bikes i was into flatland for many years i guess the old schwinns alot of guys here had were the "first" bmx's?

[Brock Samson]

Schwinn Fastback Stingray





one of the biggest regrets of my life was selling that bike.

did you see this?..

adult sized Schwinn Stingray Spoiler...

[Magnumcharger]

 

[chargerboy69]

I had several BMX bikes as I raced them semi-pro when was I was a kid.

I used GT's starting out and then I switch to Hutch BMX bikes. I had a few Mongoose, Redline, Ripper and Haro bikes just for riding, but always loved Hutch. Several of those old late 80's bikes bring a few thousand dollars each these days.

[mikesbbody]

I had several BMX bikes as I raced them semi-pro when was I was a kid.

I used GT's starting out and then I switch to Hutch BMX bikes. I had a few Mongoose, Redline, Ripper and Haro bikes just for riding, but always loved Hutch. Several of those old late 80's bikes bring a few thousand dollars each these days.

I had GT's, Haro's, a dyno a mongoose, never had a redline or a SE, also had rider owner bikes like standard had a morales too.
I raced bmx as a young dude later got into flatland freestyle and yes, some of those bikes from the 80's are worth $ now like the hutch trick star i had.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

If you had a Redline you were the shiznit in my neighborhood...I rode a Huffy

[bill440rt]

Hey, don't feel bad. I had a Huffy for a while, looked a bit like a motorcycle (fake gas tank, fenders, etc). Took a big jump, cracked the frame.
My parents let me step it up to a Mongoose after that. I think they sold it at a garage sale for like $15 bucks or something. 

[chargerboy69]

some of those bikes from the 80's are worth $ now like the hutch trick star i had.

Cool, nice to see a fellow ex-racer on here.

I watched a NOS Trickstar frame and fork sell for almost $6000.00 on E-Bay. Six frickin grand.

I remember going in to the local bike shop that sponsered me and being able to get the entire bike for $225.00.

[The70RT]

I seen an NOS orange crate seat go for almost a grand on ebay

[mikesbbody]

some of those bikes from the 80's are worth $ now like the hutch trick star i had.

Cool, nice to see a fellow ex-racer on here.

I watched a NOS Trickstar frame and fork sell for almost $6000.00 on E-Bay. Six frickin grand.

I remember going in to the local bike shop that sponsered me and being able to get the entire bike for $225.00.

6000.00! holly dyke! the frame platform stuck out abit too much for some of the tricks i was doing so i cut it back...I guess no different than guys back in the day who butchered their cars with little thought. I had a custom paint job for that bike then sold it to a guy who was known for being hard on bikes...sure enough he broke it in half  I still have a few pics of that bike but no scanner.

[greenpigs]

I had a blue\silver Schwinn Stingray but that was around 83-84 a bit after the banana seat era. The first "real" bike I had was a GT blue - GT Pro Performer that I spent all my paper route money on building from magazines. 

[Kevin69RTvert]

Back in the late 70s to late 80s we raced BMX. Started out with a 77 Huffy and moved up from there. Then a Robinson, GT Pro, Hutch Pro Racer, another GT. My brother had the really trick stuff though. While I was OK, he was awesome. I'm still trying to find the one off TNT mini frame and fork that was made for him when he was sponsored by them.

I look at what some of those parts are selling for on ebay and I cringe at the thought of what we tossed out years ago.

-Kevin

[Orange_Crush]

Mine

[Orange_Crush]

What I raced in the eighties:

[NorwayCharger]

I had one DBS Apache and a DBS Tomahawk
This was bikes produced in Norway in the 70´s

[BigRed66]

for the life of me Bob, i cant remember who made it.....it was black with a red tank, chrome coil shocks, and a number plate on the handle bars (number 1 I think)

I'm at work, so I can't see all the pictures, but it sounds like you had the same bike as me. It was made by Raleigh, was red with a black, fat, long BMX seat. It had actual front forks; shocks like a dirtbike, rear spring shocks, a black "1" two-sided triangle number plate above the chain in the space between your legs, and a removeable "1" front number plate with a padded front bar. Plus it had a red plastic "gas tank" that said "Rampar" (I loved that, because it was so close to MOpar) on both sides. I was just talking about it the other day with my dad. I'll hafta post pictures when I get home. My dad said that at the time, that bike was waaaay more expensive than the bikes of the day. I used to jump EVERYTHING with that bike. 4-foot wall drops were my favorite. Ahhhh, youth....wasted on the young...

[mikesbbody]

What I raced in the eighties:

That bike would be worth some bucks now