Beatles or Big Wheels?

[stuwee]

Stitches were a badge of honor!!

I only had 5 stitches, Jer wins

 

[laatsch55]

I had more than that when I put my go-cart through the neighbors garage door.

 

[Elite-ist]

My best friend, Chad, had a Stingray fastback with a banana seat and three-speed shifter, when we were growing up. Meanwhile, Nando's first bike, was a dorky "Road King" my parents bought me from Eatons. Later, I graduated to an old man's coaster. I bought it from a friend, whose dad was Reverend Bolger. The bike needed work and it was not a driver when I got it. But after repairing it, I repainted it and later chicano-ed it out with chrome accessories: side mirrors, speedometer, headlight and tail light, and rear carrier. I had a couple of paper routes to deliver, back then.

Nando.

 

[stuwee]

My best friend, Chad, had a Stingray fastback with a banana seat and three-speed shifter, when we were growing up. Meanwhile, Nando's first bike, was a dorky "Road King" my parents bought me from Eatons. Later, I graduated to an old man's coaster. I bought it from a friend, whose dad was Reverend Bolger. The bike needed work and it was not a driver when I got it. But after repairing it, I repainted it and later chicano-ed it out with chrome accessories: side mirrors, speedometer, headlight and tail light, and rear carrier. I had a couple of paper routes to deliver, back then.

Nando.

Dayum, Taco Specials in B.C. Too Kewl! Did ya put playing cards in the spokes?? With clothes pins??

 

[Elite-ist]

My best friend, Chad, had a Stingray fastback with a banana seat and three-speed shifter, when we were growing up. Meanwhile, Nando's first bike, was a dorky "Road King" my parents bought me from Eatons. Later, I graduated to an old man's coaster. I bought it from a friend, whose dad was Reverend Bolger. The bike needed work and it was not a driver when I got it. But after repairing it, I repainted it and later chicano-ed it out with chrome accessories: side mirrors, speedometer, headlight and tail light, and rear carrier. I had a couple of paper routes to deliver, back then.

Nando.

Dayum, Taco Specials in B.C. Too Kewl! Did ya put playing cards in the spokes?? With clothes pins??

Stuwee: you read my mind, because I was about to slam Jerry for having a cool bike and, probably, cruising the streets with the thwack, thwack, thwack coming from his front rim. Yup, what a long standing tradition: the playing cards were attached to each front fork with clothes pins. That`s until we found out it was hard on the spokes, and we had near collisions pedaling hard down hill and the wheel began to wobble.

Nando.

 

[speakerman1]

My 1st bike was a 16 incher. I was 4. Pulled the training wheels I thought I was ready to go. Hit a tree with my handle bars right where my hand was. Blood every where. Just like a good Mom packed it in ice and put me to bed. I was fine. No stinking ER.

The I graduated to 20 inch banana seat, high rise handle bars the works. Broke the frame at the pedals twice. Oh what fun running down the road with half a bike in your hands. Well a friend gave me his roached 5 speed. Cut the forks off my other bike and made a chopper. Well that bike had no brakes. I was jumping off a 4 foot culvert and hit my Mom's maple tree. That time it was the ER and stitches. Well my friend made a chopper also. We had a big hill right by my house. We would go as fast as we could ride up the bank and pop wheelies and ride them for a ways. Well needless to say his chopper forks fell off while riding a wheelie. He rode it a long time. He knew what was going to happen. He rode it till it slowed down and he jumped off. As kids we laughed; but we were impressed also.

Larry

 

[laatsch55]

See there, kids should be taught to weld very first thing!! Cards and clothes pins must have been universal, that's the way it was in my SoCal days, that and my inchworm.

 

[Elite-ist]

See there, kids should be taught to weld very first thing!! Cards and clothes pins must have been universal, that's the way it was in my SoCal days, that and my inchworm.

Inchworm? Is that slang for penis in the mean streets of SoCal?

Nando.

 

[laatsch55]

DaYam( 2 syllables) Nandpo!! Your sharp today!! When did you get up???

 

[Elite-ist]

I seem to get up early on the weekends, even though I hit the sack at 1:00 a.m. this morning. Ah, the inch worm. I had forgotten what it looked like.

Nando.

 

[laatsch55]

Pretty cool huh????

 

[stuwee]

Pretty cool huh????

Cool? It's Freakin' AWESOME!!!! Webbie will write a song about it...

 

[Web Police]

My best friend, Chad, had a Stingray fastback with a banana seat and three-speed shifter, when we were growing up. Meanwhile, Nando's first bike, was a dorky "Road King" my parents bought me from Eatons. Later, I graduated to an old man's coaster. I bought it from a friend, whose dad was Reverend Bolger. The bike needed work and it was not a driver when I got it. But after repairing it, I repainted it and later chicano-ed it out with chrome accessories: side mirrors, speedometer, headlight and tail light, and rear carrier. I had a couple of paper routes to deliver, back then.

Nando.

I had a similar one with a 5 speed T- handled shifter with a slick in back and a tiny wheel up front. It was metal flake orange in color with a tiger striped banana seat. It had shocks and springs in back and up front.

 

[Fairchild]

A little over 2 feet high. http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... G8Q8wIwBw#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I meant your Willy.....Silly!! Damn near gave my heart failure with that 2 foot measurement , I clutched the pearls stud!!!!

Had a girl the other ask if I could give her 12 inches, I told her no, I wasn't cutting 2 inches off for anybody.

Jim

 

[Fairchild]

I started with a Schwinn Pixie, my Son and Daughter both learned to ride on it, I still have it for any grandkids that might come along.

I also still have my 5 speed stingray hanging on a wall in the garage.

Jim

 

[stuwee]

A little over 2 feet high. http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... G8Q8wIwBw#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I meant your Willy.....Silly!! Damn near gave my heart failure with that 2 foot measurement , I clutched the pearls stud!!!!

Had a girl the other ask if I could give her 12 inches, I told her no, I wasn't cutting 2 inches off for anybody.

Jim

Bring it on!!! I want a 10" bruise on the side of my face

 

[Fairchild]

Anybody else have one of these bad boys?

Jim

 

[stuwee]

Anybody else have one of these bad boys?

Jim

Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!!!! Virago speed pump!!!!!! Make'm go Fast!!!! Rare piece 0 kit, issit yours??

 

[Fairchild]

Anybody else have one of these bad boys?

Jim

Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!!!! Virago speed pump!!!!!! Make'm go Fast!!!! Rare piece 0 kit, issit yours??

Nope, mine is long gone, it was pretty cool for the time, around 1963-64.

Here is my Virago,

More of Scarecrows work

 

[stuwee]

I never get tired of seeing your ride dude!!!