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Evel Knievel was my hero......

Started by Stanley Steamer, Mon 14, Oct 2013, 21:29:29

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Stanley Steamer

Mon 14, Oct 2013, 21:29:29
I use to jump everything I could......I could ride a wheelie a LOOOOONG ways.......this was my favorite bike......thankfully, I never broke a bone....... :cooldude:




I bought another one just like this a few years ago off of Ebay......also bought one of his stunt cycle toys.....we got those toys back in the mid 70's......my best Birthday toy ever!!!......
Stanley "Steamer"

"Ride Hard or Stay Home"

Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005

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Mon 14, Oct 2013, 21:39:28
Quote from: Stanley Steamer on Mon 14, Oct 2013, 21:29:29
I use to jump everything I could......I could ride a wheelie a LOOOOONG ways.......this was my favorite bike......thankfully, I never broke a bone....... :cooldude:




I bought another one just like this a few years ago off of Ebay......also bought one of his stunt cycle toys.....we got those toys back in the mid 70's......my best Birthday toy ever!!!......
Thats a lot cooler bike than that pink one you bought not long ago  :o


I've seen alot of people that thought they were cool , but then again Lord I've seen alot of fools.

Stanley Steamer

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Mon 14, Oct 2013, 21:46:08 Last Edit: Mon 14, Oct 2013, 21:47:54 by Stanley Steamer
I loved that dirt bike.......had the best times of my life with it  ....up until that time .... :cooldude:
Stanley "Steamer"

"Ride Hard or Stay Home"

alph

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Tue 15, Oct 2013, 08:13:55
I had a blue banana seat with a three foot sissy-bar on my bike!!  I also had one of these evel knievel stunt bike things!  it was awesome!!  one day I thought that the longer you cranked it, the faster it would go, I got up at 6am and started cranking that thing like crazy, by brother thought I was up all night doing that!!  I was devastated when it didn't make a difference.

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Ride Safe, Ride Often!!  :cooldude:

cookiedough

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Tue 15, Oct 2013, 09:09:59
I had something similar to Alph's but had a pull cord on it you kept pulling and pulling and it would keep revving faster and put the cycle down and hit a button and it would take off screaming across the kitchen floor sometimes doing wheelies. 

Ahh, the good old days.   :cooldude:

hubcapsc

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Tue 15, Oct 2013, 09:43:13

I knew a kid with one of these back around 74 or 75... it must have weighed a ton  8) ...



-Mike

Stanley Steamer

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Tue 15, Oct 2013, 20:29:13
Quote from: alph on Tue 15, Oct 2013, 08:13:55
I had a blue banana seat with a three foot sissy-bar on my bike!!  I also had one of these evel knievel stunt bike things!  it was awesome!!  one day I thought that the longer you cranked it, the faster it would go, I got up at 6am and started cranking that thing like crazy, by brother thought I was up all night doing that!!  I was devastated when it didn't make a difference.



I paid somewhere in the range of $80 for one of those wind up stunt cycles a few years ago off of Ebay.....one of the original ones...Blue launch ramp and white cycle
Stanley "Steamer"

"Ride Hard or Stay Home"

Master Blaster

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Wed 16, Oct 2013, 10:29:34
Wish I had a pic, but back in the late 60s early 70s I built my oldest son a chopper bike, extended forks, apes, banana seat, silver and chrome.  Was the coolest bike around, and he loved to wheely that thing.  Was the envy of all the kids.
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WamegoRob

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Wed 16, Oct 2013, 20:13:44
Had that same Knievel toy;  there wasn't a curb in my old Dallas neighborhood that little guy didn't use as a ramp.

And I rode the tires off of one of these.. it DID weigh a ton, but oh so comfortable and springy.



fon1961

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Thu 17, Oct 2013, 07:53:07
stanley, no jumps at the FCR  :cooldude:

hubcapsc

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Thu 17, Oct 2013, 09:08:03

All these bike pictures had me thinking about my old Schwinn Stingray... I looked around
some and found this picture, I remember a kid at my elementary school had one...



-Mike

fon1961

#11
Thu 17, Oct 2013, 20:49:27
awesome  :cooldude:

DavRed

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Thu 17, Oct 2013, 21:12:22
I had one of those... :) :) :)
Here is me in 71?? on My steering wheel bike...

wiggydotcom

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Fri 18, Oct 2013, 08:37:07
Quote from: DavRed on Thu 17, Oct 2013, 21:12:22
I had one of those... :) :) :)
Here is me in 71?? on My steering wheel bike...


Wow..I've NEVER seen a steering wheel bike! Not even PeeWee had it THAT cool!  ;D
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Fri 18, Oct 2013, 10:19:14
Quote from: Stanley Steamer on Mon 14, Oct 2013, 21:29:29
I use to jump everything I could......I could ride a wheelie a LOOOOONG ways.......this was my favorite bike......thankfully, I never broke a bone....... :cooldude:




I bought another one just like this a few years ago off of Ebay......also bought one of his stunt cycle toys.....we got those toys back in the mid 70's......my best Birthday toy ever!!!......


I hope you quit jumping everything you can. Can get you in real trouble you know ;)

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DIGGER

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Fri 18, Oct 2013, 13:30:35
was once reading about the life and times of Evel Knieval and one of his stories was that when he was a kid there was a railroad track near his house.   He and his buddies just for fun would hide in the deep ditch next to the track and when a car pulled up to wait out a train crossing ......in the middle of all the noise he and his buddies would sneak around the car and steal the hub caps......ha......he was a daredevil even back then.
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