Vrrroom, I want one!!

5150loveeddie · Post by **5150loveeddie** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:33 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0dK42wOOA

myfoot · Post by **myfoot** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:56 pm

Beats the balloons we used to attach to the frame with a clothes pin

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:25 am

Thats awesome!! Brings back a lot of memories (and a lot of grins) from being a kid.

Too bad that kind of "innocence" really doesnt exist much anymore. NOW we have things for kids like "Mortal Combat". Seems wrong.

Post by **Scumback Speakers** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:01 am

I had one of those on my trike. It was very cool.

philmanatee · Post by **philmanatee** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:48 pm

I had one of those too!

Phil

jerrydyer · Post by **jerrydyer** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:05 pm

playing cards and a clothes pin. I was born in 64 you dudes are old....

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:44 pm

jerrydyer wrote:playing cards and a clothes pin. I was born in 64 you dudes are old....

Playing cards and a clothes pin? You were poor.

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chad · Post by **chad** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:27 pm

fillmore nyc wrote:
jerrydyer wrote:playing cards and a clothes pin. I was born in 64 you dudes are old....
Playing cards and a clothes pin? You were poor. /

Damn!! I was born in 76' and used baseball card's. I never knew I was poor till later. And I'd be damned if I'm still poor

(My daughter don't know that yet though

) .How do you rich folk's do it!! Chad

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:52 pm

chad wrote:
fillmore nyc wrote:
jerrydyer wrote:playing cards and a clothes pin. I was born in 64 you dudes are old....
Playing cards and a clothes pin? You were poor. /
Damn!! I was born in 76' and used baseball card's. I never knew I was poor till later. And I'd be damned if I'm still poor (My daughter don't know that yet though ) .How do you rich folk's do it!! Chad

Hint:
Look for a poor guy in a rich costume... that'd be me.

chad · Post by **chad** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:43 pm

fillmore nyc wrote:
chad wrote:
fillmore nyc wrote: Playing cards and a clothes pin? You were poor. /
Damn!! I was born in 76' and used baseball card's. I never knew I was poor till later. And I'd be damned if I'm still poor (My daughter don't know that yet though ) .How do you rich folk's do it!! Chad
Hint:
Look for a poor guy in a rich costume... that'd be me.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:33 pm

Richie rich kid had one in our neighborhood. He was the king....until me and Johnny Schmidt put a real Briggs & Stratton his Schwinn

His Dad wasn't too happy about it....it came from his lawnmower

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:33 am

NY Chief wrote:Richie rich kid had one in our neighborhood. He was the king....until me and Johnny Schmidt put a real Briggs & Stratton his Schwinn

We used to make "motorbikes" too, Chief. A little piece of angle iron, a washing machine pulley, a long fan belt, and you were hooked up. We never used have any kind of cable operated throttle, just grab the little pivot plate on the carb, and let 'er rip!!. It was always fun to watch someone reaching down to grab the throttle, and inadvertantly grab the sparkplug wire.

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NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:28 pm

fillmore nyc wrote:
NY Chief wrote:Richie rich kid had one in our neighborhood. He was the king....until me and Johnny Schmidt put a real Briggs & Stratton his Schwinn

We used to make "motorbikes" too, Chief. A little piece of angle iron, a washing machine pulley, a long fan belt, and you were hooked up. We never used have any kind of cable operated throttle, just grab the little pivot plate on the carb, and let 'er rip!!. It was always fun to watch someone reaching down to grab the throttle, and inadvertantly grab the sparkplug wire.
/ /

heee,heee or the muffler! Owwwwwww....
And no clutch. Just pop that belt on the rim and go. we used a stick to throw it off when we wanted to stop.

Now why am I NOT surprsied you guys did that, too? We used to ride in the creek behind Pathmark in Franklin Square a lot.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:03 pm

NY Chief wrote:Now why am I NOT surprsied you guys did that, too? We used to ride in the creek behind Pathmark in Franklin Square a lot.

Well, shortly after motorbikes came go-karts. I got in a bad accident on a mini-bike when I was a kid, and my parents wouldnt let me ride them or motorbikes anymore, so thats how the karts came to pass. I grew up close to Green Acres, and at that time the whole area was closed on Sundays. I used to race up in Alexanders every Sunday that it didnt rain, and even if it did rain, sometimes we would race on the lower level. Had me a Dart Grand Prix kart with a McCulloch MC-91B/1. That thing was fast as hell!! Man, those were the good old days.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:02 pm

Yeah, remember those days when stores were closed on Sunday????

All those lots were prime riding areas. Never got into carts, Ma wouldn't let me

(but I drove my friends lots of times anyway

)

Man, it was pulling teeth just to finally get the OK on first "real" mini bike, my 3 1/2 hp Stella, even if I did have it for a year before Ma knew. Thanks again, Johnny for letting me keep it your garage! Where there's a boy and a motorized vehicle... there's ALWAYS a way