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03-09-2015, 11:21 PM
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When 2 wheels were king
The kid at the very end sums it all up. <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/7SeibnBWx2Q"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/7SeibnBWx2Q" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> </embed></object> 
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03-10-2015, 12:09 AM
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Re: When 2 wheels were king
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03-10-2015, 12:28 AM
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Re: When 2 wheels were king
Here's me in 1970 on my new Raleigh Chopper. Never could manage a jump or a wheelie on that thing without falling on my cranium.
 Here it is now in the basement. 
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03-10-2015, 02:21 AM
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Re: When 2 wheels were king
My brother had the same yellow one. Mine was orange,, wish I had pics,, very cool.
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 1974 Malibu Classic Triple Green Factory 454 4SPD. 2015 SS Sedan Mystic Green.
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03-10-2015, 11:30 AM
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Re: When 2 wheels were king
The black one is the later model after the safety gurus got involved with all the alleged wheelie related accidents. Manufacturers had to move the center of gravity forward to reduce those terrible wheelies. As you can see there is a "S" turn in the upright that the rear wheel hub mounts to, and a shorter seat. They were also responsible for the later demise of the center mounted shift levers that left millions of young men sterile after front end collisions caused them to slide into the shifter at speed. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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03-12-2015, 12:35 AM
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Re: When 2 wheels were king
Had a brand new Stingray that I got for my Bday, immediately went down to the woods to a ramp we had made(naturally). The new rod seemed to travel a little higher and farther than I calculated, landed in a pile of bricks, that was the end of the Stingray on the first day I had it, Mom and Dad not happy, true story
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70 L78 Nova Fathom Blue,Bench, 4spd, F41, 3:55 71 Porsche 911 Targa
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03-12-2015, 03:24 PM
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Re: When 2 wheels were king
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In the WHAM-O commercial Bill posted,the bare feet on those steel toothed pedals...ouch! </div></div>
We kids were much tougher back then!
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