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Grifter - a 'mountain bike' that weighed half a tonne
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Chopper - don't slide off that seat and twang your knackers on that 'gear stick'
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Old Mar 22nd 2008 | 2:36 am
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Originally Posted by mattmc
Nowadays they would come with a health warning!!
Or more likely be banned by some dude in a suit in some standards office, who has never ridden a bike and whose childhood involved wandering the streets with his parents, knocking on doors trying to see The Watch Tower.
 
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My brothers both had a chopper. Now were they easy to do wheelies on or what!! Couldn't for the life of me get my mates Grifter wheel off the bloody floor.
 
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Originally Posted by mattmc
I am sure slip gear was somewhere between 2nd and 3rd.
Yeah I make you right on that one.

Originally Posted by mattmc
My brothers both had a chopper. Now were they easy to do wheelies on or what!! Couldn't for the life of me get my mates Grifter wheel off the bloody floor.
I said earlier how I had racing bike forks on my Chopper and Grifter. This gave (the Chopper especially) extra lean and all you had to do was lean back too far and the front wheel was up in the air ...
 
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Originally Posted by PaulandNic
Yeah I make you right on that one.


I said earlier how I had racing bike forks on my Chopper and Grifter. This gave (the Chopper especially) extra lean and all you had to do was lean back too far and the front wheel was up in the air ...
Cool.
I remember one of my mate's chopper had a notice on it and said something like "Only one person to ride at any one time" Come on!! Choppers had those wickedly long seats which were great for getting at least 1 of your mates on with you.
 
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Originally Posted by mattmc
Cool.
I remember one of my mate's chopper had a notice on it and said something like "Only one person to ride at any one time" Come on!! Choppers had those wickedly long seats which were great for getting at least 1 of your mates on with you.
Oh god yes I remember that on the side or back of the seat. I mean come on, who would actually take notice of that?
 
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Originally Posted by mattmc
Cool.
I remember one of my mate's chopper had a notice on it and said something like "Only one person to ride at any one time" Come on!! Choppers had those wickedly long seats which were great for getting at least 1 of your mates on with you.
Originally Posted by wmoore
Oh god yes I remember that on the side or back of the seat. I mean come on, who would actually take notice of that?
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Yeah right.
 
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Originally Posted by wmoore
Yeah right.
Ditto that!
 
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Thanks mate, that has made my day seeing that.

You are right wmoore, that was like red rag to a bull...."come on who wants a backie??"....yes they were definitely the days.
 
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"Please note: This Ferrari is not designed to go fast."
 
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"Please note: This Ferrari is not designed to go fast."
 
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Originally Posted by wmoore
"Please note: This Ferrari is not designed to go fast."
Or beware of this gun ...
 
Old Mar 22nd 2008 | 4:19 am
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Or beware of this gun ...
Contents may be hot after heating.
 
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Contents may be hot after heating.
... I have an idea!

... better not.

Snoozeville here I come ...

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... I have an idea!

... better not.

Snoozeville here I come ...

See ya Wayne.
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