It's a killer ride for sure
The "Tweaker" Bike.
Johnny Johnson was cool enough to give me this and with the help of Ray Macaulay (Tuff Is) it lives!!
[img]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w303/reilley1/TWEAK1.jpg?t=1172174308[/img]
The story goes that Johnny saw some tweaker riding it and offered him some dinero$ for it
[img]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w303/reilley1/TWEAK2.jpg?t=1172174432[/img]
Now the question becomes, should I repowder, leave it alone?
[img]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w303/reilley1/TWEAK3.jpg?t=1172174481[/img]
All opinions are welcome and will promptly be ignored..
[ February 22, 2007, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Reilley1 ]
did that dude just tweak all the money away after that? good grief. or did he invest in stocks and bonds, or mutual funds?
That is true POS styling Riles...
[ February 22, 2007, 03:31 PM: Message edited by: Greg Hill ]
[ February 22, 2007, 03:31 PM: Message edited by: Greg Hill ]
That thing is sick like cancer! I say leave it as is, lotsa character.
JD
JD
I was thinking of putting some Aerospeeds on it
[ February 22, 2007, 03:43 PM: Message edited by: Reilley1 ]
[ February 22, 2007, 03:43 PM: Message edited by: Reilley1 ]
Is that the Bike Dennis Dain is riding in the Parade Lap!!!!!!!
what the...
I was just trolling through this thread and enjoying the classic art of full-suspension bike/ology, (by the way, Rick. I love it as is) and was thinking "how cool".
Then Gary chimes in with that last remark.
OH HE// YES, I would ride that in a minute!!!
DD
Then Gary chimes in with that last remark.
OH HE// YES, I would ride that in a minute!!!
DD
Red, 1 minute is about all you would get out of that thing until all hell broke loose..Literally..LOL
Just looking back through the pictures. The last pic, check out the rear axle extensions!!! Obviously a high tech example of MORE TRAVEL!
OUTSTANDING!!!
OUTSTANDING!!!
Life is all about "bustin loose".
sweet extended swing arm !!
who else can say they have twin seatpost tubes!! that is just screaming for a nickname...
mike
mike
Build your own, this is on the 'bay now, just add hacksaw and buzzbox welder...
It would take a real man to do the Greg Hill tuck on that beast.
Reilley, this is by no means is any disrespect to that machine. I post this as comparison only.
Whoever built that bike put a lot of thought and effort into it. Look at all the bends and multiple size tubes and support braces and if I am not mistaken, the headtube is lugged!
The Stuart/mono is your down and dirty, basic hard angles, square tubed, heavy duty "killer".
That "Tweaker" Bike has class.
Whoever built that bike put a lot of thought and effort into it. Look at all the bends and multiple size tubes and support braces and if I am not mistaken, the headtube is lugged!
The Stuart/mono is your down and dirty, basic hard angles, square tubed, heavy duty "killer".
That "Tweaker" Bike has class.
I just noticed, Schrader Valves in the fork caps!
I seem to remember a lot of those around Huntington Beach and the South Bay. Popular with the surfers. I think who ever made them made a surfboard trailer for them as well.
Dig the XR75 tire on the front of the Stu mono.
I have a yellow Torker pad that would look real good on there.
I have a hacksaw and some JB weld at home should do fine..
and some house paint for sure...
Motobike bars and forks.... Nice. Add on air adapters too!
Get some of those old 5' wide bars for that thing reilley!
Rick you gotta dig the house paint bro!!
I literally would not feel safe riding that on a street. I might pay $5 to see someone jump that off a driveway curb.
For a $20, I'll do it 4 times...
OK This is the Deal. Stu is only racing the Motos on Sat. for practice. Lets see what it would take to get him to ride Reilleys bike in one of the motos.
HEHE
HEHE
2 speed cranks an old mountain bike stem nice!
What's the rear mag on second bike? MX-60? I think we used to call them teardrop mags.
Big "R",
What size lawnmower engine came out of that thing?
What size lawnmower engine came out of that thing?
Is that DAX stand welded on too?
Dude !!!!
Quadangle to tha Fif Powa
Quadangle to tha Fif Powa
dang... how many of those Newport/Cook Bros/GT square tubed monoshocks were there in the mid'70s???
and how many companies took credit for the design/sold them??
and how many companies took credit for the design/sold them??
Tim, are you talking about the picture at the top of page 2?
That frame was designed by Stuart Thomsen and built by Gary Turner.
Fact.
That frame was designed by Stuart Thomsen and built by Gary Turner.
Fact.
It's a Road Bike / BMX Bike / Mtn Bike, It dices, it slices and if you order now we will weld in 4 extra tubes at no cost to you. All this for 3 easy payments of $87.92 plus S&H
I want one...
And if you order in the next five minutes we'll throw in our patented extra tube set with our secret bonding glue all free of charge, but wait..If you call now we'll also give you a back brace for when you throw out your back trying to ride this thing...Call now!
It looks like you should lean back riding it down the street. It's kind of a laid-back design!
I'm thinkin' the previous owner was "laid back". Or is "tweekin" the opposite of laid back. I forget. I think I lost that memo.
Hey Greg! BA! I bet you could push down and get creased on that thing.
And to think, that was sorta state of the art for downhill back in the day.
quote:props to Stu. and boos to Gary Turner who produced some "GT" monos of the same design. and Cook Bros, and Newport, who all also produced 95% similar frames. there are 3 or 4 CBRs floating around. Gary Turner still has one of "his". no Newports have surfaced though there were a couple ads in the old newspapers for them.
That frame was designed by Stuart Thomsen and built by Gary Turner.
Fact.
That seat made out of levi strauss looks like it would give u a little chap ***//
You guys are just left of Cool on this one.
I'd recommend something like this.
I'd recommend something like this.
Around 2005 I was in San Diego and went to
Kobey's Swap Meet at the Sports Arena (IPay1 Center).
I saw that bike for sale and thought ............
"Someone collector may want this tweaker bike".
I talked to the guy for a minute.
He had just got out of jail and needed some money. I gave him $30 and he was happy.
Then he started acting kinda wierd. I took off! LOL!
I'm suprised Reilley1 took the time to actually build it back up.
Terrifying!
[ February 23, 2007, 09:49 AM: Message edited by: JohnnyJohnson OMAS DirtSlinger ]
Kobey's Swap Meet at the Sports Arena (IPay1 Center).
I saw that bike for sale and thought ............
"Someone collector may want this tweaker bike".
I talked to the guy for a minute.
He had just got out of jail and needed some money. I gave him $30 and he was happy.
Then he started acting kinda wierd. I took off! LOL!
I'm suprised Reilley1 took the time to actually build it back up.
Terrifying!
[ February 23, 2007, 09:49 AM: Message edited by: JohnnyJohnson OMAS DirtSlinger ]
Just further proof that Tweekers with Gracos should not weld!
I think I shall call it "The Quad-mangle" or a Stoned Tweaker Replica-1
The Framo-Matic 3000.
Tired of post apocalyptic mutant tweekers jacking up all the fine vintage BMX finds in your quadrant?
At a loss of how to counter act the senseless slaughter caused by these heartless soulless fiends??
Well worry no more! All you need is the new “Road warrior Hack 3000!!†(Now with recoilless cannon option)
Just imagine you and one of your lucky monkey friends blasting those godless tweaker scum back to the nether regions from which they came!!
Act NOW because the first 100 orders come with an extra 5 cases of ammo at no extra charge!!
(offer not available in all quadrant sectors by order of the ministry of uncommon sense.)
At a loss of how to counter act the senseless slaughter caused by these heartless soulless fiends??
Well worry no more! All you need is the new “Road warrior Hack 3000!!†(Now with recoilless cannon option)
Just imagine you and one of your lucky monkey friends blasting those godless tweaker scum back to the nether regions from which they came!!
Act NOW because the first 100 orders come with an extra 5 cases of ammo at no extra charge!!
(offer not available in all quadrant sectors by order of the ministry of uncommon sense.)
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