Ok I am sure this post has been done before but really.

Whos got Joe Kids stingray out there?

Lets see some photos of some early stingray bmx and info about them..

Not me unfortunately, Bmx-dad...LOL
I'm searching for Nicole Kidmans Supermaxi out of "BMX Bandits"...no luck so far
Didn't Stompin' Stu coin the phrase "...Joe Kid on a Stingray"?

this is replica of a 1973 stingray built buy sandy finkleman







i talked to sandy for hours about these bikes an he gave me the scoop
stingray frame-forks cranks-pedals-seatpost and clamp
matthews bars [bought these from sandy] nos
stem cebe
wheels-araya flat steel drilled for 105 ga. spokes
hubs- front silver sunshine rear bendix both drilled
paint-whatever color the auto painter down the street was doing that day
sandy also told me he built over 125 of these 1974 had a few changes on them
go to www.rosbmx.com to see the ones he built

forgot to add 73s had rubber block pedals an the seats were schwinn comfort seats

My Joe Kid DVD skips like crazy and has since I got it. Anyone else have this issue?

I wanna say mine had a couple blips, but it's been a while...excuse to watch it again, LOL...

Back to the bike...yeah, there's the cover bikes from that DVD...they gotta be SOMEWHERE, even if it turns out they were recycled.

Matter is never really destroyed, it just changes form.

sheesh, I built that same bike back then. But I did a nice silver/blue fade
on it. Didn't we ALL have Joe Kid's Stingray?

And wasn't that the point?

Way cool thats what i was looking for, I e-mailed to get a membership to ros.

lets see some more

here's my JKOAS tribute bike. I had one much like this bitd, but it was black and had a silver banana seat......no pics of it though.

Heres what I have. this first one is a tribute to my own bike from back in the day.



This is one I just finished a few months back. I did a modified "stroker frame for this one.


And both together.

osrlracer- seen yours at grands display, loved it i have been thinkin about building one ever since i seen yours.

sodbuster- I knew you had them , I am in the market for the correct astro fork but how do you measure them? i have read on e-bay and they have different sizes, whats correct for a stingray?

You still see NOS Ashtabula forks on ebay. finding one of those would work well for you. Ashtabula forks came with a long steer tube that has a a long thread segment on it. They were cut to fit when installed. So they fit a wide variety of makes and head tube spacings. (Though I believe Sting Rays have a 5" head tube spacing.) finding a used fork to restore can mean the steer tube has already been cut but for what spacing? So try and find yourself an NOS one. Then you'll just need to decide what type you want. Stamped or unstamped.

Sodbuster, that orange bike is the best! I almost bought an orange 75 Scrambler in 75, but went with the silver.

sod buster or any one here,

I have the joe kid dvd in hand looking at the front photo what are the forks on the first kids bike?

10 speed?

I think that they are either 24" or 26" Schwinn forks from a middleweight bike, almost the same as Ashtabula. I assume to raise the cranks because the bikes were so low slung.

The picture sure looks like ten speed though...

I just measured some forks off of a 26" middleweight and the look like about the right size. Hmmmm....I think my little Schwinny may get a facelift...

I just picked up some super funky chrome bars with no crossbar and they are absolutely flat with zero sweep...I can't tell which side is front or back.

Monster -robot, Lets see it when your done