A Trip to Maryland, 3 hours...

A 12 pack, $15...

Riding RL Osborn's Hazard Yellow RL20II, PRICELESS!!!

lets see some more of that redline stable. Looks like some gems in there.

love the grin in the last pic

New York to Annapolis in three hours !??!?!

You were haulin man.

You were hanging at the mysterious "frontguard"'s house eh?

Yeah, Frontguard (Matt) is a close friend of mine.

Yeah Matt!!!!!

Finally ridin' the holy grail!!!!

Indeed priceless.....

Send me a pm some time man.

Greetz, Mario

probably my favorite freestyle bikes

I said 'Matt' , it's Mike ofcourse.....
My bad....

Wow... Great story and pics....

Drunk freestylin' on the RAD bike.
I would also love to see that stable of Redlines! wow.


and hell yeah.. man you must have been flying down 95!!!!! 3 hrs???

Looks like you could use a new Source decal for your number plate, PM me your address and I'll send you a few if you like??

Nice bike by the way! if that's R.L.'s actual original bike? I built that bike up for him at the Source..

Good Lord - the man who built the bike that spawned a cult! Damn cool.

Mike - GREAT pics. In the shot of you on The Bike, downing your beer, with another hazard yellow bike over your shoulder you look like a man about to rape and pillage...(lol). Very fun.

lol Mike actually let u ride it WOW... ive seen a some pics of that stable hope yall are sitting when and if you see more pics....

What are those big sneakers?

Sweet !! Im only 30 mins from Annapolis

Sweet I love when someone has a rippin ride and realy shows pic's of the bike in ACTION!!!! RIDE THAT BIKE!!!! I got to touch that bike at Rockford

as i look at these pictures, all i can think is

"GET READY TO BREAK THE ICE!!!!!!"

So cool!!! I too got to see that at Rockford a few years ago, didn't get to ride it though. I always thought that was one of the coolest looking bikes. I didn't know you built that Steve. I bet that's pretty awesome for you too to see it again still built up all these years later.

I left the bike industry in '88 and just started getting back into it about a year ago, Yes I am amazed to see it again..
I built a lot of bikes for a lot of people all over the world during my time at the Source, I even had little stickers made that said "hand built by Steve Blackey". I put them on most of the bikes I built even R.L.'s and Mike Buff's.
It would be cool to find a survivor bike with that sticker still on it.

Haven't been on here in a long time. Us Maryland folk should get together. Anyone???

I am game.

Even more so once I get my CW done...

when ever that may be

Me too. Im in Frederick. I go to Baltimore twice a week though.

Give me a few weeks notice and I can get some time off. I'd defintitely be up for it.

Hey Guys,

It's Matt. Yeah, Mike and I got together at my place for a few days of drinkin and ridin late at night, and tinkering around with my bikes. If you guys want to get together sometime, that would be great. If anyone wants to come over here, and have a BBQ, and see RL's bike, and the rest of my bikes, that's fine with me. We can cook up some burgers and dogs on the grille. Sorry I hadn't chimed in until now on the thread...just crazy busy with work. I would love to show you guys some pictures of my bikes on here, but I don't know how to post any pictures on here. Maybe Mike can help me with that...I've never posted a pic....MIKE??? Help a brother out...least you can do for riding RL's bike! I'm pretty jammed up for the next couple weeks with work, and some construction going on here at the house (annapolis maryland), but if anyone wants to get together for an afternoon, let's work on some dates. I know Mike will want to get down here as well. Maybe sometime in the last two weeks in June? Anyone? If that doesn't work, anytime after the 4th of July weekend will work as well.

Matt

Matt, no problem! Here are some pictures I took of your bikes when I came down.

Thats just awesome. Rediculously awesome. lol

I like the 3 (red) amigos!!!

Me too man. That red just kinda jumps out at ya dont it

Now that's what I'm talkin about. What a nice stable. I think I just figured out where all the white Peregrines are, LOL

Killer bikes. All of them.

thanks guys. in the first picture, where you see them in a U shape, the first two red ones are restored, with almost all nos parts. the third red is original cali red, and NOS, the first yellow 22 is restored with almost all nos parts. the haz yellow rl-20 is NOS, the radberry 22 is NOS, then rl'b bike, and then the next two turquioise's, the 22 and 20 are also both NOS. I also have several nos 22 frames/forks that are nos but not pictured.

matt

Great bikes!!! I'm loving the yellow mags too on that RL-20! Great collection!

I am in Millersville so I can be at almost any place in the state with out much effort.

That is a sick basement frontguard.

............ (speechless)

Trade ya a Profile Champ Pro for one of those. lmao That was a joke. I know the answer.lol

What THE NOW that is a Fleet!!!!!!!!Forget about Hutch and Haro Fleets!!!!RL 20II forever!

would ya be willin to sell any F/F?

O.g.

probably the best collection of RLs out there...

Just going to throw out a date... July 5th or 6th?????

mike,

incheck said july 5th or 6th. are you still thinking of coming down that weekend? that may work. let me know.

maybe we could do that saturday the 5th for a bbq for lunch.

spicoli /ride a bike / rl-20II dutch-style / k-dog / donvader / pep - and anyone else that i may have missed, thanks for your compliments. it has taken me countless years to put the collection together.

frontguard (matt)

If we have a BBQ the 5th or 6th of July I should be able to be there.
My birthday is the 4th, sooooooo.

shame it does not have the TRP post like in RAD. i really want one so anyone that may knf of one please contact me... i asked nighthawk about making a numberplate like RL had in the movie RAD also.. nice collection Matt, so you plan to use the red peregrine masters ya got off me?

No doubt that is a nice riding bike. Way better with spokes than mags.

Hey Caleb,

Nice to hear from you again pal. Yes, I actually have plans for those red peregrines for another nos cali red 22 frame/fork set that I have that is not built up, and not pictured. I've been saving those for that build. I just have to get those mags looking minty mint first. Been putting off that elbow grease for quite some time, mostly because I just haven't had the time b/c of working on my house. But, I will get around to it very soon. I will also post pictures of that build once it's complete. I'll keep you posted.

Looks like K-Dog, and Incheck could make the 5th or 6th. Mike, if you can make it down for the weekend of the 4th, that may work.

Matt

Matt,

I'll let you know if I can make it. It would be real nice to get together with a few guys who are into all this stuff. However, you may have to let me ride that crappy yellow bike again since I don't have a rider built yet.

Mike.

Have to disagree with you about the wheel setup, that bike screams for yellow Peregrines.

I'm saying how it actually feels (felt) when it is ridden. Tighter feeling and faster- spokes. Slower, not crisp-mags. I guess I just feel that way about all of them. Not how it looks.....
You gotta remember I probably rode it more than RL did since he was always getting something different.

Hey Jeff,

I agree with you about how the bike felt and rode with 48's. I have always preferred the bikes the way they look with mags, but for riding, the 48's always felt the best. Lighter, tighter, and just felt more balanced. Mike and I have since changed the way that nos rl-20 looks. We put the black panaracers on it, and changed the stem to the original chrome one instead of the haz yellow, and a couple other minor things to bring it back to it's "stock" days. It looks much much sharper now.

Mike, did you take any pictures of the haz yellow 20 after we finished it? If you did, post a picture of it here. I don't know how to do it. And let me know about the 4th if you have it figured out yet. If you can't make it that weekend, we can all try to shoot for a weekend or so after that so that we can all get together here, even if it's just 4-5 of us.

Matt

Caleb,

I've also been looking for a TRP post. If anyone has one, please let me know. It's the only thing I need on RL's bike that is missing. Wish I had one of those.

Matt

Matt,

I have a picture of the Hazard Yellow RL20 but it's kind of dark and not a good shot. Take some new pictures and we'll get them posted.

ya know i have still never seen another set of red peregrine masters man are those rare and ill bet when you clean them up they will be like new..

i call dibs on the first TRP post to come up

mike - i'll snap some pics of the nos haz yellow 20 on Monday, and e-mail it to you so that you can post it for me. Thanks.