Stichill
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Ride the Lightning!
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the Ferret
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I rode a Lightning in 1968 . Didn't look like that though.
1968 BSA Lightning 650 | Classic-Motorcycles
1968 BSA Lightning 650 | Classic-Motorcycles
GoldOxide_imp
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Scooby-Doo!
Gremlinsteve_imp
First service completed
Love it
Gone in 60
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Looks like the home-grown rides some our racers use for pit bikes. The same kinds of guys who gut out an old school bus and make a race car hauler out of it.
And drink moonshine. Which is why I like them.
Actually, been meaning to build something like that. I've talked with a lot of guys who have made motorized cruisers. Just need to find some time...
And drink moonshine. Which is why I like them.
Actually, been meaning to build something like that. I've talked with a lot of guys who have made motorized cruisers. Just need to find some time...
Stichill
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Gone in 60
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Hmm... You'd have to build something like that. Based on their Facebook and Twitter, they aren't much of a going concern.
Brings back good memories of my powder blue Schwinn Stingray with a springer front end. Man, there’s no telling what amount of coin I would be willing to drop if I could find my original bike and verify its provenance no matter the condition it was in.
But back to the subject of this discussion. If there was one available at a dealer I might just be interested. To me it has an exceptionally high cool factor.
But back to the subject of this discussion. If there was one available at a dealer I might just be interested. To me it has an exceptionally high cool factor.
Stichill
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It's such a cool mod. The 12-year-old me would've loved it. Heck, the 50-something me would love it.
Here's a cool history of the Schwinn Sting-Ray.
Here's a cool history of the Schwinn Sting-Ray.
the Ferret
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I was already too old when the Stingray came out so it has no meaning to me. 2 years after it was introduced i was riding my first street motorcycle.
Gone in 60
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I ran into a group of moto-bicyclists in Santa Monica and had a lengthy discussion with them. They had all started with a fairly cheap beach cruiser, and had purchased the $150ish 49cc engine kits from Ebay. Having gotten hooked, they had each replaced the shoddy parts from the kits, one claiming to have over $1000 total in his project bike. I've warned my wife and some of the neighbors that I will be embarking on such a project soon.
My first bike was a Stingray clone. The richer kids had the genuine articles. Today, I see them in the pits at races, and their riders are given god-like status.
My second bike was the ill-fated mid-70s Huffy Mono-Shock. Apparently they are in museums now, as this one is, in the same color blue as mine was, but it was the closest thing to a dirt bike you could buy without being a total poser and buying the more elaborate models with plastic number plates, fenders and gas tanks. You'd get bullied to the point of pushing it off a cliff into the ocean in my neighborhood back then.
My first bike was a Stingray clone. The richer kids had the genuine articles. Today, I see them in the pits at races, and their riders are given god-like status.
My second bike was the ill-fated mid-70s Huffy Mono-Shock. Apparently they are in museums now, as this one is, in the same color blue as mine was, but it was the closest thing to a dirt bike you could buy without being a total poser and buying the more elaborate models with plastic number plates, fenders and gas tanks. You'd get bullied to the point of pushing it off a cliff into the ocean in my neighborhood back then.
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