Muscle Bikes

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Day 2 add on

https://youtu.be/tWDprSdH2xQ

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Day 2 add on

https://youtu.be/tWDprSdH2xQ

Very kool !

[67 GT350]

Day 2 add on

https://youtu.be/tWDprSdH2xQ

LOVE IT!

I used to ride my Chopper "no hands" all the time, seeing that reminded me of that!!!!

I did that with a cheap 10 speed got up to 55, the speedometer looked just like that but a different name (Hurrnt?) How stupid that was!

[Vcode]

55 mph on a 1968 Schwinn Stingray #6

https://youtu.be/-ytgtsy7HI0

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55 mph on a 1968 Schwinn Stingray #6

https://youtu.be/-ytgtsy7HI0

Holy mother of schwinn stingrays !

A few things come to mind:

Glad the bearings held up

Glad no one opened a car door or pulled out in front of him

Glad that those tiny brakes where not used in "panic mode"

Glad those tires did not delaminate ( most of the old stingrays I have seen still have 50 year old original tires on them  at least mine do)

Glad he had a good grip and control of the complete roller coaster ride

Lastly to the bike and rider, HUZ- ZAH !

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And one last thing,  how accurate is that 50 + year old toy speedometer......

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Huffy

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The
Vista
Banana
Yikes !

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Sears 5 speed Rail


Faster starts
Quicker acceleration
More effortless cruising
This bike will outperform any ordinary sports bike !

[Side-Oilers]

Sears was mostly (completely?) a re-brander of other companies products. 

Does anyone here know who built their knock-off Schwinns? 

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Sears was mostly (completely?) a re-brander of other companies products. 

Does anyone here know who built their knock-off Schwinns?

Why yes my good man !

Huffman Manufacturing Company
a.k.a.
Huffy Bicycles

Huffman purchased YLCE (Yorba Linda Cycle Enterprises) and converted that Southern California company to a national service company, assembling bicycles and other products for mass merchants such as KMart, Target, Zayres and Sears

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S E A R S with a 5 speed,  Shimano brakes

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S E A R S

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Penneys

[Side-Oilers]

55 mph on a 1968 Schwinn Stingray #6

https://youtu.be/-ytgtsy7HI0

That's "really bitchin", as we used to say.

Best I ever did was 46 mph on my 5-speed Stingray, with my buddy on the back, down a steep hill that teed into Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach.

Scarier than I intended.  Definitely stupider.   

The caliper style "brake pads" overheated and melted themselves onto the rim lips as I attempted to stop.  We had considerably more momentum than my 12-year-old brain had considered.  Barely got 'er stopped (by dragging our feet too) before anything bad happened.

Once was enough of that.