Alt Bike Culture - Oddball bikes - Australia

Hi - any Aussies here remember oddball bikes - I have lived all over the world and only ever seen them in Australia

In the '70's we would get a typical dragster bike with 20" wheels , change the front fork and wheel usually to a 27 or 28" wheel.

Made it really easy to pop wheelies and ride for blocks like that.

My favorite oddball got stolen in High School it was a5 speed one.

I found this (bad) example on Google images

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Hi

I can remember these bikes in the Uk in the seventies, not sure if they were know as oddball though?

really? you guys had Raleigh Choppers which was big wheel in the back and little wheel in the front?

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Thats great! Maybe Ill kit out my old 185 Honda and sign up.

I just finished Boormans "Race to Dakar" and came away thinking that if you're a privateer then smaller seems to be the way to go.....Seems the dunes swallowed up the 650cc BMW's they used..
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Yes we used to have Choppers which were branded 'odd ball' I guess, but I can also recall bikes being customised with cow horn handlebars and the like.

cool! any photos?

We used to put forks from a 10 speed on and use a little wheel, maybe a 16" if we had one or just use the 20"

Brian what did you guys call them? Dragsters?