Does you your utility bike have a figure head?
03-08-16, 07:23 PM
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Does you your utility bike have a figure head?
Perhaps it should. This little moo-cow came on top of an Icelandic Easter egg. I have others and the Velcro allows me to switch them according to my moooood.
03-08-16, 07:59 PM
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03-08-16, 08:45 PM
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After my zombie went missing I replaced it with this Monsters Inc figure. It has a blinking LED inside that is activated by motion, so when I go over bumps it flashes different colors. Makes commuting at night more fun.
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03-08-16, 10:58 PM
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Almost all my bikes had figureheads when my boys were younger, often they'd donate some weird Ultraman monster or somesuch. That somehow fell by the wayside as they outgrew toys. I think Mr. Bill on my Marinoni Special 650B conversion is all that's left now. I still have a box full o' critters, should prolly break out the zipties and start zippin'.
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03-09-16, 05:56 AM
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Hmm. My Raleigh has a heron, the Bianchi an eagle of some sort, the Gazelle has, well, a bunch of gazelles.
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Here we go with another headbadge thread. 
03-09-16, 06:04 AM
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So sorry; new here. I should have suspected this might be well trodden ground.
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Anyone know where I could get a custon made French Bulldog headbadge? I have a build dying for one. I'm being serious.
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These are great! They kinda remind me of a friend who once made a diorama of plastic toy dinosaurs glued on the hood of his car, with a 6-inch rampant T-Rex as his hood ornament.
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I hadn't thought of this.....it is good idea....another way to cause the teenager to roll his eyes at dad....
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03-09-16, 10:52 PM
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Well, I have a figure and a head. So, here you have it! Hahahaha
Ok, was that inappropriate? Anyway, no my bikes don't have a figurehead.
Ok, was that inappropriate? Anyway, no my bikes don't have a figurehead.
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You could mount one of these up front.
Any truck junkyards should have some old Macks laying around.
03-10-16, 07:16 AM
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I can't remember which bike it was that had one of these on the front light pod.
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I'm in the process of finding one. But they are not common or cheap. Think minimum of $2K. My buddy has one and I think it's the sweetest little dog ever. Sorta like a shrunken, fat boxer that's had too much to drink. They are comical with the big head on a little body and all their wrinkled expressions. And as a bonus.. they don't bark much. They do plenty of talking though..
careful.. these little guys are addictive. I can see easily dropping $5k for a couple of them no problem. Cause I don't think I could stop at just one.
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