I had on of those. Fat fkn thing tried to kill me. Frame was way bent out of the factory. Take your hands off the bars and the thing would dive for the scrub. Took it back to Kawasaki a few times. Junior mechanics said it was farked, but the seniors ones wouldn't have a bar of getting it straightened, the prcks. So I took it to a track day at Eastern Creek, promptly highsided it, and the thing was much better after that. :D

The roo I hit with the thing put it back out of shape though. :(

Gosh I remember that name Stu Thomsen.
Is it possible I saw him race the COS in Brisbane about 1980?
By the way, one of the shops here has a replica Mongoose from back then for 58000 yen ($665 Aust.) The problem it doesn't have red anodised Araya Wheels which I think they had.
It looks very similar to this minigoose:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...anoDay1004.jpg

The shop also has an old gold JAG frame in there which brings back fond memories.
Steve.

yeah, coz you can still take corners at 70kph........if ya want :)

have you guys seen the Ghost Rider DVD, where the guy rides his Hayabusa on a Stockhom freeway at 300+kmh?

nice pic of that mongoose, brings back some memories. I should hunt down some pics of my first good bike from under the house. I had a skyway TA with black graphite tuffs with the gold campy hubs & shimano alloy cranks. My good friend had the full campy BMX group.

I have seen some of that video, he overtakes trucks and busses on the shoulder at 300 kays. Someones got to do it.

Badsac, I always thought that a big fat heavy bike just meant it stuck to the road better + the mrs likes the handles to hold onto.

or do what that bloke in sydney got busted for...doing over 200kmh in the sydney harbour tunnel, repeatedly.

I reckon I had the same article but in BMX Plus!
And what about the Judge (Tim Judge?)

I like the minigoose, my brother was more serious about it than I was;
Some of the Bikes;
DK Firebird
PK Ripper
Haro sport (chrome Ltd ed)
Haro Master
Skyway TA
Hutch Trickstar (candy red)
etc...

Brothers Current
2-hip Pork
T-1

Here's one for the A&S board....

"An Australian woman was knocked off her bike and killed in a London street, possibly because she couldn't hear traffic noise because of her iPod music device, friends say.

Patricia McMillan was knocked from her bike and thrown under the wheels of a lorry near her home in Acton, west London, on February 2.

The 32-year-old law student had been on her way to a part-time job as a waitress in Kensington when the crash happened.

McMillan's best friend, Jacques Poullard, told the Evening Standard newspaper today she may still have been alive if she hadn't been listening to the Apple iPod.

"She was obsessed by that thing. It wasn't that she was careless. I bought her the bike three years ago and it was how she travelled everywhere.

"I never said anything to her about wearing the iPod but now I think if she hadn't had it on she might have heard the lorry.

"I hope people will think twice about cycling while wearing headphones."

The Judge, was a one footed table top no?

Man, I had a trickstar. Worked with my dad for the whole summer holidays to get it, I think it rained for 2 months after that too.

I had a sport team, master, gt pro performer, dyno pro compe, then I loose count as all those bashgaurd things came out and street thrashing wrecked bikes in weeks/days sometimes. Went through them quickly. wish I kept some of them. I only have one bike now, no parts, nothing, it's Luke Madills bike from Melbourne worlds in 98, it's got canti brake cable stops on it. When my new son grows up, I may upgade to something more modern.

Any else enjoy the old knobby hobby?

and in the only in America file....

An enjoyable trip to a Texas cinema to watch Health Ledger in Brokeback Mountain ended badly for an Australian woman who had the nerve to shush a fellow movie-goer who was talking on her mobile phone.

Former Sunshine Coast councillor Pauline Clayton ended up being escorted from the cinema by police, arrested and charged with assault, according to newspaper reports.

Ms Clayton now faces a fine of up to $675.

She said she was enjoying the film, which was about halfway through, when a woman's mobile phone rang - and she answered it and began talking.

Ms Clayton put her finger to her mouth, signalling to the woman to quieten down then touched her on the shoulder twice.

The other woman then stood up and started shouting expletives at Ms Clayton before storming out of the movie.

Police arrived and escorted Ms Clayton out of the theatre.

The other woman told police Ms Clayton had been "invading her private space" and accused her of assault.

Ms Clayton was charged and must appear in a Texas court next week, but her accuser is not off the hook - she must also appear in court over her behaviour.

Yep, i had a pic of Tim doing a Judge on a trickstar over the Hutch team!
When I left for Oz I cleard out our garage and found a set of GT forkstands, the flip up ones!
There was a NOS/NIP Skyway TA and parts on ebay recently. very tempted.
Sad thing is now I'm looking at buying Dura-ace ES parts to build up an old roadie. reading this makes me want a BMX!

you guys see this pic? :)

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1&page=1&pp=25

All superheroes wear their clothes that way! Don't you?

Stepping away from the bike theme for a bit...

http://metacool.typepad.com/metacool...hed_gearh.html

I wish my Magna could do that. Just think, while I'm sitting bored as hell in gridlocked peak hour traffic I could get my kicks just watching the bonnet melt as my manifolds reach white hot. And all the while everyone within 20m inexplicably finds their ears bleeding while simultaneously discovering the reason why two bottles of red do not mix with half a case of beer. :D

Purile fantasy is such fun

Lets see now....BMX nostalgia with no mention of the Redline Proline....blah blah......Belgian worship that does not mention the name 'Hoegaarten'........blah blah blah.......

Redline Flite cranks....drooool

That's just cool. :D

Just got back from Tuesday night crits at Eastern.
My second race, this time in D... much betterer.
Stayed in the top 5-6 most of the time, sat at the front for a few laps and eventually got my arse kicked by going out way too soon after the bell. Still managed to claw my way back up to 6th in the final sprint :)

Now I know why those blokes that were hanging around the back of the pack the whole time :rolleyes:

Dont get sucked in, keep taking turns and driving the pace. Those bludgers will get the message when their off the back and your'e winnning races moving up the grades!

The five survivors of the crash in Germany that claimed Ami Gillet's life will be on Australian Story on the ABC next Monday night (20 Feb) at 8:00pm.

Good idea to stay up near the front in D Grade. And don't worry about making little mistakes like that: just make sure you learn from them!

poor bastard...

Davitamon-Lotto's Nic Sanderson has been forced to prematurely end his cycling career due to a mild form of epilepsy. The talented 21 year old Australian sprinter won't be riding for the Davitamon-Lotto team this season, agreeing to have his contract annulled because of his medical condition.

very sad.

I would have thought the quacks could provide some form of medication that would take care of that. Maybe there was more to it.

it probably has to do with insurance more than anything, if he has a prediscovered medical condition, they know about it and he comes down and hurts himself or somone else then it owuldnt be good for anyone involved.

still feel for the guy, promising career ended due to osmthing totaly out of his control :(

That sucks for Sanderson, but I think the insurance thing will be what buggered it up.

I was all but signed up with a pro-team till they discovered I am a 43 year old fat bastid on cholesterol medication. That and the only cycling race I have won was the sprint to the beer tent. :D:D:D

Morris Iemma visited our office today to talk to the kids on the School of the Air (because it went 100% satellite based interactive multimedia computers instead of UHF radio).

One little kid (about 9 or 10 yo) was asked what sort of stuff they get up to outside of school.

Answer: "Oh, just the usual stuff. Help on the farm, ride my motorbike, and I've got a new paddybasher: its a V8!!"

Concerned Minister: "That's a bit different to what city kids get up to, don't you think?"

Answer: "No, I don't think so."

Kid must read the newspaper :roflmao:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...bie-mcewen.jpg

Mcewen's thinking, this was not written into the fine print in my contract, was it?

Davitamon: just a bunch of clowns!

:D