The 1960's

To The 1980's

1966 Schwinn Stingray Deluxe  

Parts List:
Schwinn Sting-Ray
    Deluxe frame. 
Glitter banana seat. 
Ape hangar bars. 
Chrome fenders. 
Schwinn glitter grips. 
Rear slick.
Lucky 7 sprocket.
Coaster brake. 
 
 
 
 

1966 Schwinn Sting-Ray Deluxe.

I remember my first Sting-Ray, I went everywhere on that bike.  One year later my brother revamped my Schwinn as a birthday present, he put on:  new Glitter grips with streamers, a sissy bar that reached way over my head that had a peace sign on it plus some other goodies... too cool!

This is the bike that started all, Schwinn designed the pictured frame above and kids immolating the popular motorcycle, motocrosser's started tearing up their Sting-Ray's.  Some of the first modifications a rider would have done to the bike above to make it dirt ready would be:  remove fenders and chain guard, replace the seat and sissy bar with whatever they could find and last but not least... some knobby tires.  There wasn't a lot of off-road equipment available back then, things like knobby tires (that's what they were called then) and a small seat weren't invented till... somebody will have to help me out here with the date?
  Seeing the interest in off-roading Schwinn came out with their moto-x'er called Scrambler but by the time they had the Scrambler it was to late, BMX was already booming with more dirt qualified machines.