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The 1970's
Parts List: Iverson Roadrunner.
Banana seat.
Double clamp
fork. Heavy duty rims. Knobby tires. Chain guard.
Moto-X grips. |
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1970's Iverson Roadrunner. |
| After Schwinn came out with their Scrambler the rest of the 20" cycling market was scrambling to make their own dirt worthy BMXer. Most of the early BMX'ers were just modified Sting-Ray type bikes like Iverson Roadrunner above, but at least the Iverson produced a moto-x influenced fork. |
| Parts List: Raleigh
Rampar. Modified banana
seat. Double clamp suspension
fork. Dual suspension rear
end. Knobby tires. Heavy duty rims w/large
gauged spokes. Chain guard. Boxed moto-x bars.
Side number
plate. |
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1970's Raleigh Rampar. |
| As you can see
by the Raleigh Rampar moto-x was a big influence on early
BMX bikes and that is what the kids were mimicking so what the
heck... lets put some shocks on them and increase the weight!
The double clamp suspension fork had a built in double clamp stem, actually it wasn't a stem like today's stems but instead there was holes drilled into the top fork plate which the bar clamps bolted into. Still no metal caged pedals yet or aluminum on this baby but the seat sure was comfy. |
| Parts List: Yamaha
Motobike. Dbl. clamp suspension
fork. Dual suspension rear
end. Knobby tires. Heavy duty rims w/large
gauged spokes. Metal caged
pedals. |
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1970's Yamaha Motobike. |
| A few of the
motorcycle company's got into the act and who better to manufacture
a scaled down motor-free version of their own bikes? The Yamaha Motobike pictured above is missing the original seat which would resemble the Raleigh's seat above and of course the tweaked out seat post is not original. Also not original is the handle bars and grips. Other motorcycle company's that produced a BMXer were Suzuki and Kawasaki which had an aluminum framed version. Still today you will find a occasional department store bike all Moto-Xed out with plastic fenders and gas tank. |
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