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Alcohol and e-bay

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:51 pm
by Jon
are usually a mix that I try very hard to avoid, But after receiving a text from my brother suggesting that a potential good deal was ending in a few minutes, I proceeded to bid on the said bike.
If I'm honest, I had little to no idea what I was about to own, other than I once owned one as a child and it was red (and red is the best colour, right?).
So, after winning the Chopper for

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:00 pm
by Ben
Wow, love them, still horrid to ride I'm sure though ��, I also had a tomahawk

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:03 pm
by Mr Fletcher
Well cool Jon :thumbs:

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:11 pm
by Jon
Ben wrote:Wow, love them, still horrid to ride I'm sure though ��, I also had a tomahawk
Not so much horrid to ride, more like impossible :beatdeadhorse5: :smilielol5:

That said, they're cheap(ish) to buy, easy to work on and most importantly evoke some memories I thought I'd never have again :D
Not sure how quick I'd lap Snett on it though?

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:15 pm
by Stuart
Jon wrote: most importantly evoke some memories I thought I'd never have again :D
I was reading this thinking 'you must be tapped' spending

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:30 pm
by Jon
Stuart wrote: Can't really put a price on that :thumbs:
You really can't, best pennies I've spent in ages :) (if you thought

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:12 pm
by Monster
Loving this thread, now off to search for choppers. I had a red one too, a hand me down from my bro, and I also had a blue tomahawk which was his first. And before that I had a chipper, which was the tiny for proper small kids, all stabiliser'd up.

shot of capri in the background of the chopper is uber retro

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:13 pm
by mikeb
Jon nothing like bringing a old bike back to life if you get some oxallic acid which you can get of eBay put the chrome parts in a bath ( not the one you use) leave the parts for 12 hours in it and they come up like new.

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:31 pm
by russ979
Fan-bloody-tastic a bollock crucher!:rofl:
I loved my old one, Until i fell off it landing badly after an epic jump and broke my collar bone. I soon realised choppers were not made to get air born!

Ok it wasn`t an epic jump but a mediocre one on anything other than a chooper, I did break my collar bone though!

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:21 pm
by pablo
Never had one as a kid. Had the cheaper version.
JetStar.
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