Build-Off Bike Names: Pop Culture References

[MattiThundrrr]

Which Sims? I had a dragon and bat Caballero bitd, with Indys and Bullit66 wheels.

I would buy that board again if given a chance. Not my only one, but a definite favorite. The setup was so good

 

[Duchess]

Plum Crazy is the Dodge name for the purple color they offered in the late '60s and title of a book I'm working on that features bad guys with a 1970 'Cuda 440 in purple (In Violet is what Plymouth called their purple, but Plum Crazy sounds better, is better remembered, and fits my main character. I could have gone with a Dodge, but I feel 'Cudas don't get enough recognition in action stories vs Mustangs, Chargers, and Challengers). Obviously, I plan on painting the bike that color.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

Which Sims? I had a dragon and bat Caballero bitd, with Indys and Bullit66 wheels.
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I would buy that board again if given a chance. Not my only one, but a definite favorite. The setup was so good

It was an early poolrider, 10" wide and no concave to the sides of the deck. Tracker Trucks and Sims Snake wheels, circa 1977ish. Throw the deck on my handlebars and pedal over here...or just skate from home.

My first modern-ish deck with urethane wheels was a 27" Sims Oak Kick with Bennett Trucks and Road Rider Red #4 wheels, 1974ish?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Yup, that was definitely more rad than Cornwall, Ontario in the eighties. My neighborhood had a painted curb that we could shred once the business closed for the night. We made driveway quarter pipes, spine ramps, launches, platforms, and grinders. PVC coping, or sawed off bed rails for the grinders. The neighborhood kids would all come over and hang out. Neighbors hated it so much. We grabbed someone's poodle clippers and everyone got the McFly haircut (what we called copies of Tony Hawk's'do)

 

[LeMad Hatter]

𝑀𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑘𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒 "𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑". 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑝 𝑏𝑖𝑛.

 

[CycleTruck]

Which is why I started this thread. The generations beyond the Boomers sometimes seem intimidated by "old guy" references and they are less likely to be when things are explained. It goes both ways as well. I learn things from younger friends and acquaintances constantly.

Me too, and I'm not shy about asking, often beginning those conversations with "Help a Boomer out ..."

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Fo' shizz!

 

[Toeslider]

My bike, Cyclo Killer is a play on the song Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads. A few from my generation have pointed that out already. The name just popped into my head and I thought it would be cool, but afterward it got the gears turning and has developed into a bicycle version of Harley Quinn in my head, so that’s what I’m going with.

 

[CycleTruck]

Now y'all have me thinking about a name for my current CWC resurrection .... maybe Omega-Mu.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Now y'all have me thinking about a name for my current CWC resurrection .... maybe Omega-Mu.

 

[CycleTruck]

Of course, I'd HAVE to etch a kustom, brass head badge for it ...

 

[Captain Awesome]

Of course, I'd HAVE to etch a kustom, brass head badge for it ...


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You won't do it

 

[CycleTruck]

You won't do it

Hold my beer