The chopper is back!!

Admiral Huddy · 15 Jan 2004 at 10:41

did any one try carrying more than 2 people at th back... I think i got at least 3 on!!!

Kainz · 15 Jan 2004 at 10:43

Once tried 3 but couldn't steer the bugger, so the bike just fell to the side while stationary

Looked like a right bunch of gibbons!

Admiral Huddy · 15 Jan 2004 at 11:03

Originally posted by Kainz
Once tried 3 but couldn't steer the bugger, so the bike just fell to the side while stationary Looked like a right bunch of gibbons!

Yeah i doubt if you could even do that nowadaya . The streets were quite empty then. To pany parked cars and vehicles now

Tachyon · 15 Jan 2004 at 11:17

Originally posted by Gilly
I think I might have had a grifter and my older brother (I was a child of the 80's and my bro was a child of the 70's) had a chopper. Can't really remember the difference between the 2 tbh

The Grifter was almost like a mountain bike looking thing that had a gear shifter on the handle bar grip for its 3 gears. The gears always broke though and got stuck in the one that was hardest to peddle. Was a real heavy bike as well, looked completely different from a chopper.

Choppers were awesome though, I'm not sure what I think of it making a return, it's just too classic and it'd be weird to see a kid on one now.

Showing my age here.

Gilly · 15 Jan 2004 at 11:20

Originally posted by Tachyon
The Grifter was almost like a mountain bike looking thing that had a gear shifter on the handle bar grip for its 3 gears. The gears always broke though and got stuck in the one that was hardest to peddle. Was a real heavy bike as well, looked completely different from a chopper.

That was mine then. With the dual forks all the way down the front of the bike (right up to the handlebars).

kaiowas · 15 Jan 2004 at 11:36

I had one of these

I seem to remember that no-one else I knew had one whereas most of mates all had strikers or grifters or other 'common' bikes

Kainz · 15 Jan 2004 at 11:38

Rar, don't recall seeing one of those before!^

Admiral Huddy · 15 Jan 2004 at 11:41

I also had a "Tracker" after my Chopper fell to bits!!

The tracker was much bigger but can't find any pics of it!!

Tracker · 15 Jan 2004 at 12:10

Originally posted by Hardhuddy
I also had a "Tracker" after my Chopper fell to bits!!

The tracker was much bigger but can't find any pics of it!!

Ha ha I used to have a Tracker can u tell. Used to have a chopper as well i can remember the label that was on the seat warning that you were not allowed to carry passengers. I took me ages to figure out why not.

Admiral Huddy · 15 Jan 2004 at 12:12

your the only one i know who had a tracker.. Don't suppose you have any pics.. it was bigger than the chopper. Not sure who made it?

Tracker · 15 Jan 2004 at 12:23

Bin looking but i dont remember it being that big. I think it was an america import.

Admiral Huddy · 15 Jan 2004 at 12:29

Originally posted by Tracker
Bin looking but i dont remember it being that big. I think it was an america import.

i had a very long seat!

AmmoWaster · 15 Jan 2004 at 12:40

Originally posted by Hardhuddy
i had a very long seat!

I hope you wiped properly and washed your hands

pyro · 15 Jan 2004 at 12:51

My king bike with formula 1 wheels and a 3piece > *

:cool:

volospian · 15 Jan 2004 at 12:53

Originally posted by Nismo
Ooo David James has a special silver chopper!

*snigger*

I seem to remember having a grifter for a while

Roughneck · 15 Jan 2004 at 13:54

I had one

Roughneck · 15 Jan 2004 at 13:56

Originally posted by Roughneck
I had one

£249.99

Élynduil · 15 Jan 2004 at 14:02

I had a secondhand one when I was a kid, was great, the big seat made it really comfy.

Fusion · 15 Jan 2004 at 14:22

Originally posted by Quixotic
I had a grifter. I was hardcore.

I did, most solid bike ever, built like a tank, and about the same weight.

Fusion · 15 Jan 2004 at 14:26

Originally posted by Tachyon
The Grifter was almost like a mountain bike looking thing that had a gear shifter on the handle bar grip for its 3 gears. The gears always broke though and got stuck in the one that was hardest to peddle. Was a real heavy bike as well, looked completely different from a chopper.

Has anyone got any pictures of the Grifter? BTW that is so true about the gears, "Sturmey Archer" made. I used to bite all the foam off the front of the handlebars of mine lol

Edit, this is the best I can do:

Mine had lost the rear mudguard however and was in blue.