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Photo submitted by Rob, “The retro pic [on Monday] gave me the idea to send this one in. This is my brother Jeff jumping our Kawasaki BMX machine off of our back porch in Hackettstown, NJ, circa 1978.”

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Matt
Matt
10 years ago

SHRED THE GNARRR!!!!!

shreddr
shreddr
10 years ago

although the Kawasaki BMXer was way more capable than the Yammie Moto Bike of the day, I still managed to snap that thing in half after repeated full bore jumps from a ramp in the back yard!

Ryan
Ryan
10 years ago

Loving the retro/bike thing! Keep it coming gang!

doug
doug
10 years ago

That is big air for such a little bike. I wonder if he stuck the landing?

Rob
Rob
10 years ago

He indeed stuck that landing, numerous times, as did I. I couldn’t tell you how many bike frames and wheels got broken from launching off of that porch. As shreddr said above, that particular bike met it’s demise shortly after this pic. I actually broke a Skyway Tuff Wheel after many launches, which was pretty hard to do. It was an awesome time to be a kid though.

cornermind
cornermind
10 years ago

Cool!

Useless info: those aluminum Kawasaki frames were built by Bill Bastian. The bikes his shop made back then include Race Inc, foiler, Spoiler, Cycle Pro, Laguna, and the infamous SERacing “PK RIPPER”, among a few others.

He pioneered welded aluminum bicycle frames.

Nice picture.

Ben
Ben
10 years ago

Awesome pic, brings back memories. We used to take the metal slide off our swing set, set it flat on the sidewalk and with the short upturned section at the end we could launch decent air. Sadly no pics.

bikehoarder6
bikehoarder6
10 years ago

Reminds me of that scene from “E.T.” when the kids were escaping the G-men.

RUSTYDOGG
RUSTYDOGG
10 years ago

Love that pic!

Matt
Matt
10 years ago

@cornermind, thanks – great info. I owned a few of those other brands.

challenb
10 years ago

This pic brings back huge memories – I instantly recognized the bike. I had this Kawasaki in the mid-70s and used to huck it off everything in site…until it epically failed into about 4 pieces. This led to a nice Diamondback, but that’s another story.

Jake
Jake
10 years ago

That’s F’N RAD!!!

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