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My Huffy Thunder Road was an Easter present in Dayton, Ohio (ca. 1978). I remember the long, black tufted vinyl seat, the spongy rubber grips, the plastic mud fenders with stickers, the padded crossbar, etc. Most of all I remember jumping ramps and crashing into each other on our figure-eight track!

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  • Anonymous user
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    http://www.ebay.com/itm/321437434287?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 I found this at a thrift store and posted it on eBay. Girls Thunder Rose Bmx Shelleymills4605@gmail.com
  • Anonymous user
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    there is a girls thunder rose on eBay right now. I don't know if its all original.
  • Anonymous user
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    Here's a pic of the bike you're all taking about: http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/huffy/4431/1 I too had that bike when I was 9. I loved it! Ed Dubreuil Lowell, MA
  • Anonymous user
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    Hi guys. I´m from Chile. My firt bike are a Huffy. Probably this model a Thunder Road. Now, i´m 40 and for remember the 70s nices days i will resto my bike. In my country this brand no is represented. Mu ask is are there a website where i will find parts, owners manuals, decals, etc? Thanks in advances. Beste regards. Gonzalo. Huffy Thunder Road. slatgrillzamorano@gmail.com
  • Anonymous user
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    I recently fixed up a Huffy Thunder Road bike I found in a Dumpster here in Denver. Patched the tubes, freed the frozen chain and installed new derailler cables. Original purple with decals and now I have an idea how old it is. Good for the casual riding I do and now you now at leas one still runs! I'm 53 and built a few bikes when younger ( Mom's uncle owned a bike shop and sold me stuff at his cost). Best to all, Pat in Denver
  • Anonymous user
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    i had a 1976 huffy banana seat red white blue flag on seat. got any pictures
  • Anonymous user
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    I had the same bike, only that the frame was a pewter metallic grey flake finnish, and the number plates were "38", and not "56". I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. Anyways; it was a dream to ride, and none of the local bullies on their BMX's could even come close to catching me! LOL
  • Anonymous user
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    I wanted one so bad and on my 9th birthay in 78 my father brought me home a huffy "Barnstormer. It was white with skinnier tires. I was p*ssed because it was like the stripped down thunder road. The number plate had a cartoon picture of a byplane flying through a barn.
  • Anonymous user
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    I had the world's only huffy/schwinn hybrid. I converted my orange banana seat bike to a Huffy Thunder road when I was about seven. I bought the handle bars, the seat and the number plates. The Schwinn frame resembled the Thunder Road frame almost identically except it was orange. That was the only giveaway by the time I was through accessorizing. (That and the fact that you could not break a Schwinn frame as easily as a Huffy's.) My mom sold it at a garage sale for seven dollars when I was ten. If anyone out there came into possession of an oddly colored, unusually durable Thunder Road, I'll buy it back.
  • Anonymous user
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    Yes, I remember my first real dirt bike from Pep Boys in Santa Ana Ca. around 1976. It had a black frame with plastic number plates that never really stayed in the bike. But it was a bike that I road for many years around Orange County Hills when there were no homes and cars. I almost forgot what the bike looked like since it was a very long time ago.

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