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Title: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: Wayne Ryder on July 05, 2007, 06:12 PM: What happened to all the Hooligans, then?
I've seen very few in the flesh, and McCoy himself was on most of them! There was a frame & forks in the window of The Bike Shop, Lewisham, around 1990-1.
...And that's it! They almost never come up on eBay, the last one I remember was (I think) one of the later models. Seemed more like a flatland bike to me, don't remember McCoy's name being on there.
So did Rob Ridge break them all?
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: stuntmaster on July 05, 2007, 06:43 PM: i had one but got nicked back in 97 98 i think ,my favorite bike which was black and had gt hubs on it .wish i still had and yeah i do look for one but as you say never find one
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: harris on July 05, 2007, 06:45 PM: i think mason rode one on mini for a while then ad you say they just stopped .
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: generallee on July 05, 2007, 08:55 PM: I used to ride one of theose in the 90's - it was Mike Jorys old flatland frame, I rode it on ramp, street, everything, and apart from the paper thin droputs,I adored it. I even had 990 mounys welded under the seatstays - it ruled!
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: loosenut on July 05, 2007, 09:52 PM: mike daily, then editor of GO magazine (1991)..

(http://www.loosenut.org.uk/bratfuel/scans/bf2/bf2_daily.jpg)
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: darkersomeday on July 05, 2007, 10:10 PM: i ha d a hooligan for awhile ,
from what i can remember it was a good bike to ride, if a little short,

what i can definitely remember is that the dropouts closed up and i smashed the chainstays in learning smith's on it,

the bars bent too,

does anyone have any pics of one,
i'm sure it was mint green :D
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: Lazarou on July 05, 2007, 10:27 PM: I can't post pics :'( heres a link.....

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.23mag.com/com/mongoose/mon91hoo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.23mag.com/com/mongoose/mongoose.htm&h=295&w=340&sz=22&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=KX7X-QDSOdzEiM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmongoose%2Bhooligan%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den

I've never seen one with a bashguard!
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: SaMAlex on July 05, 2007, 10:34 PM: I remember that removable bash guard. I think it was just on the early ones. A mate of mine had one like that. He might still have it but he moved away and I dont know where he is now
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: the_cyclops on July 05, 2007, 11:34 PM: Jon 'THE KONG' Barnett rode one for a while. I remember them being very short and fairly heavy?
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: SaMAlex on July 05, 2007, 11:37 PM: Oh yeah, he did ride one for a bit. I think he won it in a contest or raffle or something.
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: the_cyclops on July 05, 2007, 11:43 PM: Quote from: S&MAlex on July 05, 2007, 11:37 PM
Oh yeah, he did ride one for a bit. I think he won it in a contest or raffle or something.

Thats right! I think it was when DMC was in Hastings.

I must confess that it was me that brought 'THE KONG' into the BMX world!

Please forgive me!
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: SaMAlex on July 05, 2007, 11:47 PM: Ha ha, how did you do that? You talked him round from his live of kung fu?

He recently popped up on the Union site, riding at "the spot"
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: the_cyclops on July 06, 2007, 12:00 AM: Quote from: S&MAlex on July 05, 2007, 11:47 PM
Ha ha, how did you do that? You talked him round from his live of kung fu?

Back in about 90/91 'Kongo' and a few of his mates wandered into Split Skates in Manchester asking for whitewall tyres! After falling about laughing for a while I showed them the way and invited them to ride a mini-ramp in Northwich with me,Mad Jon, Ross (Cheeky Monkey) and Splodge (Note Skateshop) They turned up and the rest is history!

I never once mentioned Kung Fu or Kebabs for that matter!
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: Lazarou on July 06, 2007, 12:03 AM: Wasn't Kong British Jap Slap champ at some point?
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: SaMAlex on July 06, 2007, 12:05 AM: John is a top man. He came all the way down to the ramp in Oxford a few times and also rode in some of the comps there (there is a thread with scans from one of them here somewhere). I havent seen him for ages and ages. Its good to know he is still riding so I might bump into him again one day.
Title: Re: Mongoose Hooligans
Post by: theRuler on July 06, 2007, 11:16 AM: i have a late 90's hooligan

the original dmc's were good framesets too

the dmc bars were a little yeehah though!