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Title: oakley 3's
Post by: meticulous on February 13, 2008, 04:33 PM

does anybody remember these grips, i think they were called oakley 3's, they were suposedly to be the same shape as the palm of your hand, but were actualy bleeding crap, then all the copy ones came out make of plastic/concrete :idiot2:

Title: Re: oakley 3's
Post by: Nicfred on February 13, 2008, 05:13 PM

yep,these be them
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z105/nicfred/oakley3s.jpg)

i got out bid on a black pair on  :2gunsfiring_v1:  evil bay this week by a manky $1 ,gutted  :'(,ended up going for $82 and the p&p was $35  :'(, i was gutted i wanted em  :'(  :'(  :'(

Title: Re: oakley 3's
Post by: moley on February 13, 2008, 06:17 PM

Were cobra's similar.  My brain might not be functioning but when I first saw it "Cobra" came to mind?????

Title: Re: oakley 3's
Post by: Bob_Acid on February 13, 2008, 06:25 PM

The cheap copy ones used to take the skin off your thumb knuckle

Title: Re: oakley 3's
Post by: ORANGEZIPPY on February 13, 2008, 07:50 PM

great grips, i like em,

i managed to get some nos blues a few months ago, after another set  :-X

i've got a set of blue copies that i may sell soon

Title: Re: oakley 3's
Post by: MartyC on February 13, 2008, 08:35 PM

Worst grips I ever owned, slipped like fook even if you glued them and gave blisters lke I've never had before or since  >:(.

Title: Re: oakley 3's
Post by: meticulous on February 14, 2008, 08:34 AM

see, told you, they were crap,but they looked great when they first came out, but not very practical when in use, the gay grips of the grips :buck2: