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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: theRuler on September 04, 2006, 08:58 PM

Title: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: theRuler on September 04, 2006, 08:58 PM

anyone got one of the late 90's torkers?

saw them in the magazines back then, but not seen one since!!!

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: MartyC on September 04, 2006, 10:48 PM

Do you mean one like this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&item=150028383577&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: theRuler on September 04, 2006, 10:54 PM

yeh thats the ones
with the "flattie" forks

nice bikes!

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: MartyC on September 04, 2006, 10:59 PM

Could be a bargain that one  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: brass monkey! on September 06, 2006, 01:02 PM

I saw that one too, wasn't sure what year is was from ::) :-\,  it has the newer T font stamped all over it?

so is it mid 90's ?

Loads of Torker Uni Cycles on ebay too !  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: theRuler on September 06, 2006, 02:45 PM

the new torker range was released in 97

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: Bob_Acid on September 06, 2006, 04:44 PM

the 97 ones were Alloy. Does that bike have a quill stem?

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: theRuler on September 06, 2006, 05:08 PM

Quote from: Bob_Acid on September 06, 2006, 04:44 PM

the 97 ones were Alloy. Does that bike have a quill stem?

the top model was alloy
the cheaper sub 200 quid ones were HT with chromo mains

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: Bob_Acid on September 07, 2006, 12:07 AM

If that bike has a quill stem TR, it has to be earlier... In my mind I tried to make it a freestyle bike so that it might have run alongside but it's a race bike? I like it though  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: theRuler on September 07, 2006, 09:29 AM

the torkers released in 97 had 1" threaded forks
all except for the top of the line alloy one

there was a few models in the cheap category.

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: BrianP on September 07, 2006, 10:10 AM

i remember seeing a torker ad in an old Ride US magazine, circa 1999 / 2000.
think it was an "epidemic" or something. flat black colour with yellow stickers.
and a nice beefy twin top tube.

looked not too bad. will see if i can dig out the mag.

Bp.

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: BrianP on September 08, 2006, 09:07 AM

something about this one i like (not the dropouts).

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/torkerepidemic.jpg)

Bp.

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: MartyC on September 08, 2006, 03:46 PM

Quote from: brianp on September 08, 2006, 09:07 AM

something about this one i like (not the dropouts).

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/misc/torkerepidemic.jpg)

Bp.

That would be a nice mid to new school bike, something different but strangely the same  :daumenhoch:

In fact the more I look at the more I like it, would be great in Chrome or polished alloy  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: newer but not new new torkers?
Post by: WizardWeb on September 09, 2006, 11:54 PM

And now they make unicycles.....  ::)

http://www.torkerusa.com/torker-unicycle.wmv

 :idiot2: