What naff product from the past would you like to bring back?

scrumhalf

Cola powder.

It wasn't the greatest approximation of Coke but back in the sixties it was great. 

bertie

west said:

Summer of1976 ... mk 11 purple chopper check ... discovery of skateboards ... 

glad you got the Mk's  right  -    Mk1,  "golf ball" gear knob and came in Blue or Yellow IIRC ?   Mk II,  "ultra violet" and "infra red"  with the T bar gear changer 

I never had either,   got me brothers hand me down Raleigh single speed drop handle bar when I was about 10

west

My mates was a mk1 it was orange , mine was mk11 purple t bar , we both used to take them off in case anyone nicked them ha ha ...

Sporky

I had a Budgie, then a Striker. My brother had a Grifter - it weighed as much as a small moon. 

Switch625

Offset said:

Still have one in pretty poor condition. Looked up on eBay to see if it’s worth anything and they’re selling for £5-10 for decent nick ones. 

Gandalph

This was a great game, you could score some absolute screamers if you got it right. 

Bang the player on the head too hard though and he'd literally explode. 

Grunfeld

Original Listerene mouthwash.

Not a naff product I guess.

But I miss the original liquid -- the one which was painful to use, not the sweet minty stuff.

Just seen it's going for £94 a bottle on Amazon!

Time to sell my last bottle I think.

axisus

Gandalph said:

This was a great game, you could score some absolute screamers if you got it right. 

Bang the player on the head too hard though and he'd literally explode. 

I had that! Mine had diving goalkeepers as well. More fun than Subbuteo.

Offset

Sporky said:

I had a Budgie, then a Striker. My brother had a Grifter - it weighed as much as a small moon. 

There was also the Chipper as I recall - a mini-Chopper for the younger wannabe Chopper owner.

hollywoodrox

west said:

My mates was a mk1 it was orange , mine was mk11 purple t bar , we both used to take them off in case anyone nicked them ha ha ...

I had a 5 speed one & it also had a locking lever next to the gear stick , it was a pinky purple color what would that be 

west

hollywoodrox said:

west said:

My mates was a mk1 it was orange , mine was mk11 purple t bar , we both used to take them off in case anyone nicked them ha ha ...

I had a 5 speed one & it also had a locking lever next to the gear stick , it was a pinky purple color what would that be 

Yep that was a later iteration of the mk 11 but with 5 speed ......

• MK1 - available only as a 3 speed model, Brilliant Orange, Golden Yellow, Flamboyant Green, Targa Mustard (HBR model), and Horizon Blue.
• Sprint GT - available in either Bronze or Flamboyant Green.
• MK2 - standard 3 speed models available in Infra Red, Ultra Violet, Fizzy Lemon, Quick Silver, Space Blue, and Jet Black (Prismatic decal model).
• MK2 - Pink 5 Speed (Derailleur), Mk2 Lime Green 5 Speed (Derailleur).
• MK2 - SE with cast alloy mags to commemorate 750,000 choppers

LastMantra

Is it not MKII? 

Sporky

Offset said:

Sporky said:

I had a Budgie, then a Striker. My brother had a Grifter - it weighed as much as a small moon. 

There was also the Chipper as I recall - a mini-Chopper for the younger wannabe Chopper owner.

I was wrong - I had a Strika. It had fake motorbike-style suspension on the front. That might not be a useful description. 

bertie

axisus said:

Gandalph said:

This was a great game, you could score some absolute screamers if you got it right. 

Bang the player on the head too hard though and he'd literally explode. 

I had that! Mine had diving goalkeepers as well. More fun than Subbuteo.

ditto,  "Super Striker"  

anyone remember the "Bobby Charlton"  soccer game ?

axisus

bertie said:

axisus said:

Gandalph said:

This was a great game, you could score some absolute screamers if you got it right. 

Bang the player on the head too hard though and he'd literally explode. 

I had that! Mine had diving goalkeepers as well. More fun than Subbuteo.

ditto,  "Super Striker"  

anyone remember the "Bobby Charlton"  soccer game ?

Ahhhh! How could I forget! My bro had that, I guess my mum ditched it years ago as I haven't seen it for decades. That was the best of the lot, really good fun. I've just found a pic:

DLM

https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/flyte-milkshake ;

Formative. I've since moved on to other pink elephants... could murder a Delirium Tremens right now.

marauder

Offset said:

There was also the Chipper as I recall - a mini-Chopper for the younger wannabe Chopper owner.

And the Tomahawk, those buggers really liked to let the front wheel slide out at any speed.  Thats from experience multiple times, wasnt even mine.

LastMantra

marauder said:

Offset said:

There was also the Chipper as I recall - a mini-Chopper for the younger wannabe Chopper owner.

And the Tomahawk, those buggers really liked to let the front wheel slide out at any speed.  Thats from experience multiple times, wasnt even mine.

Even worse when it grips and you go over the handlebars and into the tarmac teeth first. 

blobb

I had a Tomahawk. Took the cranks out and replaced with a copper tube secured by two jubilee clips, shanked the long seat so it was low at the back / high at the front, dropped the handlebars and removed the brakes. Proper downhill drag racer that was, could beat anytihng down Y Fan hill on that thing. Terrifying, absolutely terrifying.

Dopesick

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