1977 Huffy Thunder Road #56 in BMX Forum

0 Votes

1977 Huffy Thunder Road #56

Author	Comment
fisch	1977 Huffy Thunder Road #56	Lead	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 22 (06/05/11 18:25:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just picked up a Huffy Thunder Road today. Not sure if I want to flip it, get what's missing to make it original, or hot rod it a bit with a Murry 5 speed 20" BMX wheelset. But it is pretty cool! Dig that factory 24" fork they came with. The only things missing on the bike that I can see is the front # plate. A proper sissy bar. (Check out the use of tent poles!) Reflectors. And obviously the tires aren't quite right. The seat is sweet and very comfy, which makes me want to use it on another bike. I am so indecisive when I pick up a new find. Do y'all feel the same?
fisch		#1	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 22 (06/05/11 21:35:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks like I might be swapping this thing tomorrow morning for some minty columbia 3-speed muscle. (Parts for my wife's muscle bike. She puts up with a lot of my bikeness and deserves some upgrades to her bike! ) But this will be the first bike I have let go of since getting back into bikes! And I gotta tell you it is hard! At least I will have the photos to remember it by!
Fat Lip	They are cool bikes...	#2	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 316 (06/05/11 22:44:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's a pic of one that I used to have.
fisch		#3	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 22 (06/05/11 23:00:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yours looked great! So you seem to know these Thunder Roads, which is the most desirable number? Were some rarer than others? Man if you still had that front plate, and I were keeping this one, I'd be begging you to sell it to me! If you do still have it, and I trade this tomorrow, I can certainly pass on your info if you were looking to sell it. They guy I am talking to loves to get these as correct as possible.
fisch		#4	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 22 (06/05/11 23:03:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Also I find it interesting that your has a longer seat tube and different graphics on the chain guard. Many varibles it seems! Does anyone repop the stickers for these? Didn't see them on ebay.
Fat Lip		#5	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 316 (06/05/11 23:39:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't have the plates anymore. I actually parted this bike out a couple of weeks ago. I kept the wheels and seat for myself but I still have the sissy bar if you decide to keep your bike and need one. I believe mine was a 1976 model and that's why it looks a little different than yours. The later model frames had the shorter seat post tube without the welded on reflector bracket. I've never seen any repop stickers for these yet. The #56 bike seems to be the easiest Thunder Road to find. There are pretty many #4's too and that seems to be the most popular one. Who knows how many other models Huffy built since they made a lot of exclusive versions for different department stores like Sears and Montgomery Wards.
Fat Lip		#6	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 316 (06/05/11 23:42:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I forgot to add that it looks like your front tire is correct. It should be a Carlisle 20x2.125 small diamond pattern studded tire.
dragnusa		#7	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 1 (01/12/12 01:49:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	does anyone make repops of the plastics for this bike? I had one as a kid but the last time i seen it (about 12 years ago) all that was left was the frame, fork, handlebars, and seat. Going to be calling aunt that had it to see if its still out at here barn.
RareBMX		#8	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 329 (01/12/12 14:42:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	fisch wrote: Yours looked great! So you seem to know these Thunder Roads, which is the most desirable number? Were some rarer than others? Man if you still had that front plate, and I were keeping this one, I'd be begging you to sell it to me! If you do still have it, and I trade this tomorrow, I can certainly pass on your info if you were looking to sell it. They guy I am talking to loves to get these as correct as possible. The 56 is the easiest to find. I had a 54 as a kid and still have one to this day (not my original) but I think I have the only complete one on the web. They are tough to find and I will buy NOS fenders or number plates for it. I have not cleaned it up or anything but I found it off CL. It was shown in the background of another bike ad. $40 local workd for me!
Fat Lip		#9	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 316 (01/14/12 23:23:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There was a super clean 54 at the Trexlertown Swap back in October. The guy was asking $100 for it. I would've bought it but I needed parts for my Orange Krate more than I needed another Thunder Road bike. If it's there next year, I'll probably buy it.
RareBMX	#54	#10	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 329 (01/15/12 14:50:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fat Lip wrote: There was a super clean 54 at the Trexlertown Swap back in October. The guy was asking $100 for it. I would've bought it but I needed parts for my Orange Krate more than I needed another Thunder Road bike. If it's there next year, I'll probably buy it. If you have contact info for him or you buy it, let me know. I would pay over $100 for a super clean original. This was my first bike and I want to either have a perfectone or have one to restore. I spetn 10 years finding this one, they rarely show up with number plates and fenders. I know mine was taken apart and made to look like something of a BMX bike, which it was NOT.
Fat Lip		#11	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 316 (01/15/12 21:51:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I found a picture of it at the Velodrome Swap which was the day before the Trexlertown Swap. The picture was taken by krate-mayhem so maybe he knows who the seller was. The bike is right by a sign for 'Mike's Bikes' so maybe it was his. I'm not sure if he was the same guy that was selling it at Trexlertown. I remember talking to an older gentleman with a white van at Trexlertown about the bike. Maybe he bought it at the Velodrome to flip it at Trexlertown. All I know is the guy at Trexlertown packed up and left pretty early probably due to the crappy weather. I'm pretty sure that the bike didn't sell and he ended up taking it back with him. http://www.flickr.com/photos/krate-mayhem/6201713276/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/krate-mayhem/6201713510/
RareBMX		#12	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 329 (01/18/12 17:39:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you for the update. I just talked with Mike and he sold it on eBay about a months ago... So the search continues. ebay link Last Edited By: RareBMX 01/18/12 17:41:54. Edited 1 times.
vthuffyguy		#13	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 16 (01/18/12 20:38:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I bought it!! I probably paid plenty for it, but as you guys know, they rarely show up complete, and this one is in really nice shape. I love this stuff-as this is what I grew up on-can't understand why it doesn't have a bigger following, like the Muscle Bike stuff does. P.S. did you guys see the #4 plate set on eBay- sold for $130 !!!!
Fat Lip		#14	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 316 (01/19/12 00:15:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks like that bike still had the mud from the Trexlertown swap on the tires. It was a rainy mess that day.
RareBMX	Paltes on FeeBay	#15	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 329 (01/20/12 20:37:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	vthuffyguy wrote: I bought it!! I probably paid plenty for it, but as you guys know, they rarely show up complete, and this one is in really nice shape. I love this stuff-as this is what I grew up on-can't understand why it doesn't have a bigger following, like the Muscle Bike stuff does. P.S. did you guys see the #4 plate set on eBay- sold for $130 !!!! I did see that.... Seems crazy but when you need a part "the sky is the limit" I also saw your bike - COOL - the pictures on here looked a lot cleaner than it did on eBay. It looked almost perfect.. They are cool though
Fat Lip		#16	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 316 (01/21/12 00:11:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	vthuffyguy wrote: I bought it!! I probably paid plenty for it, but as you guys know, they rarely show up complete, and this one is in really nice shape. I love this stuff-as this is what I grew up on-can't understand why it doesn't have a bigger following, like the Muscle Bike stuff does. P.S. did you guys see the #4 plate set on eBay- sold for $130 !!!! I don't think you paid too much for it. Musclebikes cost a lot more than these old MX bikes. Besides, this bike is complete. They're almost always missing the front number plates and the fenders are usually all shredded up when you find them. I think that's why those number plates sold for so much on ebay.They didn't even look like they were in that great of shape. I know when I bought my #4 bike it was missing the front plate and it took me like five years to find one. My #76 bike was missing the front plate too. I got tired of looking for one so I just ended up selling the bike.
vthuffyguy		#17	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 16 (01/21/12 11:09:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fat Lip, thanks for making me feel better!! I don't think I payed too much for it either, It just seemed like plenty at the time. I got it as a Best Offer situation, and did not think there was alot of time to fool around before it was gone. I have been building up a small collection of Huffy MX bikes over the past 6-7 years, and have been trying to stay right around the $100 mark, but it seems like lately there is slightly more interest in these MX bikes, do you think so? I have never really cared about the actual cash "value" of these things, I just do it because they are what I realy like, but it would be nice to think that I am not totally throwing my money away. My friends around here can't understand why anyone would pay more than $20 for a whole truckload of them!
fisch		#18	[-]
Training Wheels! Posts: 22 (04/19/12 10:32:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think they are getting more interest ythuffyguy. One of the things that may hold the department store stuff back a bit is that during the same era, there were higher quality efforts by yamaha and the early BMX stuff which demand some higher prices. Where as muscle bikes may have had a wide range of styles, but similar 'performance' quality overall. (subjective) But these thunder roads surprise me how much they go for at times, and seem to be going up as folks like us remember and are having kids that are turning the age we were when we had them. Interestingly, I looked up boomboxes the other day as I wanted one for my garage... Yikes! Some of those from the 70's are hitting around 2K!

<< Previous Topic Next Topic >>

Reply to Thread

Yuku free message boards

1977 Huffy Thunder Road #56

1977 Huffy Thunder Road #56