1975 Panda Shocker 
#1 2009-04-08 3:31am
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1975 Panda Shocker
1975 Panda Shocker
The shocker came in chrome only. I designed it in 1974 and production was in 1975. No frame decals. They were only about 450 built. They were the first BMX bike in the world to have hydraulic shocks, 3 rear quick change gears, screw in bearing cups on cranks, 120 gauge spokes, standard quarter inch ball bearing on complete bike and raise letter knobby tires.
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#2 2009-04-08 4:54am
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
freeride before freeride was cool! what's it weigh?
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#3 2009-04-08 6:32am
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
NICE....... I would take this over any bike I have.... Very cool design..
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#4 2009-04-08 6:38am
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
Very innovative! Always cool to hear from the actual designer. I really like how the down tube and seat tube are one and the same.
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#5 2009-04-08 6:41am
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
wow so bizarres! i would really like to ride that. some of the strangest geometry i have ever seen, but very cool!
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#6 2009-04-08 4:34pm
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
Hey,
I fyou ar "Mr. Panda" is it ok to reproduce some Panda stickers?
I need some Pro-Am stickers in a bad way..
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#7 2009-04-08 4:38pm
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
That is quite the "BOINGER" ! I would have loved to race that down one of the steep hill tracks bitd!
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#8 2009-09-17 5:36pm
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
verey cool!!!! I had a yamaha and a SS but this would have ben nice to have then to. now all I got is a raligh mono shock not hafe as cool as this.
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#9 2009-11-02 8:18pm
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thanks for sharing this ...love the history
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#10 2009-11-02 9:21pm
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
Holy Sh....T! The guy who designed this, posted it? That's just awesome.
I remember Pandas from BITD, a few guys I know are obsessed with them now.
I never had one but I surely recognize their significance to the early scene and the origins of the very first US production BMX bikes.
This is mind blowing! 
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#11 2009-11-03 10:22am
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
my holy grail!!!
this was my first bmx bike as a kid. i owned two growing up (my first got stolen)... unfortunately, i can't remember what happened to my second. even my best friend at the time had one too.
my avatar is me sitting on mine in 75. definitely the bike i would most like to have again!
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#12 2010-03-20 7:31pm
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yu sellin it?
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#13 2010-05-17 2:33pm
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i have one in my garage it was my bosses sons pretty much original. found it in his garage just sitting there haven't even cleaned it yet
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#14 2010-05-23 10:11am
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might also be willing to part with this bike for cash offer
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#15 2010-06-19 3:14pm
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its a mad max terana of a thing!
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#16 2010-08-23 8:46pm
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what Da &*%$#@? that thing is awesome!!! to say the least!! I love he suspension look!! it looks like one of Henry FOrds early projects before he came up with a car!!! LOL
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#17 2011-07-19 11:47am
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how much you want for it?
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#18 2011-07-25 10:25pm
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I would love to ride this one...
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#19 2011-08-23 4:44am
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This is so special to have the designer post the bike he designed onto the site. We think there were some Pro Ams in South Africa BAITD. But very few. Great looking bikes.
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#20 2011-11-22 4:38pm
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Wicked.
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#21 2011-12-17 1:54pm
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Re: 1975 Panda Shocker
WTB: * Oakley F1 grips black/yellow * all KKT FMX/LMX Pedals * Skyway Tuff Graphite pedals/cages * nos red Oakley 2 right side only * nos red Oakley 1 left side only * nos chrome KKT FMX left side pedal 9/16
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#22 2012-08-21 7:32pm
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wow heavy metal!!
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#23 2012-12-06 11:42am
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Bought this bike brand new in may 1976 in Pinole Ca on San Pablo ave.. I have a pic at my moms somewhere I'll post it when i find it. Mine looks like the bike above but it was only a single speed, my front forks were the same but had black rubber boots on them. It was a very heavy bike but awesome to ride down dirt hills soaked up the bumps and it had a big old comfort seat springy. Jumping was ok but 4 or 5 feet in the air was a big deal back in the day so do to the weight of the bike jumping off things worked best. Ended up breaking the lower swing arm a few times thankfully my uncle owns a metal fab shop so I was never down to long. Beat the hell out of it for 5 years then threw it away at the Richmond California Dump so there is one buried out there somewhere haha.. 36 years later still the best dam bicycle I ever owned:D.
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#24 2013-02-19 7:44pm
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C-OOOOOO-L!
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