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1994 SE Racing P.K. Ripper

IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILT IN I BELIEVE 1994. I WAS HEAVY INTO RACING AND ORDERED IT FROM SE AND TOOK 7 MONTHS TO GET. THE FIRST YEAR WITH 1 1/8 THREADLESS AND CANTILEVER BRKS.

MY MOTHER HAD AROUND 1600.00 DOLLARS IN BUILDING THIS BIKE FOR ME. IT HAD GT 3 PC CRANK, ODYESSY T1000 RIMS W/ TNT REVOLVER FLIP FLOP HUBS. KASTAN PRO BARS AND A DK NECK, ALSO HAD HUTCH PRO PEDALS W/ TITANIUM SPINDLES AND GOD I WISH I STILL HAD THE THEY ARE SELLING FOR CRAZY MONEY. I WAS FIRST IN THE STATE AND 3RD IN THE NATION IN POINTS THE LAST YEAR IN 18-19 EXPERT. I WAS RACING AND I STARTED TO GET INTO DIRT JUMPING AND WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER. I WAS OUT ON MY RIPPER AND FINALLY LANDED A BACK FLIP SO WE WENT TO LUNCH AND CAME BACK AND TRIED IT AGAIN AND GOT F'D UP. I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPEED AND DID NOT GET ENOUGH ROTATION AND HIT MY FACE ON THE TOP OF THE LANDING. I WOKE UP AROUND 15 MINUTES LATER AND HAD DIRT IN MY MOUTH. I STARTED WASHING MY MOUTH OUT WHIT WATER AND WAS SWISHING IT AROUND IN MY MOUTH AND SOMETHING DIDNT FEEL RIGHT. SO I ASKED IS MY FACE OK AND THEY SAID YOU LOOK FINE, AND YOUR NOT BLEEDING. I REMEMBER PULLING MY BOTTOM LIP OUT AND HAD SOMEONE LOOK INSIDE TO MAKE SURE I WAS OK AND I SAW THE LOOK ON HIS FACE AND KNEW IT WAS NOT GOOD. I RIPPED THE SKIN THAT CONNECTS THE GUMS TO THE BOTTOM LIP AND TOOK ALMOST 40 STICHES TO REPAIR AND HAVE NO SCAR ON THE OUT SIDE OF MY LIP TODAY. BUT ANYWAYS THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND I HAD A STATE RACE IN REALLY NEEDED TO RACE AND CONVICED MY MOTHER I WOULD BE OK TO RACE. WELL ANOTHER MISTAKE I WAS IN SECOND TAKING THE LEAD AND THE RIDER BEHIND ME GOT TIED UP WITH ME AND CAUSED ME TO WRECK. I GOT UP AND WAS BLEEDING FROM OVER MY EYEBROW AND HAD TO GET 7 MORE STICHES. AND THAT WAS WHEN I QUIT BECAUSE AFTER ALL THAT I WAS NOT THE SAME ANYMORE. I WAS ACTUALLY SCARED AND DIDN'T HAVE THE DRIVE ANYMORE AND IN 18-19 EXPERT IF YOUR NOT AGGRESSIVE YOU MIGHT AS WELL DONT SHOW UP TO RACE BECAUSE YOUR WASTING YOUR TIME SO I QUIT AND NEVER RACED AGAIN. YEARS LATER I STILL HAD MY PK RIPPER AND SOME KIDS AND THEIR FATHER WAS INTO RACING AND I WENT DOWN AND GOT MY BIKE OUT AND THEY LIKED IT ALOT. THE NEXT WEEK THE FATHER COME DOWN TO MY PLACE AND WANTED TO KNOW IF I WANTED TO GET RID OF IT AND I SAID NO. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I THINK I EVER HAVE MADE AND REGRETED IN MY LIFE I DECIDED TO TADE IT TO HIM FOR 2000.00 DOLLARS IN GUNS. WELL I MOVED AWAY AND MY DAD KNEW HOW I FELT AFTER I HAD DONE THAT. A YEAR LATER MY FATHER RAN IN TO THE FATHER I TRADED IT TO AND ASKED IF THEY STILL HAD IT AND ALL THEY HAD WAS THE FRAME W/ SCHWINN JUNK AS@S FORKS ON IT. MY DAD BOUGHT THE FRAME BACK FROM THEM AND CAME STRAIGHT TO MY HOUSE AND TOLD ME TO COME LOOK INSIDE THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR THAT HE BOUGHT ME SOMETHING THAT HE THINKS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. I OPENED IT AND SAW MY OLD FRAME AND COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT I HAD IT BACK. I WAS SO MAD AFTERWARDS THAT THEY HAD STRIPPED MY BIKE AND PUT THE PARTS ON ANOTHER FRAME. BUT ANYWAYS I GOT IT BACK AND IT WILL NEVER BE SOLD AGAIN FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD. IT IS FUNNY HOW THINGS HAPPEN. MY LADING GEAR FORKS WERE GONE ALSO. I ONE DAY WAS ON THE COMPUTER AND THOUGHT I WILL SEARCH EBAY FOR SOME OF THE PARTS LIKE I HAD ON THE BIKE. I FOUND A SET OF THE LANDING GEAR FORKS THAT WERE PRE FUJI AND WERE 1 1/8 THREADLESS STEER TUBE. THEY WERE ON THERE AND THE HIGH BID WAS AROUND 25.00 DOLLARS SO I BIDDED. WELL SOME OTHER PERSON WAS BIDDING ON THEM AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN I HAD TO DECIDE HOW BAD DID I WANT THEM AND IF I DIDNT WOULD I BEABLE TO FIND ANOTHER PAIR LATER? SO I SAID HELL WITH IT, I ENDED UP WINNING THE AUCTION FOR 119.00. I DIDNT CARE ALL I KNEW AT THAT TIME IS THAT I WANTED THOSE FORKS AND I GOT THEM. I HAVE BEEN SLOWLY GETTING PARTS TO REBUILD IT. I AM TURNING 30 YRS OLD JANUARY 30TH. I HAVE HAD AN IDEA OF TRYING TO RACE AGAIN AND WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A ORANGE DK CRUISER THE GENERAL LEE AND UPGRADED THE CRANKS TO GT 3 PC AND A SM REDNECK STEM. SO WHO KNOWS I MAY BE OUT THERE ONCE AGAIN BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU GET OLDER WHEN YOU FALL YOU WILL FEEL IT FOR WEEKS. LOL BUT WHAT THE HELL YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. FOR ALL WHO READS THIS STORY THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND BECAREFUL AND NEVER NEVER SELL YOUR FAVORITE BMX BIKE. I HAVE A PICUTRE OF THE BIKE WHEN I HAD JUST GOT IT AND STARTED TO BUILD IT AND SOME NOW WITH THE LANDING GEAR FORKS BACK ON IT.