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1985 Huffy Racing 50

Recently bought from ebay and awaiting a restoration, 1985 Huffy Racing 50, in original condition

bigcoz75 · 2010-06-29 1:58pm

Have one of these sitting out in the garage. Dusty and dirty from hangin in a barn, but still has the nubs on the original tires.

I remember wanting one bitd before I learned about real BMX bikes.

hellboymongoose · 2010-06-29 3:46pm

Nice bike mate you got a bargain there, I nearly bid on it myself. Looks prety good as it is without the restoration.

Jaymz1976 · 2010-07-02 2:45pm

Wow thanks for all the comments.

As it stands now, I have recieved it and paid just £15.57 for it!!!

It's had a damn good wash and polish, a full service. and believe it or not, it was listed as spares or repairs, but it is mint apart from some frame scrathches.

On the downside, it has a coaster brake, and the crank arms are a mere 125mm long, making the ride feel very 'kiddie' bike, and the frame is much shorter than my 2003 Huffy M80 Cory Nastazio Signature edition

So future plans are: find a NOS odessey one piece crank with 170/180 mm crank arms, set of KKT SMX pedals in gold [currently bidding on ebay for] and get a layback seat post so the frame doesnt feel so short

Will post pics of her in her current state od polished and de-braked soon

Jaymz1976 · 2010-07-03 12:43am

As promiced, here are some pics of it after a good service and a good wsah and polish.
Couple of mods from standard, removed the plastic chain guard and removed the rear brake [made by Polygon which took me way back]

This is how it arrived with me

and this is now

Jaymz1976 · 2010-07-03 2:59pm

Cheers, although I took it to my local independant bike shop that has been in the indistry since forever and he believes that the date of the bike os wrong. I was only going by the ebay listing, but he is sure it's more like a 1979 model, judging by the gooseneck headset and the brand of the coaster brake.

Can anyone shed anymore light on this, bigcoz75 you say you have one in your garage can you help with some more info on this model, I would hate for the listing in the museum to be wrong and or misleading

oozyooz · 2010-07-09 8:37am

I had one of those in 85 it was my first bike my dad bought it from k mart I think and it had a goose neck I remember because it failed within the first 2 weeks of riding

bigcoz75 · 2010-07-09 11:21am

yep 85 Huffy used those same parts right into the nineties judging by some of the others in the garage pretty low end dept store stuff.

Jaymz1976 · 2010-07-23 4:10pm

finally finished

kkt amx pedals, longer crank and mushroom grips

homey244 · 2010-10-15 7:06pm

Nice bike. I had a Huffy Racing 50, maybe not an 85' but really close to that year. I had actually forgotten what is was called, I just remembered it was black and a Huffy. Never dreamed I would ever see one again! Neat!

Jaymz1976 · 2010-10-16 12:40am

The year is not set in stone, I've only gone by an average of what information I've been given on various different websites.
I am in the UK and Huffy's are not all that common over here, so i've mainly relied on onformation supplied by here and a couple of other US bmx sites
What year was yours?

kcsslows · 2011-07-12 9:21pm

This kid on my route has the same bike ,and his mom looked at me sideways when I said it was a kool bike.

HuffyProThunder · 2012-01-09 5:27am

Just picked one up in a Craigslist lot yesterday.
Little rough but rideable.
I agree the cranks are ridiculous.

ol'e skool · 2012-09-02 1:44am

wow Jaymz never seen this before..
never knew you liked huffys...
let me know if you ever wanna sell this?
it is a real stunner.
im gonna try and get as many huffys as i can .
at the moment ice got two but should have 3 before long
cheers,
Jake

Jaymz1976 · 2012-09-02 1:47am

I just gave one away recently as noone wanted it

My favourite was the M80 Corey nastazio, beast of a bike, its in the museum

ol'e skool · 2012-09-02 1:50am

oh sheet,
i am after older ones really,
Jake
.l.m.k

thateffingguy · 2013-01-17 1:55pm

Nice! When I started racing in '88, this is what I had as it was my first bike! Changed the crank, spindle, sprocket and pedals, got rid of the coaster brake and replaced the gooseneck with an Odyssey stem (don't remember specifically what it was....red/six hex bolts) and raced that for my first season! Awesome find!

Haro-83 · 2013-04-17 12:56pm

Same color as my 1979 thunder bmx but without gusset. Of course mine are in fair shape but I still have all og parts in box

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