1981 Huffy Pro Thunder 
#1 2010-09-08 12:34am
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1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
This is: Cry Baby
when I was a little kid, I asked my dad for this bike. Needless to say I did not get it. I cried over not getting the then bike of my dreams. 30 years later she is dropped in my lap by a very dear friend (Bill Thanks), and I cried all over again. I have this one for the long haul.
Ask me how you could help a kid get a bike.
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Option #2 Because there is no other option!
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#2 2010-10-06 6:22pm
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Re: 1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
NICE:D
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#3 2010-10-14 11:17am
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Re: 1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
HAHA.. Classic picture.
Huffy next to a Port-O-Potty.
Wanted: one TIOGA COMP III tire Natural-Gum color (1.75) /// Olive GREEN BULLY frame /// Nickel Patterson frame
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#4 2010-10-31 7:11pm
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Love the port-o-let shot cool rig.
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#5 2010-11-19 6:31am
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Re: 1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
I Just Love The '80's Huffy Pro Thunders! Makes Me Remember The Good Old Days Riding On One! Stay RAD! 
"Semper Fidelis!"
"Home Of The Free, Because Of The Brave!"
"Always Say You Did Rather Than I Wish I Had!"
Freestylin' In Fitchburg, MA & Racing At The Former Lakeview BMX Race Track In Lunenburg, MA In The '80's
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#6 2010-11-28 2:15am
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Great story - nice bike
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Rule #9 :If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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#7 2010-12-10 1:44pm
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you have to go through hell to reach paradise!!
if your doing what you want you miss nothing
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#8 2011-01-02 10:51am
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Hey i peed in that port-a-poty yesterday - nice landmark Earl
. IL/WI Border area O.G.O.A.R.
Option #2 is in FULL EFFECT
Rule #9 :If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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#9 2011-03-17 9:55pm
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stone roses wrote:
you have to go through hell to reach paradise!!
So true!!
This bike is a classic. Glad to hear you found the bike of your dreams!!
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#10 2011-04-06 12:52am
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I have a similar story about my old Huffy Pro Thunder. I was inspired to even write a song about my quest for that bike. You can download for free at robertsteel-music.com. I loved that bike. Like your pics.
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#11 2011-07-05 9:29pm
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Re: 1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
Rad yo I got a huffy that needs love very much buckeld frame, though my local shop still has all the big tools to get it all straight again. And that story made me lol when I read that you cryed again when you got your dream huffy thank you I needed that.
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#12 2011-10-17 11:05am
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Re: 1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
Cool story! I had a pro thunder in white and blue..dang so along ago I think it had the yellow pads and blue snake belly tires when new. It was my 2nd all new bike for Christmas of 82....and I trashed the hell out of it in the mud, snow and ramp jumps. Even painted it over several times:lol: Also, made it free coaster by accident when I had to clean all the mud out of the hub -forgot the shims lol! In 84 I got my first free wheel, white "Stu Thompson" edition Huffy and in less than 2 months it was stolen. Cry and miss it to this day. Should have never left it on the porch that night. Thanks for the great memories with your Huffy bike post.
Taking it one day at a time there is light at the end of the tunnel
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#13 2012-03-27 9:01pm
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THANX FOR THE STORY AND THE FOTOS....
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#14 2012-08-25 5:19pm
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Re: 1981 Huffy Pro Thunder
And now i have mine in the Grey too Earl from giaro29..he was good enough to offer me a payments schedule across the pond..finally Earl..my own Pro Thunder..now its time to look for Stu...rekn i might be cryin for a while too til i find one of them..cheers Kev.
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