Are you a child of the 80s?

**Qkchk:Me** · 21st June 2006, 20:50

I remember this TV show as a youngin, man it was sooo cool. I was so mesmerized by the bike. Can anyone figure out what it is exactly? A bitza?

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvs...6-street-hawk/

Just happened to find this site for all you retro junkies out there......(like me

) Who can remember cartoons like Thundercats and He-man?

**NhuanH** · 21st June 2006, 21:01

Sadly, there are even more sadder arses than us:
http://www.streethawkonline.com/bikeinfo.html

Oh, to find out what it really was after getting into real bikes. Gutted. The Heads-Up Display was rad, man!
Just this one time though, the cage was way cooler. KITT could talk back.

At least now we know where the makers of Torque got their idea of re-badging bikes from...

**MattRSK** · 21st June 2006, 21:03

The bike itself was a modified 1983 XL500 from Honda, which was used in the pilot. For later episodes an XR500 was used with 11 1984 Honda XCR250's used for stunts.

**Qkchk:Me** · 21st June 2006, 21:09

Originally Posted by NhuanH

Sadly, there are even more sadder arses than us:
http://www.streethawkonline.com/bikeinfo.html

Thanks for the site, interesting reading............

I was quite surprised how modern his helmet looks in this era................ weird huh?

**Madness** · 21st June 2006, 21:13

300mph on a Honda XR500, ya gotta love the 80's.

I can't say I remember the show even after watching the intro. I saw an episode of Knight Rider a while back when I was home sick that was set around a pro-mx race. It was hilarious.

My favourites included Logan's Run, The Goodies, The Omen series on the Sunday Horrors. The mini-series fad was cool too, Roots.

TVNZ had a few beauties also, Peppermint Twist anyone?

**skidMark** · 21st June 2006, 21:43

i wasted my time watching the intro video showing a honda?

what a waste of bandwidth and a useless waste of my eyes

knight rider is where it's at ....gloss black trans am's kick ass

**ogr1** · 21st June 2006, 21:46

Not child of the 80's, but I'm still a child at heart.

**Waylander** · 21st June 2006, 21:46

Originally Posted by markauckland

knight rider is where it's at ....gloss black trans am's kick ass

Two things wrong with knight rider.

First and most important, it's a fucking cage.

Second and most horrifying, it has the hoff.

**R6_kid:Me** · 21st June 2006, 22:10

Originally Posted by Waylander

Two things wrong with knight rider.

First and most important, it's a fucking cage.

Second and most horrifying, it has the hoff.

third and final, markauckland likes it.

**skidMark** · 21st June 2006, 23:41

oh cmon i'm just hoping one day the final episode will be the hoff getting run over by the cage

**scumdog** · 21st June 2006, 23:59

Hate it when the good guy hares off the highway into the desert after the baddies on his Harley (or Triumph in some cases) and in the next off-road shot it turns into a 'trailie' painted up in the same colours as the good guys road bike....argh!

Gimme Renegade!!!!

**skelstar** · 22nd June 2006, 09:18

(Born in 1972)...I remember watching 'Battle of the Planets'. Took me years to remember what it was called. Man it was awesome.

**Lias** · 22nd June 2006, 11:16

When I was at my parents place a few weeks ago I had a total 80's nostalgia trip re-reading the Terry Teo cartoon books I owned as a kid.. Terry & The Gun Runners, Terry & The last Moa, and the other one about the cheese factory.. Great stuff lol.

**Qkchk:Me** · 22nd June 2006, 17:20

Originally Posted by Lias

When I was at my parents place a few weeks ago I had a total 80's nostalgia trip re-reading the Terry Teo cartoon books I owned as a kid.. Terry & The Gun Runners, Terry & The last Moa, and the other one about the cheese factory.. Great stuff lol.

Didnt they make that into a animated series?