I’ve been reminiscing the years past when there were plentiful of motorcycle kits. I’m not talking about Tamiya brand but vintage Revell kits. Who remembers those custom trike bikes and chopper kits(Evil Iron, Grim Reaper, Chain Gang, L.A. Street Chopper, etc...) Let’s not forget vintage street and motocross bike kits like Baja Husky, Roger DeCoster Suzuki Motocrosser, Honda Scrambler, California Highway Patrol/CHiPs Harley Davidson Police Motorcycle (remember the Lights, Action, Sound Kit too?), Yamaha 250 DT-1 Enduro, etc...
I even remember seeing the old red white & blue Harley Davidson Drag bike.
Let’s not forget 1/24, 1/25 scale model kits that included motorcycles (Mean Mudder, Cherry Bomb, Vandal(?), Dodge 4x4 Pickup Camper, etc...
There was one particular kit that included snowmobiles (Ice Patrol truck it)
How I wish I had those again. eBay has a few vintage motorcycle kits for crazy stupid money.
Motorcycle kits....
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Re: Motorcycle kits....
Yeah, I remember that Revell went pretty deep into the bikes genre.
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Re: Motorcycle kits....
Ice patrol kit is here( I have this one in the stash)
https://upscalehobbies.com/pickups-vans ... atrol.html
And I've been meaning to pick this up. I already did the stock bronco and it's an awesome kit
https://upscalehobbies.com/pickups-vans ... l-kit.html
This one is cool and still reasonable: https://www.ebay.com/itm/373783060385
There's also a pickup with a go-kart around as well.
Italeri has some Paris to Dakar offroad bikes as well. The Honda Trail 70 is around (in the stash) and Tamiya released the honda monkey.
Agree though - would love to see more motocross bikes kitted, especially the current stuff from Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha
https://upscalehobbies.com/pickups-vans ... atrol.html
And I've been meaning to pick this up. I already did the stock bronco and it's an awesome kit
https://upscalehobbies.com/pickups-vans ... l-kit.html
This one is cool and still reasonable: https://www.ebay.com/itm/373783060385
There's also a pickup with a go-kart around as well.
Italeri has some Paris to Dakar offroad bikes as well. The Honda Trail 70 is around (in the stash) and Tamiya released the honda monkey.
Agree though - would love to see more motocross bikes kitted, especially the current stuff from Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha
Thanks,
John
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