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[johnb]

(06-16-2023 12:26 PM)ctrclckws Wrote:  Anyone remember banana seats?

Oh, wow, that brought back memories!

I had a bright red Schwinn Sting-Ray 5 speed as a kid. Heavy as hell compared to my friends' bikes but practically indestructible (it survives to this day off in storage for reasons I have yet to fathom).

Farting around with basic radio electronics, I recall fiddling with a simple oscillator (in my "experimenter's kit") and discovering that at certain frequencies, it sounded to me like a motorcycle engine. Obviously, this demanded that I save my pennies, go out and buy new parts and a small amp and speaker, and jury rig a "motorcycle sound box" for that bike, complete with a lever-operated pot on the handlebar so I could rev the engine.

Later, I discovered a circuit that would make a decent siren sound... the old slow up-and-down whine that police cars used to make. Off I went to the Radio Shack again, to spend what little cash I had on the parts to add that to my bike "motor" box.

This, of course, virtually ensured that when we played "Cops and Robbers", I got to be on the side of the cops since I was the only one with a "Police Bike."

GOSH I was such a nerd!!