When Rick and I were 5 or 6 we both got Stingrays for our birthday up till then we had been sharing our cousin Lori's beat up third or fourth hand girls bike. I remember when my Dad asked us what colors we wanted I told him purple! Man I can't still see the look on his face, "purple ? really? aaww geeze". So My ex WWII Marine father goes out and finds me a purple Stingray! I'll never forget that, the bike meant the world to me. About the time I was 11 it got stolen my a local punk down the road, the Cops recovered it but it had been painted in gray primer and was all beat up. So fast forward to a few years ago. Schwinn recently reissuied the Stingray and when I ran across a Metalic Grape one in Towner's Bike Shop (the same shop where the originals were bought) I had to have it! It just so happened that they had a copper one just like Ricks, I told him about it but he said he wasn't interested. Maybe a year after I had mine he road it and something in him clicked he went right out and bought one !!! It was in fact the happiest I had seen him in years he was like a kid at Christmas! Do I need it naw but it sure makes me smile every time I see it in the garage! Bill a Harley ?? I road dirt bikes when I was young, there is no way I'd mix it with the idiots on a public road.
