Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Bike
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Hey, that's Hollywood for ya, especially in the '80's, and the movie didn't have a big budget, they used what ever they had, that, or it was some sort of special effect, because that bike also has a big hole drilled in the front of the console.
You're right Rudd, it does come out of the tank, and goes in the big hole in the console, but it doesn't go nowhere, I forgot I took pics of it, we'll have to wait and see if Droidboy has any background info. on it,
Actually that bike was the water bike so I'm guessing the wire was for that. There are two very distinct nozzles for the whole oil slick scene. One was the close up we all see where the oil comes out of it, and the other was a wider shot which shot water out of it to make it look like oil was coming out of it from a distance. This was the bike used for the water scene. We know this because of holes that were cut on the bottom of the bags. Those holes aren't present on the oil bike.
I also know that the upper console was originally designed for the tack bike, but since that scene was never filmed, I'm not sure how far along the sfx pipeline that all got.
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Oh....and the wire didn't have anything to do with mounting. The skirts were mounted the same way as the other bikes with some screws and wires pulling it to the frame. That wire was for sfx and it ran into the tank.
I also know that the upper console was originally designed for the tack bike, but since that scene was never filmed, I'm not sure how far along the sfx pipeline that all got.
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Oh....and the wire didn't have anything to do with mounting. The skirts were mounted the same way as the other bikes with some screws and wires pulling it to the frame. That wire was for sfx and it ran into the tank.
Mystery solved, "now we all know what it's suppose to mean!"
BrownieICT
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One day it'll all get figured out to www.herocomm.com levels. 
Yeah, I'm sure just about everybody on this thread did, he found the lost treasure trove of tiger sirens!, that has to be the second greatest Pee wee score of the century, other than the the real screen used bike that sold for $1200.00 buy it now on Ebay a while ago.
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I love that story.
Good lookin surf board Kev, you make that?
Hi Hodog, the movie bikes were rattle can spray bombed paint jobs, there are different colors depending on the brand, such as banner red, and sunset red, etc., I have no idea what the actual color was, some guys are powdercoating their bikes, I'm going to use automotive base coat/clear coat paint with the brightest red I can find and a white base coat to make it really pop!
the red and green switch box on the handle bars is a metal, interlocking chassis box, (project box), I got mine from LMB HEEGER INC., I went with a black #103 box, it is 2 3/4"x2 1/8"x 2 1/8"
the compass is a vintage dashboard Airguide compass from the 1970's they are on Ebay all the time.
the red and green switch box on the handle bars is a metal, interlocking chassis box, (project box), I got mine from LMB HEEGER INC., I went with a black #103 box, it is 2 3/4"x2 1/8"x 2 1/8"
the compass is a vintage dashboard Airguide compass from the 1970's they are on Ebay all the time.
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