Bridgestone Motorcycle Parts Discussion Board
Bridgestone Tech Talk => 50, 60, 90 & 100 Talk => Topic started by: fahrkle on June 15, 2018, 12:10:21 AM
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Hello all!
What can people tell me about the Surfrider? I have never seen one and I just picked it up. It has odd tank badges, an odd shaped tank, different front fender, taillight, headlight.
It appears to be a pre-mix bike.
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There is not much info available, I've asked the same question. The one in your photo appears to be an early BS90 deluxe (trail with street tires). They do have a special tank badge. May have been made for a specific dealer, that ordered many? No ones been able to nail it down. It's just a BS90 without oil injection. If anyone can add more to this inquiry please do. Thanks, Steve
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Not at all certain, but I believe the "surfrider" was a different model. That may be a standard 90 which someone has done a swap on and put surfrider badges on.
Anyone else know details? I don't claim to be an expert on the various models. I do have what looks to be the same bike with "BS" badges on it (same as my first bike), and I remember seeing a different model with "surfrider" badges sitting new outside the hardware store in Cedar Falls IA back in the day.
Here's what I think a "surfrider" looks like:
Here's an attachment:
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You're right it's like the standard. The deluxe has oil injection. I've seen a few different versions with the "surfrider" name. Both high and low exhaust, single and double seat in blue and black. Too bad no one knows the story? Steve
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Surfriders. A Bridgestone , without the BS? From watching this web sight over the years and what I recall from growing up in the 1960s and 70s. Surfriders were rebadged , styled slightly different versions of the BS7 Sporster 50, the BS 60 sport and the BS 90 standard. I think they were listed for sale in the S & H green stamp catalog. Some regional retail stores or other catalog stores may have sold them. I don't know if they were sold thru the BS. Dealer network. I never saw one there. Like most details of BS Rockford distribution, only Lew Emory knows for sure
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Some info on this topic
Richard wrote a GREAT ARTICLE on this subject: Jeff Bar
http://bridgestonemotorcycleparts.com/index.php?topic=150.0
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Thanks Jeff for sharing Richards article. I remember Monty Hall giving away a small BS or a Surfrider on Lets Make a Deal once. I wonder if there is a list of all the prizes Monty gave out? I could check my long term memory. Richard mentioned he was a factory Rockford racer. Has he written about that?