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Photos are from BMXA, BMX Plus and otherВ undocumented sources. IвЂ™d like to thank those who helped with this: John Johnson, Steve Rink, Harold вЂњMcGooвЂќ McGruther, Doug Olson, Howie Cohen, Dennis Dain, Brain Ramosinski, Eddy King, Bob Osborn for his photos and for producing the greatest BMX mag ever-BMXA, Bob Hadley, Craig вЂњGorkвЂќ Barrette and Mike Aguilera. Feel free to send me documented corrections. This history is in no way complete and is open to corrections and additions. I hope in the future to add more information about TorkerвЂ™s final months under the Johnsons and try to understand why the Johnsons shuttered the company. I tried to include as much information as I could with a focus on product development, business relationships and the companyвЂ™s ups and downs. It starts at TorkerвЂ™s beginning in 1975 and finishes at its end in 1984. This is a history of Torker for the collector or BMX historian. I referred to a collection of advertisements and articles found in various hard and digital copies of Bicycle Motocross Action and BMX Plus magazines, conversations with company founder John Johnson, former Torker racers and factory employees who were there at the time and my observations and measurements taken from Torker frames and products. IвЂ™ve been wanting to do this for years, but only got serious about doing it in mid-2008.В My background as a journalist reporting on the bicycle industry, life-long love of cycling and deep interest in Torker as a company as well as the people behind it and its products, hopefully, qualify me to pen this brief history. This is my attempt to compile an accurate history of Torker. To the Max: The History of Torker 1975-1984

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