20 Inch Bandito Pro

"Bandito was owned by Dave and Cathy Hinshaw, and was started out of their bike shop (unfortunately I can't recall shop name) in Corona California. They were basically a CW with different dropouts, and were made at the same place. The Hinshaws were also ABA track operators and ran the tracks at, the Corona/Norco YMCA (which probably had the worlds steepest gate), the Snipes Park downhill track in Norco, and the San Bernardino YMCA. Bandito handle bars were CW bars with square tube as an extra brace below the top crossbar. You probably already know this, but, their most famous riders were Tinker Juarez, and Matt Hadan (with Hadan scoring the first ever quadruple at a national while riding for them). Being as I raced!
at the 3 tracks they ran, I knew some of the factory riders, Leon Philpot (his dad ran the gate) Dave Koch (pronounced cook), and Don Jure. I raced against Koch and Jure. Both were fast, especially Jure who was one of the most naturally gifted riders I've ever seen, but sadly, I don't think he understood how good he really was. I remember seeing him at nationals utterly destroying the top guys in his class (15X 1983, 16X 1984) only to fall apart in the main. Once, Mike Miranda and Tommy Brackens (both on Torker at the time) came out to the San Bndo. track to practice gates, and the Hinshaws set up a match race between them and Jure, and Jure kicked their asses (he was 15 at the time). Oh well, woulda', coulda', shoulda', as the old saying goes.

This is an advert for ODI Mushroom grips. Besides the nice feeling of a pair of Mushroom grips while riding, one could also have a similar feeling looking at Andy Patterson doing a cross-up over a Porsche. Also featured in the ad is Tinker Juarez on his Bandito. Now THAT is class.