In the mid to late nineties, Jimmy Levan was one of my favorite BMX riders. He always did the biggest and craziest gaps. For a short while he rode for Huffy (when they made their push to be a respected company again). While there he helped develop the first generation MJ-12, which was nothing like the subsequent models. The original was pretty straight-forward AND it was chrome. I have to say, I loved that bike. I am not sure if the MJ-12 just happened to coincide with a good point in my riding ability but everything just felt perfect. To this day, I’ll randomly search on Craigslist or eBay for one of the originals. Sadly, I’ve never had any luck. There really isn’t much info at all about the first generation frame. It might have something to do with the fact that Jimmy Levan left Huffy fairly quickly. After his departure they picked up Todd Lyons and Cory Nastazio—and their bikes got ugly. Jimmy Levan went on to start Metal Bikes (after a brief stint on a Standard Trailboss—which I always wanted but never had).

Previously:
All My Bikes 10: Specialized Fatboy
All My Bikes 9: Haro Group 1
All My Bikes 8: Balance AL550
All My Bikes 7: Lotus Cobra
All My Bikes 6: Schwinn Predator
All My Bikes 5: GT Interceptor
All My Bikes 4: Robinson SST
All My Bikes 3: Diamondback Viper
All My Bikes 2: General Hustler
All My Bikes 1: Huffy