Just wondered if anybody else on the Board have either still got their old BMX's from the 80's heydays or whether they collect these classics?
I've personally got a 1984 Aero Reflex with the mandatory SKYWAY Tuff 2's & am refurbing my 1st BMX an old Raleigh Night Burner , don't know if it's an early mid life crises (at 30) but I love these old bikes again , just wondered if I'm the only one!!!

 

I don't still have my BMX's but they were great! I had a Curtis Expert with Skyway Tuff 2's, and my brother had a Skyway TA (Totally Aerodynamic!!) also with Tuff 2's. It was all white. Must have been about 1985 or so.

 

midlife crisi i think, you nutter, still, cant wait to have a bunnyhop and 4ft high crossup on it MR.

[Edited by lpski1 - 3/18/2003 9:27:16 AM]

 

I always remember PK Rippers

 

Anyone remember Eddie Fiola - the flying banana?

I remember him bunnyhopping over a ferrari....

...and the crap Aussie film "BMX Bandits" - I remember queueing for ages to watch that as a kid!

 

I loved BMX Bandits!! The water slide bit was great.................well that's what I thought at the time!

Nicole Kidman has improved though

 

BMX Bandits was cool in its day, in E.T, they had some cool BMX's too. I always wanted a Kuwahara (yellow & black)they looked the muts nuts, bit pricey though. *floats off into dreamworld* 'rom skatepark, Hornchurch,cooooooooooooollllllll '

 

I still have my Raleigh Chromo-Burner (original, not tear drop frame model) with black Aero Zytek mags and CW bars. Tried to clean the rust off it a few years back but really struggled. Bob Haro was my hero.

Strange thing is only last week I was digging out info on the old BMX scene and found this. I can remember seeing this ad in the BMX magazines I used to read. Brings back so many memories of the time.



[Edited by Jodster - 3/18/2003 10:48:14 AM]

 

Had a Raleigh Nightburner as my first BMX too. In a funky red, metallic grey/anthracite and silver trim. In fact my brother still had it up until about 4 years ago. Man that bike went through hell and back.

Simon.

 

I've still got my Raleigh Burner in my mum's shed, the one with the yellow plastic wheels and the blue frame....god I lived on that bike for years!

Tim

 

i used to have a mongoose supergoose with araya, skyways or z rims, redline crank etc, some ****** nicked it from outside halfords in 84
mark

 

I used to have a GT Bike. It was bright green and had those 7 spikes wheels (tuff wheels?). Me an some friends have built several launch ramps and quarter pipes. Later, we all changed to Skateboarding.

 

some nice original PK Rippers, Quadangles, GT Pro Performers, Haro Freestylers etc here

 

I had a Team Murray from early 80's, sky blue with white Skyways. I stupidly left it at an ex's house after a night on the pi$$, never collected it - it's maybe still there, rusting away?

She was a great ride, christ I really miss her....... the bike that is

Mike.

 

i had a curtis expert which got nicked, then got a gt performer ( yellow) with yellow skyways, powerlite bars. wish i still had it. my dad sorted out his loft and found tons of old bmx mags. they are in my loft now, brings back brilliant memories..

 

Mushroom Grips and Fairy liquid

Mine was a Cycle Pro with z-rims, bend em then out in the fridge to straighten out

 

Cobra grips, spirals

 

Think i've still got some Bear Trap pedal scars on my shins.. ouch

 

Hy first BMX was a Puch GTi Turbo £45 from Macro.
I hated it as everyone else has atleast a Raleigh Burner.

Soon modded it though, debadged, CW's with Mushroom grips, layback seatpost with Airoyal saddle, Skyways and a set of trick nuts

Those were the days.

 

Nice to see so many fond BMX'ing memories sprouting up , the mushroom grips & fairy liquid thing was so true!!!!!
Shame most of these bikes seem dead , but the S*%$ they had to put up with I'm not surprised !!!
Thanks IPSKI 1 for the mid life crises thing , but I seem to remember you saying to me the other night , Oi !! Lets go over the Rom Skate Park.......Mid life crises all round !!!!

 

Nice one for that link KIPPAX , my dream BMX is on there , 1979 Mongoose with the mad motomags on it !! Would love to get my hands on one of them eventually !! I would have only been 7 when that was out the 1st time , I still had a boxer then.

 

I still have my White S E Racing PK Ripper with Black Landing gear Forks. It has Dia comp brakes Black skyways Gt Cranks etc etc and is still in mint condition.

 

Pants - i need a bike though and oh yes i would join you until i broke summink and the strength i have now compared to before when i went when i was little, i dont think it would take long to be flying 6ft out of the Clover Leaf to my death in the Bowl, but hey, pick me up and lets burn some rubber. and not break summink. lmao

 

Wasn't there a great rumour about the PK Ripper frame bending or cracking at the joints, something like that.

Comp 3 nobbly tyres.

 

The fake skyway frame i had, snapped from the bottom bar, near the stem connection, after i landed a bit hard from jumping off a kerb, kerb's used to big back then. !! i remember crying for some time as i couldnt ride my bike. lmao. replaced it with somekind of Pug 406 frame, nice n shiny, no more tears. bear trap pedal's both lmao and ouch.... !!!

 

Peugeot BMX's , remember those!! You remember the Piranha with the curved 10 spoke wheels ? Seem to remember they were built like Eastern block shot puters & twice as heavy!!!
Your fake Skyway Ipski1 that was the fake TA wasn't it? The real thing was about £1200 back in the mid 80's !!! No one had one of them bad boys , I was Raleigh Burners of all types round our way ,with the odd Diamond Back thrown in.

 

Jodster the Rippers did have a few problems with cracking due to being made of T6 aluminium and having some rectangular tubing. Just had a go on mine after reading the thread. Allways fancied a quadangle myself.

 

i had a GT Pro Performer, I think that was what it was called.

we used to take them on a skate bowl in the local village.

it hurts just thinking about it. i couldn't do those 180 air things now.

kevin

 

My shins are still dented from the vector pedals ,remember the bottom boot bearing protecter and "andy ruffell"rider for raleigh.Im still smiling thinking off the good old days.Did anyone go to st george's park in bristol.it was huge.some of the guys were RAD.lol

 

HOTPANTS.. I had a pirana ,yeh it was heavy,got some red araya 7x for crimbo ,made it a bit lighter ..can anyone remember bendy rims?