cozzfather

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Had 2 firebirds one dayglo powder coat (original) green,
one just chrome both had skyways ,one with a coaster brake and a supertuff raleigh burner nicked from my
grannys back garden about 10 years ago, they were my youth and
some thevin tit nicked my babies.
decided to look for stuff on ebay and when i found a firebird
on ebay and it was doing £215 nicker with 3 days to go, i felt
sick as a parrot twice over and once more for goodluck when
i saw the prices of super tuff burners in good condition £150ish
anyway the bike i allways wanted was a skyway streetbeat
all my bikes had skyways they were the best imo,
but i never saw a complete skyway bike, anybody have one
or had one, i remember Carlo Griggs he was a factory
rider for skyway

cozzfather

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skyway streetbeat



and Carlo


makes me want to get my bmx beat videos out from circa 85 86 87

cressy

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got to be the skyway i use to race for gt and i had a haro freestyler blue&whte with blue skyways

it`s come along way since the 80`s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyRm6c7_Ono

Martyn

Skyway Streetbeat is my dream oldskool BMX, and one day I WILL own one!
Back then I had a crappy BMX (Cant even remember the make )and a lad in the village got a brand new Streetbeat when they came out, it was a white frame and forks with everything on it in green.
He was the envy of the whole village (BMX'ers of course lol) and from that day onwards I have always wanted one!

Mr RS500

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I had a skyway TA, with black skyway wheels

Sold it for £30 many years ago

I would love to still have it

edd

had a streetbeat in green with black tuffs.

and a gt performer which was a better bike imo

Martyn

Ive always wanted a GT or Dyno freestyle bike too
There used to be a lad that lived next door to my nan, he was on the uk freestyle team for GT or Dyno, I cant think of his name though, Brian someone I think?
Anyone remember?

craig todd

iv'e still got a ralleye aero pro, cost me £300 back in 86, dunno what its worth now.

tone7

Carlo Griggs is still involved in BMX and currently started http://www.properbikeco.com/. There are still a lot of the old school UK riders riding today if your interested in the old school scene check out http://www.radbmx.co.uk/index.php UK best old school BMX site this is actullay run by Billy Stuple the old Skyway rider. As for the Streetbeat you can pick the frame and forks up quite cheap as Skyway found a batch of raw ones a few years ago, you could probably pick one up for about £50-£60. I had one a few years ago but sold it on

as it wasnt really what I was looking for my holy grail was always the TA so two years later and £800 this is now my old school ridehope this helps Tony

Martyn

Your TA is

tone7

Got this aswell, hutch pro racer

tone7

Graig, this should gave you some idea on what your aero pro is worth.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TEAM-RALEIGH-A...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Raleigh-Aero-P...QQcmdZViewItem

cozzfather

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my brother still has a raleigh burner that if my memory is correct
was a team or competition burner, it is blue and pearl white,
has a tange frame and forks (stamped made in japan)
its a teardrop frame
and blue skyway tuff 2's, it is really like this 25"th anniversary
bike raleigh has just brought out,exept his was one of the most expensive
burners you could buy in the 80's, god knows what a original is worth.
i have seen the new repro ones for £350 quid
my old stuff could buy house in bulgaria,its worth so much these days.

i like the skyway ta, we never had stuff like that in chester in the bike
shops,although my mate had a ammaco which i bought off him.
oh and my bro had a pk ripper
i had loads of bmx's at one point

so who remembers bmx beat with andy ruffle

Cressy was GT named after Gary Turner, seem to remember eddy
fiola had a yellow one and rode a qtr pipe

cozzfather

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that is one nice rare bike and i would of loved to go to school on that
baby, its like 1985 again

Less.

had all the raleigh burners even the gold one that was chrome underneath was always buying and selling bmx god wish i had kept em all

Mr RS500

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Love that TA ,, exactly like my old one

wanna sell it ???

craig todd

didn't think it would be worth that much, mine is the second link, the chrome one. cheers.

donny murdo

Does anyone remember Kuwahara, and Ammaco bikes they were class! I had a couple of Burner's but always wanted a Kuwahara. Think there was another one called a Torker?

tone7

Talking of raleigh burners, has any body seen this little collection before. All these are owned by one guy on http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/index.php
Very impressive

Redeye Jedi

Cant see how people rode bikes like that and were any good on them?! I do really like them, VERY cool!! But what ever are lay back seat posts all about, those crazy pin like stunt pegs/nuts and the 1 piece cranks! Shows how far things have come really.......

cozzfather

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when i was 15 i was 6ft i neeeeeded a layback post just to stop
my knees banging the bars when i peddled, i remember the torker
Hutch the Bob Haro,we used green or orange Haro freestyle tyres.
mushroom discs, gt power disc quick release mx brakes
i paid Dave Quinn(the dave quinn who buillt proper race bikes,and manufactured his own bespoke race bikes) £55 pounds in 1987 to fit a ACS ROTOR to my
firebird, so i could spin the bars without the cables getting tied up.
when i see kids riding bmx bikes today i think
we did it better when i was a nipper
i had CW handle bars and some others with double top tube reynolds
cro molytubing that i would sit on and ride backwards, that used to
impress the old neighbours

donny murdo

LoL @ CW handle bars they were the tits! And mushroom grips!! Ahh the memories!

tone7

CW handle bars and mushroom grips rule...

K3V HA

that skyway ta is sexual lol love it!! Also, that collection is awesome!!

tone7

Thanks m8, the best thing about this bike are the Andy Patterson signature skyway Tuff II'S. These babies are ultra rare, There were only a few sets ever made..

RC4

thtorkers where ace!used to own a couple and robinsons,this guy imported them and still is the best or one of the best dealers in oldskool bmx
www.alans.co.uk



pete @ n.yorks rs -mail him see if he can get you a skyway mate
i,m on the lookout for a p.k ripper

RC4

dont know if this is any help to ya mate?



http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info...oducts_id=1810

tone7

Alan Woods, of http://www.alans.co.uk/ he is the godfather of uk bmx... Top fella

Fastmaul

Couple years ago I was out with Taryn and some friends celebrating the life of a friend who was killed in WTC. I was chatting with one of his mates about old school bikes and then he tells me that back home at his parents garage he has a couple of bikes. I ask what does he have... 85 PK Ripper, 86 Quadangle, Supergoose and a Hutch Trickstar! I'm like.. what are you going to do with them? do you want to sell them?? No, I really don't care he says.. there just in my parents garage, I'm not to bothered about selling them. He wouldn't tell me where his parents house was either

My holy grail of bicycles is the Hutch Trickstar!

Moza

Not forsale but check these out
1982 supergoose all NOS parts

1983 Kuwahara Lazerlite(oval)

1983 Kuwahara ET(being restored









lazerlite





ET

Robski

http://freenet-homepage.de/SKYWAY/SKYWAYindex.html

cozzfather

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ok so i wanted a freestyle bmx like the ones i had stolen or
the one i craved as a teenager, so i spotted this on ebay
thing was it was paypal only, i emailed the seller and he was trying
to change it for me to buy it now,and pay cash on collection.
i dont like sending money,as had money taken out of my bank
by a theif from nigeria

here it is, so near yet so far

check the bit where i promised to look after it


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...0650&rd=1&rd=1


the only thing that worries me about skway streetbeats is
these new old stock frames, what if they are copies????
maybe i should stick to what i Really no and get another DP FIREBIRD
Freestyler, they were made not far away from chester and my
mates brother knew the firm that powdercoated them.

tone7

the only thing that worries me about skway streetbeats is
these new old stock frames, what if they are copies????
maybe i should stick to what i Really no and get another DP FIREBIRD
Freestyler, they were made not far away from chester and my
mates brother knew the firm that powdercoated them.
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cozzfather,
Mate your going to have to pay a lot more dosh for a DP FIREBIRD FREESTYLER than you are a streetbeat, you can pick up a complete streetbeat bike for the price of a FIREBIRD FREESTYLER frame & forks, Firebird Freestyler has become a very rare bike.

jamesXXX

had this baby for 22 years now, needs a bit of tlc though!!!

Twins

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How good is this thread ,ah the memories

tone7

James, Stick it on ebay mate the burner boys will love that .. your looking at £400 + for that beauty

cozzfather

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tone a firebird freestyler did 275 on ebay just do a search and
you will see it, the skyway was 260 buy it now.
i'm thinking of offering a reward for my old bikes

if you see one in dayglo green or pink or chrome,i will pay up
for a nice old firebird

the only reason i did not get the one on ebay is i don't like white

cozzfather

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here is the link for the firebird

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...9583&rd=1&rd=1

shame it was white though

tone7

Check this site out for cheap streetbeats .. From the Skyway warehouse unpainted 1985 Streetbeat Frame & Fork

http://www.rudewheels.com/Default.aspx

tone7

Shit, They have sold out They were only £21