Fuck me proper old scool

http://www.raleigh-bomber.co.uk/5.html

Like a grifter with big fuck off wheels

You make me feel old now

 

i had the black burner, trashed it on a half pipe. got a sat job in the market and saved for a skyway t a, all white, i loved that bike. then had a pk ripper. cant remember what happened to that. the memories and the injuries, bust a tooth trying to perfect the front endo.

 

these are mine

little lads mini burner




my current ride ( will be getting some treatment soon )mk1 night burner

made the pads myself ( 1st attempt )




night burner resto, i had a night burner back in the day so this is why i have 2. 1 extra to make up for my original one that me dad threw in a skip




aero pro build

am building this up slowly bit at a time when i can afford it

 

Dugg my old "super tuff burner" from the back of the garage the other day. Needs a bit of tlc though. I think I got it when I was about 6. Would never let my folks throw it out.

 

Lovin the Kelloggs reflectors on the spokes. I remember those..

My first thought is that they were Frosties (Tony the Tiger) but they look like Chickens off the Cornflakes pack in the pics. I obviosuly don't rmember them well enough and I had loads of the bloody things. Used to fight my brother and sister for them. lol

 

i love that haro freestyler and must own one my first big boy bike was an old 2nd hand (im only 26 now) raligh it looked like a burner but was red with wire wheels and yellow writing

 

Heres the one i recently bought back to life. Keep it in the caravan for riding round shows and campsites

 

Nice thread, totally rad

Started on a blue raleigh Boxer, then had the obligatory Grifter in silver, it cost £80 from Halfords . When the BMX craze came here I grabbed hold with both hands and became quite a competent free styler. started with a super tuff Burner in gold and black then saved up hard for a Skyway TA to then be followed by a GT performer.
Sweeet

 

some awesome bikes on here.

 

what was the best Raleigh burner they did?

I had a poo one, but would love to know what were the best ones with pics etc etc


trying to find an uber mint skyway now on ebay to buy. getting old is poo... apart from having the money to buy all the things you really wanted and never got as a kid!

not having much luck. I remember the I wanted being white with mags and some blue and red bits

 

What a great thread.. Exactly my era.

Makes me want to go out and buy a bmx and do the cherry picker and some bunny hops.

I remember having a bmx back in the day.. Cant for the life of me remember what it was called, but it was blue and white ( I think ) but had the rota thing on it so the handlebars could spin 360 without trapping the brake cables. Oh, I do remember having stunt nuts and tange grips.

Does anyone else remember watching 80's TV and they use to have a bmx show with that bloke called Andy something who would do all the stunts.

 

cool thread bringsback loadsa memories...when life was simple and hassle free....the only thing you had to worry about was bending spoons when fixing punctures!!!

 

Lee paul linfoot has 2 skyways last one i saw on ebay did a grand

 

Some proper old school stuff here.

Great thread

I had a Raleigh burner as a kid and was very jealous of Skyways and some of the other BMX's i have seen on this thread.

As i got a bit older i had Mongooses and Diamond backs which i did up with GT stuntpegs, seat 'n stuff like that. My first taste of modifiying i guess.

Cool thread though, love it.

 

BMX Beat with Andy Ruffell, used to play Herbi Hancock, Rocket throughout the program.

I see a pick-up around with the plate BMX 1T, still owned by Craig Schofield apparently.

 

i think the best burner available was the aero pro burner mate

 

cool. was expecting more

 

heres a couple of bikes from BITD. (none of them are mine though)

TRM Freestyler



Piranha freestyler



Diamond Back silver streak



Scorpion Brakedancer



Ammaco Freestyle Pro



Kuwahara E.T.



CW Racing Feestyle



Firebird Freestyler



SE Racing Quadangle



SE Racing PK Ripper



Rickman Freestyler



Haro Freestyle Master



Skyway TA



Skyway Streetbeat



Aero Reflex



Torker



GT Performer



Hutch Trick Star

 

fuck that streetbeat's an UGLY bike!

i used to have a diamond back viper and a redline something.

the redline had ridiculously heavy piranha metal mags on it which were awful awful things!

 

Carlo! thats how I remember the Skyway! but with white wheels.

 

Saw that one there mate speak nice to mr linfoot he has 2 , one has a chrome frame if i remember right.

That haro freestyler above is mint

 

I've got a Mongoose Menace, cool bike but needs a resto!

I'd love an Ultra burner, that black/Gold one on pg1 is MINT

 

Just finished restoring my original Mongoose Californian from when I was 7

Before and after

 

Had this bike when i was about 9 bought it from a car boot sale in leeds for about £30 dont no what happed to it thought bet its worth a fortune now.