I was thinking about all the different bikes people used to have when they were a kid etc, and had a 2 minute look on Google where i found a couple of decent sites, anyway thought i'd post up a couple of the classic ones I saw, fell free to add!

I had one of these, seems like it wasn't all that long ago!



My bro had this one



Heres a few others from that era

Rayleigh Boxer



Grifter



Chopper



And I'm still trying to find the black BMX, I think it was a Rayleigh, that had the black box that made all those funky noises, does anyone remember what it was called?

 

Found it, the Raleigh VEKTAR!!!

 

only a few months ago, i sold my mini burner that i had as a kid. cracking bike that was

 

Damnit - i need a ralyeigh Burner now! good times

 

need a pic of a Raleigh Striker

 

i had once of these for my first bikes.

 

 

Mongoose was the one i had when i was a kid loved it, was king of streets lol

 

is that you ?

 

thank the lord its a random google pic
Although my parents bought me some suspect clothing as a kid, it was never anything that bad

 

i think we have all been had by the suspect clothing

i was a twin so got it twice as bad - had to be dressed exactly the same as my bro

 

my dad had a grifter

 

i had one of these bad boys back before my bmx's.. raleigh budgie

 

that looks like an early chopper

 

I had one of these, can't for the life of me remember what happened to it

 

it was the small kids version of the chopper..

 

God I remember those now, always wanted one, never got one though lol

 

My 1st bike was a raleigh strika,then i had a few burners,then i had an oval tube burner,and what i think was called a midnight burner,it was chrome underneath this gold plasticky coating which i kept picking off,then an amaco twin tube thing and my last 1 was a fancy stunt mongoose with a helicopter headset,cd crank sprocket,layback seat pole,victor pedals,mushroom grips and fancy bars.i was the same with bmx's as i am with cars!

 

same as - they were the coolest bikes back in the day

 

same as me

 

I had one too, ended up striping all the coating off. looked nuts all chrome.
I was gutted when it got stolen!

 

Had to have a set of CW handlebars and OGK mags.

 

god..... Raleigh VEKTAR, had one of those when i was little. had a Ralyeigh Burner think it was red and yellow. when i was in my teens i got a diamond back venom, loved that bike lol

 

This thread is worthless without a Haro Freestyler.

 

Looking mighty fine.....

 

They are ALL the money now too!

 

I think I have the exact same pic stored on my puter at home. They are worth some serious money now. The bike I always dreamed about as a kid but my rents bought me a Team Murray instead.

 

waiting for Mr NorthYorks to show up......

 

There are a few on Ebay for upwards of £300.

I'm just imagining a new trend of 30-somethings riding around on restored 80's BMX's.

 

 

Ive got an original Chopper and am wanting a BMX next

 

I can kind of imagine you riding a BMX.

No offence.

 

None taken!

 

 

My mate had one of these. We used to call him a spoilt brat lol It weighed a tonne!! Sure they were about £250 new which in those days was quite expensive

 

I'm currently negotiating with an old mate to get my Skyway Streetbeat back

 

Another mate i knew had one of these, a super tuff Burner. The gold was a sort of plastic skin and if you picked it it revealed nice shinny chrome tubing which was utter cool when your like 11 or 12 lol

 

Anyone remember the tale of if you bent your Skyway mags, just stick them in the fridge and they go back perfect.

Was that just a kids myth or fact ? lol

 

I was the same, I knew someone that had one, we couldn't believe how exepnsive it must've been because it had all the gadgets on it. Mind you looking back I think my bike is uber cool now, so I'm glad I had that one instead!
My bro got another bike, i remember it was white with white wheels, can't remember if it was before or after the burner, i'm sure it was some sort of Aero thing and the frame was oval instead of round.

 

Ive heard that one before lol, never tried it though!!
Anyone else used to pour coke on tuffs to make 'em sticky and get the brakes to work?