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dinglem:
Black and gold Ultra is also a bike with strong childhood memories for me - I was a bit young when they were about but a few of the older kids in our street had them and I inevitably looked up to them. As a result an Ultra was my first resto when I got back into the hobby. Still got it, never ridden it though. I've also got a second Ultra F&F awaiting resto, which is going uber-cheap if anybody is interested.

kalex:
Raleigh sure made enough use of the burner range from what I've now seen.

From the looks of it the ultra was a fairly expensive burner for the time.

Ady:
I had a black and gold ultra for Christmas in `82 was replaced in `83 as frame kept snapping.
I had loads of fun back then but everything kept failing .
The last resort was when the gold v bars snapped on the welds which dug into my shoulder when dropping in from a ramp..
Got rid and bought a rebel frame and forks/bars (which I still have to this day) and stripped the ultra and binned the frame inc a new frame Raleigh gave me free under warranty.
It Had great bits fitted as standard from araya`s , suntour stem , mp 130 pedals , suntour cranks etc but to be honest its was shite to ride compared to the rebel.
But..
Just build one a few months ago , and when build I sat on it and just thought to myself how the fook I did a 360 on this and found it so shocking to ride..

Avro:
The lad in my avatar, third from the left as you look at the picture, is on a silver/blue Mk1 Ultra Burner. I was always envious of the anodised bits especially the wheels if I remember rightly.

kalex:
I was only 6 when these 1st came out, I know the lad that had the ultra was a fair bit older than me.

At the age I was then I was too young to understand about quality of parts etc it was just purely on looks.

Looking at the parts list they did chuck some tasty stuff on them

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