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Iconic Bmx
scary_leary:
--- Quote from: ruler™ on March 09, 2007, 10:32 PM ---but the gussetty goose was the "people's bike"
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Burner was the people's bike.
Waxintaxin:
Iconic ? mmmm
it would have to have tuffs ::)
so yea for the masses it has to be Jims choice of the blue , yellow Tuff Burner clearly the mos Iconic UK BMX :daumenhoch:
For anyone who was into BMX then I reckon the PK. As Icons can mean different things to different people some people would think a burner is never going to be iconic , however for me , yea the tuff burner and the PK :smitten:
but both would have to be fitted with Tuffs :daumenhoch:
Rich
sonic-1:
well i vote burner to but it must be a red one with yellow tuffs n pads :smitten: but the bmx my mates n i allways wanted was a mongoose
we all were skint so mum n dad didnt have enough cash to buy mongooses bitd :'( :'(
jimwise68:
The PK is in a different iconic class. It is like a VW Beetle or George Best. More of a legend than an icon. It is also a design classic.
I'm not denying it's iconic class, but it is not IMO the iconic BMX of the UK.
In the early days of BMX the only bikes available to the masses were the burners. You could get others but they were for the fortunate few who lived near a decent bike shop or influence.
I had never even heard of a ripper as I pawed over the pix of the tuff burner in my mum's Littlewoods catalogue. It wasn't until I had gotten fully into BMX that I learnt of RIPPERs, Gen 1s, TAs, GTs etc. All of which are indeed icons but the epitomy of a BMX icon for me is the humble Tuff Burner.
Also, not all icons need to be the greatest. Yuppies with red braces are eighties icons :LolLolLolLol:
DIRTBIKER250F:
Isnt Paul Hogan a icon of the eighties ? :LolLolLolLol:
That's not a knife ;D
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