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Title: £1100 for a bmx and they keep on churning them out? Burners now! lol
Post by: Taipan on March 12, 2018, 11:34 AM
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Haro-1989-Sport-Freestyler-Custom-Old-School-BMX-Bike-Red-Black-Chrome/282881266916?hash=item41dd0994e4:g:LiAAAOSwwq1apmBk

The f**king seat guts are on the wrong way lol  :idiot2: :D ;D

in the words of Lee Nelson "Qualiteeeeeeeee!"  ;D
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: dp and chopper dude on March 12, 2018, 12:26 PM
FFS!
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Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: kalex on March 12, 2018, 12:38 PM
No way have they put the guts on upside down, it's to get a little extra seat height I reckon  ;)

As they say 'school boy error'
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 12, 2018, 12:57 PM
Alan needs to have a word with his staff and thrash them with a sock full of shat.
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: WINI on March 12, 2018, 01:32 PM
1989?? Bollocks.
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: CustardLips on March 12, 2018, 01:46 PM
1989?? Bollocks.

Say's it's an 87 in the description and to add £200 if you want it with spokes instead of Skyways. ???
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: WINI on March 12, 2018, 02:00 PM
1989?? Bollocks.

Say's it's an 87 in the description and to add £200 if you want it with spokes instead of Skyways. ???

Ouch. So it's entirely repop apart from the f&f? Better buying one of the new ones for half that price.
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: griff on March 12, 2018, 02:46 PM
Alan needs to have a word with his staff and thrash them with a sock full of shat.

and tell them to stop using a polishing wheel to fetch rust off
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 12, 2018, 05:22 PM
glad this has cropped up , didn't want to be the one to take the lid off the worm can, 

simple misatakes can a do get made even by the those considdered amongst the best / most experianced  builders, 

 it's not just this one,   most, if not all these repops for want of a better word, if it were a U.S.  car show it'd be Mo-par,  (fookin hate using both of these terms :tickedoff:)   have the same consitant anoying little things ,   

start with the axles on the new tuffs and get more annoyed from there on.......    for a grand plus i'd expect the axles to be macined down a bit ,     ffs..............., hacksaw em off and marker pen the ends at the very least  :tickedoff: :tickedoff:  :LolLolLolLol:

 yes yes i know it's probably so you can run pegs on em  but old tuffs wern't like it 

'no probs with Alans doing this at all , aside from some of the prices , but if people buy em they're going to kepp turning them out , just business i suppose ,   but yes i agree with Retro, it's not like Alan is new to this , he needs to have a word with who ever is doing these

Alan Woods is not a greedy man, he's a businessman and the old school revival has landed on his lap just at the right time. I'm guessing that business has been a lot more lucrative for him in the last few years than say the late 90's - mid 00's, and as more and more OS manufacturers start making more and more OS repop parts then he'd be a fool to miss that boat. But a few simple lessons to his crew in how to build a bike and what it needs to look like would help protect his very good reputation and business.
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: oldtired on March 12, 2018, 05:26 PM
thanks quoting that ,    i was bashing the laptop as it froze up on me,  and i deleted my thread when it finally caught up  :LolLolLolLol:

i agree once again  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: Taipan on May 26, 2018, 01:27 PM
Jesus! they are churning out Burners Now!  :idiot2: deffo cashing in on the so called revival me tinks   ::)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Team-Burner-Custom-Old-School-BMX-Bike-White-Blue-Fully-Restored/222993204367?epid=26019895082&hash=item33eb6e448f:g:FUoAAOSwL7tbCT~W
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and?
Post by: griff on May 26, 2018, 02:54 PM
Jesus! they are churning out Burners Now!  :idiot2: deffo cashing in on the so called revival me tinks   ::)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Team-Burner-Custom-Old-School-BMX-Bike-White-Blue-Fully-Restored/222993204367?epid=26019895082&hash=item33eb6e448f:g:FUoAAOSwL7tbCT~W

Oh dear
That is pretty awful
Title: Re: £1100 for a bmx and they keep on churning them out? Burners now! lol
Post by: stuntmaster on May 27, 2018, 07:49 PM
are people paying that kind of money still as i`ve notice the auction stuff has dropped big time as getting back to nearly sensible money
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