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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: RATTY on May 23, 2012, 11:08 AM
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Have any of you actually still got your original rides from the 80s?
I know most of us have built replicas but has anyone actually managed to hord a bike for all this time? I know my Mrs has 3 or 4 of her rides still in her mums loft
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Still got my 83 Nova. Will be doing a light resto on it soon.
Also got my 96 GT Pro Series race bike.
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yup my Ripper I got in 83.
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Sadly not but my brother Simon (Hootski70 on here) still has his original Mk1 Raleigh Cromo Burner which is a Kuwwie Nova before you all forget. Only parts not original are the decals, padset, tyres and inner cables...... Even got his original black Tuff2's and black 7X's the lucky bugger.
PeterJ willnalso be along with the find of his life when a lad who worked for my brother spotted his original Ammaco at a car boot sale - how lucky was that?
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Yep and I will always be grateful to the Williams for it :daumenhoch:
When we did our cycling proficiency test the copper marked down the serial number of my bike on the card so if was stolen we had proof
When I got the F&F I told my mum that I'd found a bike "like mine". She dug out a load of my old BMX stuff and found the card and the numbers matched :smitten:
Second best day of my life............. would have been perfect if there was a free pie included as well :-\
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I have my first S&M from 1991. In the process of rebuilding it :daumenhoch:
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I've still got a GT cruiser that has been with me since the mid 80's..It's lived with me in every house/shed/flat since then...I've also got bits from my early bikes, things I swapped out like elina seat, kkt pedals,pads... ::)
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I still have my TA, which I got in 84. Gave it a re chrome and a handful of nos bits now its looking like it did back in the 80s I could have left it in its original condition, but the chrome had flaked badley by the headset cups and the chrome in general had suffered over the years.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v260/hutch1970/100_1075.jpg)
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I've still got two of the three I had. My Ripper, the Redline MXII I had to give to my brother to get the ripper but sadly the Tensor Magnum is long gone.
I would like to get another but haven't see another black one for sale.
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83 gt pro, i've got most of it
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/vv281/rodgy1970/017-1.jpg)
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Still got my Craig Campbell Pro-lite Freestyler which I bought in 85, and is in near minty condition. :)
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Still got my JMC DY and Hutch cruiser.
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I've still got my Torker MaxFlyte from 81 and my JMC Shadow from 83.
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I've still got the dp Firebird GL plus I build as a kid. One of my prized possesions :smitten:
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Have any of you actually still got your original rides from the 80s?
I know most of us have built replicas but has anyone actually managed to hord a bike for all this time? I know my Mrs has 3 or 4 of her rides still in her mums loft
Would be nice if your wifey dug them out for a few pics to see mate :daumenhoch:
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Vector MKII Black Chrome Ltd Ed - Dec 82 VDC made - px'ed it for a Curtis Freestyler at Hotshot kidlington around 84/85 .
Some old pics & a current one ............
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=105163.0
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Nope, not got any of my old bikes anymore but have managed to get a few that are just like them!
I'm still looking for that elusive ACE Racing though :(
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still got my curtis freestyler tony,its been about 4 colours,it got stolen once and 2 years later caught some kid riding it
drove to the police station were a copper jumped in his land rover and we caught him.he bought it for £5 off some little bugger.
been back with me since now restored to how i had it .
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i Also have my grey raleigh burner :smitten:
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i've got a V rare TRM race frame - maybe even unique??
Was hanging in My Mums shed for over 24yrs untouched
i'm still trying to trace a bit of history on it
anyone know Tony Peach ??
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I wish .. :'( I have something that looks just like it ... But I'd swap that and a few more to get my original back ... :daumenhoch:
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Gave mine to me fookin nephew about 5 years before I got back into it.
Scrote skipped it a year later cos he didn't like the coaster.
Sweet bike with some nice bits.
twat.
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Gave mine to me fookin nephew about 5 years before I got back into it.
Scrote skipped it a year later cos he didn't like the coaster.
Sweet bike with some nice bits.
twat.
:daumenhoch:
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Still got my Aero Pro Team from 1985:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b302/samhudson/100_0050.jpg)
It still gets ridden because its not been restored and I don't mind falling off it (much). ::)
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Still got this,been my brothers,sisters,then mine :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/pp160/andyrooski/DSC00261.jpg)
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:smitten:
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Still got my Hutch XL24, Redline PL24 and Maximum
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Still got my Hutch XL24, Redline PL24 and Maximum
Should get a thread going with pics of you racing them JJ, I bet you've got a few ;)
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All I got left of mine is a Chrome DC hinged seatclamp with bubly chrome ::)
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would be great to see then & now shots for these bikes...
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i still have a few of my old bikes from bitd. just finished restoreing my meteor-lite freestyler and almost finished my team murray (still waiting on the lester mags to come back)
i still have 9 others to do. i never had any high end bikes only cheapies but still had great fun on every one of them
( Oh my dad used to work for the council he was forman at a transfer station so any bmx bikes that came in to be dumped he would bring them home thats how i had so many . the team murray was actualy a stolen bike that was given to my dad by the police no one had claimed it so it was to be dumped :) ) both my brothers still have there burners one is a mk2 chrome burner the other is a mk1 burner red n yellow one but he only has the frame left dont know why but we just never threw them away now 30 odd years later i am restoreing them (slowley)
and to make matters worse i have bought more :2funny:
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Got my Nov 83 GT Standard. Bought Doncaster (long drive, was on offer) June 84. Tarted up now, BITD had SR one-pieces, Suntour beartraps, DB bars, Mirage plate. Now has blue Uni Turbo. Got the original pad set. Some nob Hammerited it red then black in the late 80s, then paid a small fortune for rechroming a few years ago. Still got the cat too.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b278/steveearl/Picture001-5.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b278/steveearl/Picture002-4.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b278/steveearl/Picture003-4.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b278/steveearl/Picture005-1.jpg)
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Still got my VDC freestyle bars, VDC laid back seat post, white tuffs, Araya aeros, my Zeronine plate and my race gear
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Still got my VDC freestyle bars, VDC laid back seat post, white tuffs, Araya aeros, my Zeronine plate and my race gear
Pic required of you in your old race gear ! :LolLolLolLol:
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Still got my VDC freestyle bars, VDC laid back seat post, white tuffs, Araya aeros, my Zeronine plate and my race gear
Pic required of you in your old race gear ! :LolLolLolLol:
Not a recent one FFS!