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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: SAND N DIRT on September 12, 2005, 01:01 PM

Title: What is this?
Post by: SAND N DIRT on September 12, 2005, 01:01 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y116/sandndirt/A007.jpg)

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: muttley on September 12, 2005, 02:49 PM

Do you want an honest answer?

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: ORB on September 12, 2005, 02:51 PM

McPlop of the glenn

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: SAND N DIRT on September 12, 2005, 02:52 PM

BE SERIOUS! Want to know for sure.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: theRuler on September 12, 2005, 02:53 PM

i like it
and with the front drum it will be an endo machine

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: SAND N DIRT on September 12, 2005, 03:11 PM

Rare or not?

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: kdubbmx on September 12, 2005, 05:58 PM

Home made by the looks of it, so more unique than rare!

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: theRuler on September 12, 2005, 07:04 PM

maybe ask the US guys over at vintagebmx. they have more springer knowledge.

pre BMX over here, we had grifters  >:(

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: weston on September 12, 2005, 07:08 PM

looks like an early to mid seventies yamaha bmx,check out some bmx history on the net, if its an original it will be worth something, i like the mcplop quote ;D

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: theRuler on September 12, 2005, 07:09 PM

the front lever on the wrong side suggests a motorcycle manufacturer

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: showtime on September 12, 2005, 07:09 PM

the Grifter! couldn't have been any more bendy if it was made out of rubber :D

and those grips! how hard did they think our little hands were ;D

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: theRuler on September 12, 2005, 07:49 PM

ah yes
the ribbed grips
the built in handlebar pad
the racer forks
the 50kg back wheel
the twin downtubes

raleigh's marketing team saw what was going down in the states and just knew that they could go the one better

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: showtime on September 12, 2005, 09:12 PM

i thought the spot welded (soldered) frame was exceptional as were the cotter pin cranks!

them boys at raleigh certainly had the yanks beat ::) ;D

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: theRuler on September 12, 2005, 09:13 PM

racer cranks
built in plastic sprocket grindwheel (?)

3 SPEEDS  ;D

and called "grifter". sounds like a trouser accident