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Title: Pirahna bikes
Post by: flying banana on October 12, 2005, 10:33 PM: :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
New to this lark..!! Anybody tell me , are "Pirahna" bmx bikes any good..!!
Sorry ain't got a clue.......!!!!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Cheers Mike
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 12, 2005, 10:43 PM: yeah. they are class. my first bmx. hello f-b
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: kdw712 on October 12, 2005, 11:30 PM: have you found one then FB?

my first bmx too !
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: theRuler on October 12, 2005, 11:32 PM: lol pirahnas are not of any high value, but are good as a nostalgia piece.

especially with them mag wheels with the banana spokes
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 12, 2005, 11:33 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v260/oberonspacefruit/DSCF0150.jpg)
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: kdw712 on October 12, 2005, 11:43 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/piranha/81advert.jpg)
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: stuntmaster on October 13, 2005, 07:21 AM: thats the mark one as early spokes in the test page .anyone seen the one on ebay ,i didn`t know they did a mark 3 with twin top tubes and yes it`s a piranha as backend is same as mark 2
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 08:32 AM: npbody believed me when i sed my pirahana had twin tt.
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 08:36 AM: wot is it listed as
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: theRuler on October 13, 2005, 08:59 AM: Quote from: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 08:32 AM
npbody believed me when i sed my pirahana had twin tt.

a pirahna with twin TT?

i dont believe you
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: beard1973 on October 13, 2005, 09:58 AM: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PIRANHA-BMX-old-shool-retro_W0QQitemZ7189198934QQcategoryZ22677QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 10:35 AM: ah. thanks for that. same as my fist bike. sniff. gettin all watery eyed now. now i just have to prove that double toptube skyway pads existed (nobody believed me about that either) and my quest will be complete.
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: theRuler on October 13, 2005, 10:40 AM: i remember double toptube skyway pads
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 10:41 AM: dont say that. no one will believe you. they will thrice deny it.
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: theRuler on October 13, 2005, 11:46 AM: or i might just remember someone using a skyway "sheath" with no foam stretched over double top tubes
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: Jazzchimp on October 13, 2005, 12:28 PM: The company is still going - they make golf trollies
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 01:38 PM: greame. i bought 3 sets from halfords. didnt even have a double tt bike for the first two, just wanted the bar and stem pads, i remember rifling thrugh the hanging packs on the shelf, cos they looked similar to the ta type
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: theRuler on October 13, 2005, 01:41 PM: cool
you still got em? i presume not!

i only ever used pads on my very first BMX back in 83. I bought a set of black Aero pads for it.
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 01:44 PM: nah they went along with all my stuff. bought so many cos they were the only skyway bit i could afford. y'know, i dont even remember where my bmx stuff went.................odd.
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: theRuler on October 13, 2005, 02:18 PM: i had loads of stuff around 89-90

my dad (sometime in the 90's) took my mk1 and mk2 burner frames + forks, my FOX FOURSTYLER frame + forks and load of wheels n stuff to the TIP.

i sold my haro first gen freestyler for about 15 quid. it was mint too. i paid fifty quid for it off a rich kid who got it in 83, rode it for a year or too then left it in his garage.

i sold that mongoose cali complete without a back wheel to some dude in about 1990 (who later sold it Stu)

i welded my 2 zapper frames together, making a bmx and sidehack - but neglecting to leave room for the crank :D

my prolite got pinched - well i let someone borrow it, who lent it to someone i didnt know. when i asked for it back, they said "not my problem, fook off". thanks "mate"

when i got back into riding again in 1996, i started from scratch.
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 13, 2005, 02:27 PM: so youve been ridin for 10 yrs....cheat.
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: theRuler on October 13, 2005, 05:49 PM: i've had newschool bikes for almost 10 years

but in the last 3 years i have barely ridden - no one up for riding much . . . until now!
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: wirewheel on October 14, 2005, 05:16 PM: a mate of mine had one it was crap and weighed a ton they were el cheapo supermarket crap only one bike was worse and that was an xm1000 they were bad doc did good wheelies on his till his forks broke
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: greentoad on October 14, 2005, 05:55 PM: Hi all

I have just found a front spoked wheel with nice hub, got a stickered logo of the Pirahna fish on the rim, and writing on the hub. Not sure if it is the same company, but it's spelt the same and looks pretty old.

No good to me but didn't want to let it be part of the Olympic Village (metal is £60 a ton and is going up steadily i've been told after visiting 7 tips today).

Can post a pic if anyone wants it, let me know, small donation to Rad.

Cheers
Title: Re: Pirahna bikes
Post by: darkslider on October 17, 2005, 08:11 PM: Glad they saw sense and made something for Rupert the bear troser wearers. Golf courses are motorcross tracks with grass on.Wonder if the trolleys are heavy as fook as well.