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Title: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 20, 2005, 06:15 PM
I stripped this yesterday so that the frame, forks and bars could go to thier new owner. It's the first of my builds that I've stripped down and I have to say that as soon as I started, I began to regret it. :'( :'(

I sold it because after buying 2 of the 'raw' ones that came up for sale recently, I figured 5 streetbeats was too many for any man.  ;D I only wish I had the money and space to keep them all.

Have any of you regretted selling something?

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Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Rombloke on October 20, 2005, 06:20 PM
do you know phil i was gonna post the same thread yesterday....

ive regretted every item and complete bike ive ever sold...only ever done it to fund the next project.....but how crap does it feel to box that thing up and let the parcel force man take it away

the thing that i regret selling most of all tho is the set of metal hubbed red tuffs i had.....

Dave
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Bob_Acid on October 20, 2005, 06:22 PM
The supergoose 2 i sold for thirty quid in 86 count?

but yeah, everything that goes is hard to let go of.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 20, 2005, 06:43 PM
Bob, it all counts

I haven't regretted selling anything as much as this. I had a little 'pang' of regret selling an '84 Master, but I hadn't built it up and knew it was going to a good home. By the time I'd knocked the last BB cup out I knew I shouldn't have sold it.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on October 20, 2005, 06:44 PM

84 performer in 86 for £60
84 performer in 04 for £180
signed senna photo
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: dordymush on October 20, 2005, 06:45 PM
did the bars go moose lol.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 20, 2005, 06:55 PM
Vulture!! ;D Yes the bars went as well.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: bodamus on October 20, 2005, 07:15 PM
Yes regreted selling my Hutch Trickstyler. I think about that one everyday but it went to a good home and is now cruising around Hollywood so thats ok.

Probably a few more things I may regret in the future but as long as someone gets more use and enjoyment out of them than me I am quiet happy :)
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 20, 2005, 07:26 PM
its the bits left over when u sell a frame that are the saddest.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: danny silverstreak on October 20, 2005, 07:34 PM
regretting selling my body once, to a gang of eight FEMALE models when stuck for abit of cash in my student days, still mentally scarred to this day  ;)
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Rombloke on October 20, 2005, 07:34 PM
its the bits left over when u sell a frame that are the saddest.

true

Dave
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 20, 2005, 07:46 PM
They do look rather sad at the minute, but they will be used again on something.

It's the first time I've removed Tioga Sealed bearing BB cups and even though I used a copper drift, they have still come out a little scarred as they're light alloy.

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regretting selling my body once, to a gang of eight FEMALE models when stuck for abit of cash in my student days, still mentally scarred to this day 

No sympathy from me you tramp! ;D
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: daz bmx it! on October 20, 2005, 08:10 PM
My soul to the Devil! >:(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: stuntmaster on October 20, 2005, 08:12 PM
yep and i sold a lot from pk ripper`s to hutch hollywoods to 80 mongoose`s to my last ff which was a hutch judge . boy do i hate selling things but need the money for other things and sometimes you have to let go as you could end up with a house full of bike`s 
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Tefore on October 20, 2005, 08:28 PM
regret selling my white ta this year. :'(
especially as i nedd another one now :D
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Lazarou on October 20, 2005, 08:33 PM
I sold my Prolite CC with Tuffs and 400 flites in 88 for........£50 :'(

I also got an original GT World Tour with baby blue tuffs, Hutch stem and Space Bars in 96 but got strapped for cash and sold it for £180  :'(

I'm not usually a regretful person but the Prolite still haunts me.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: region11 on October 20, 2005, 08:39 PM
I haven't sold any of my os bikes as i know i would regret it.  Sold a few new skool bikes to finance other things as they just dont have the same appeal.  Oh yeah let my sister sell her TA for £10 around 88.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: FIL EBZ on October 20, 2005, 08:41 PM
Regretted selling lots of stuff in the dark days 91-95 stuff like rippers for £40 performers would only get £15 and tuffs well you had to pay to get rid of them.

if only i hadn`t sold my Delorian to that freaky looking american dr Brown i could go back and ....................................................

Fil
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Waxintaxin on October 20, 2005, 08:41 PM
Everything . I was Thinking this as well guys , I stopped selling stuff not so long ago because its the stuff you sell that you then want later.

81 Goose . Why did I sell this , who knows?
Black 890s
nos gold tuf neck
and too much to cry about here

Rich :'(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: scary_leary on October 20, 2005, 08:58 PM
Ive not really regretted anything because ive always made money..

If you get a good price it really softens the blow.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Jazzchimp on October 20, 2005, 09:06 PM
My Puch Murray 360!!! Damn it there must be 1 in the world somewhere!!!!

Back of the net with that Avatar Tefore by the way!!
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Wayne Ryder on October 20, 2005, 10:47 PM
Pink GT Performer. Platform welded at middle of toptube not near top. Sold for peanuts at the time, can't even remember what replaced it.
Bully Bashguard. Some local Canning Town nippers in '93 probably never knew what they'd got, but I needed space & money.
KHE forks, the ones with aluminium parts and chrome legs. Again, money space & no need for them.
Kuwahara ET. Practically gave it away because someone I knew had his bike stolen and needed a replacement.
And finally...
My much cared-for white Hutch Trick Star with pegless forks. Traded it for a Haro Sport in about '86 because it looked nice and BMX Plus! said it was the best bike around in some poll or other. Jason Ellis from Hull, one lucky git.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: motomagII on October 21, 2005, 05:17 PM
freeagent freeswtyler frame and forks .sold it to moose as soon as i got it and regretted it ever since as it was very different
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Jim on October 21, 2005, 05:30 PM
White 1st gen master - sold it to James (in the US of A) got 200 quid for it... doh! :o
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: lloydieboy on October 21, 2005, 07:39 PM
Man, i feel your pain. Sold my baby blue Prolite CC with coaster tuffs for the princely sum of £25!!!! F*ck do i kick myself on a regular basis.....

Lloyd

I sold my Prolite CC with Tuffs and 400 flites in 88 for........£50 :'(

I also got an original GT World Tour with baby blue tuffs, Hutch stem and Space Bars in 96 but got strapped for cash and sold it for £180  :'(

I'm not usually a regretful person but the Prolite still haunts me.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: spex on October 21, 2005, 08:22 PM
1991 haro ground master which was built from scratch with my hard earned. spent a bl''dy fortune on it and loved it to pieces!.

sold for £270 to buy a yamaha dt50 when i was 17.

o how i regret it :(.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 21, 2005, 10:13 PM
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freeagent freestyler frame and forks .sold it to moose as soon as i got it and regretted it ever since as it was very different

I can only thank you and re-assure you that it's in good hands :) ;)
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: CD17 on October 21, 2005, 10:21 PM
My user name says it all  ;)

BITD I swopped my TA with Tuff 2s, 401's, DX's, MX1000's, Tuff Neck, ect.

For a Sony Walkman.........................
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Beckyboo on October 21, 2005, 10:34 PM
Mini clubman estate - I didnt see that it was wrong  :'(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: stuntmaster on October 22, 2005, 12:05 AM
here a good one hutch aerospeeds i sold for £50 as i didn`t have any 3 peice pedals at the time  :o
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Coastvl on October 22, 2005, 11:36 AM
I sold my PK Ripper in '88 for $250 aust.  :D
Heres the worst part, the parts list........
PK looptail brand new
Landing gear brand new
JMC DY pro bars new
flight cranks I kept for my goose
Graphite Tuffs !!! @#$%^&%*
Pro neck new
You get the picture yeah?
 :'(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: motomagII on October 22, 2005, 07:47 PM
i nkow it is in good hands moose .just atill regret it as i didnt even get to open the box and have a look at it in the flesh either.when will i see it fully restored and built????
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 22, 2005, 08:03 PM
It'll probably be next year - one or two of the parts I want to build it with, might be a bit of a challenge to get hold of. Although I got the one I thought would be the hardest (the stem) :)
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: lazychubs on October 22, 2005, 10:11 PM
well mine was letting me bro have me kuhie freestyler
as i found beer and birds .and he sold it for a fiver
with green tuffs and top quality stuff on it
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Joeblizzard on October 23, 2005, 11:36 AM
I should have never sold my 84' Skyway!  :'(

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Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: OrgasmDonor on October 26, 2005, 11:56 AM
regrets? ive had a few.  wish i kept hold of my GHP pro BITD, or at least the rare VDC robinson bars that were on it ive seen another pair, but this is the beauty.......wait for it.......I sold in 1993 a skyway TA with renthal bars, araya aeros, elina seat, pro-neck stem, DX pedals and..............HUTCH AERO CRANKS! for the princely sum of....




















£10                       oh how i laugh now :(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: darkslider on October 30, 2005, 12:15 AM
I now regret selling my Leisure Wheels Tornado £230 new in 82 bought for £110 s/h sold 4 years later for £60 had Robinson pro bars, arayas wiv bullseye hubs. They were built by Steve Wilson and mine was 2nd one built with revised geometry that became production set up. How rare would this be now. Think I stickered it as a Torker 280. Doh!
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: sean on October 30, 2005, 02:04 AM
here a good one hutch aerospeeds i sold for £50 as i didn`t have any 3 peice pedals at the time :o


Ohhh dear. :'( :'(. Thats gotta hurt.

It's not so bad when you know what ever you let go ihas gone to a good home.
My only regret was packing in riding back in the late 80's when it became fasionable to do grinds and fcuk you bike up >:(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: weston on October 30, 2005, 09:30 AM
in 1987 i gave away my mongoose pro class with skyway graphite wheels to a poor kid on the estate who didnt have a bike as i thought i would never use it again & thought it was worthless & i was too old to ride anymore... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: 2Fresh on October 31, 2005, 12:18 PM
I regret selling my 1990 GT Pro Freestyle tour F/F in sweet day-glo pink and a one in GT blue. I really wish i would've kept those cause i learned my Hitchikers on them.
It's not all that dark though, this year i bought back my first set of 180mm Redline flights sold in 1995. Hooray!
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 12:29 PM
i sold a gen one haro freestyler in 1990 for about 20 quid.
i cant remember if it had wheels on, but it had a UNI seat, vector bars (integral stem) and the green reflective cables.

i had a fox 4styler frame and fork, but my dad threw it away, sometime early 90's.

out of the 2 i wish i had the fox more.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 31, 2005, 12:35 PM
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out of the 2 i wish i had the fox more

Why??? ???
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 12:40 PM
thats the rarer of the 2.

i mean i'd like them both!!! but i know a gen one is still obtainable. the 4stylers are all gone now. my frame cracked, and i re welded it at school. i imagine they all broke.

the gen one haro was a real beauty though. i bought it off a "rich kid" in about 1988, for FIFTY QUID. it looked like he had been bought the most expensive bike the shop had in 1983, rode it for a year, got flat tyres, then left it in his garage.

it had white aero zytecs
the clarkes cables / covers
vector bars/stem combo
uni seat
dia compe brakes
sugino 3 pc alloy cranks

and was absolutely mint. the last bike i rode before getting a motorbike in 1989 was this haro. i used to ride with a bunch a skateboarders on a crappy quarterpipe. no one else was into bmx by that point.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 31, 2005, 01:14 PM
I know that there aren't many Fox Factor's around, but to rather have one than a Gen1? No way  :D

By the way, what difference was there between a 4styler and an F1?

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Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 01:24 PM
same bike
the later model had funky decals saying fox 4styler!

i rode my gen1 for ages. the fox was better to ride. but i had stopped riding it due to frame crackage  :D

i will buy a 4styler as soon as i see one for sale. dont bother trying to outbid me as my budget is large for one of them!!!!
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Moose on October 31, 2005, 01:34 PM
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i will buy a 4styler as soon as i see one for sale. dont bother trying to outbid me as my budget is large for one of them!!!!

...no need to worry on that score  ;D ;D   I should imagine you'll only need a budget of about £3.50 to beat me, if I was to bid  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: ORB on October 31, 2005, 01:40 PM
lol...

:)
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 01:47 PM
it was one of the only decent uk made freestyle frames.
they rock
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: The-flying-banana on October 31, 2005, 01:50 PM
And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I 'll say it clear,
I 'll state my case of which I 'm certain.

I've lived a life thats full,
I travelled each and every highway,
And more, much more than this,
I did it My Way.

Regrets, I 've had a few,
But then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exception
I planned each charted course
each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this,
I did it My Way.

Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it My Way.

I 've loved,
I 've laughed and cried,
I 've had my fill, my share of losing
and now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
to think I did all that
and may I say not in a shy way

Oh no, oh no not me
I did it My Way

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows
I took the blows -
And did it my way!

My funeral song by the way and sid vicious not old franky ;D

Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Stodgy on October 31, 2005, 02:18 PM
Nana - that was beautiful.  :'(

Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: The-flying-banana on October 31, 2005, 02:33 PM
Thanks stodgy i was acctually singing while typing ;D

You can borrow it for your passing if ye like matey but may you have a long innings like me ??? so the witch doctor says anyways ;D
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: retrogeezer on October 31, 2005, 02:34 PM
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it was one of the only decent uk made freestyle frames.
they rock

Eh??? It's like a messed about with TRM with shite forks???

I like em, but it certainly ain't one of the best....best has to be the Rickman no question - and I'm a Curtis lover!
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: ORB on October 31, 2005, 02:37 PM
Even thought the Rickman and Badlander were made by the same people, the badlander feels a LOT more solid?

But the rickman is well cool.

Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: retrogeezer on October 31, 2005, 02:40 PM
forgot the badlander - sorry Orb  :-[
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: ORB on October 31, 2005, 02:43 PM
Curtis ( more of a race bike with bits glued to it but rad non the less)

P L Craig Campbell?

Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: darkslider on October 31, 2005, 02:44 PM
Luvin the Sid Vish there Nana you were pitch purrfect fella. Shame Sid had to hook up with that scabby bag head and lose the plot He used to be like a God when we was at skool. R.I.P.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 02:51 PM
ONE OF the best!!!

the fox was what the TRM should have been.
shite forks? they were landing gear copies made from 531.

was the CC prolite UK made?

the rickys are good too. what made the fox so ridable and good for freestyle was the super low top tube!
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: The-flying-banana on October 31, 2005, 02:54 PM
Luvin the Sid Vish there Nana you were pitch purrfect fella. Shame Sid had to hook up with that scabby bag head and lose the plot He used to be like a God when we was at skool. R.I.P.

Happens to the best of us dude :-\
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: darkslider on October 31, 2005, 03:07 PM
What women ruining your life or the inevitable.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: retrogeezer on October 31, 2005, 03:07 PM
There was/is a NOS Fourstyler around the High Wycombe area - sold it in Tricky Bikes about 3 years ago....

Fourstyler = Quadangle !
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 03:11 PM
There was/is a NOS Fourstyler around the High Wycombe area - sold it in Tricky Bikes about 3 years ago....

Fourstyler = Quadangle !

track it down mate and buy it for me, i will pay you back (honest injun)

fourstyler wasnt like a quad though. it was like a TRM.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: The-flying-banana on October 31, 2005, 03:14 PM
What women ruining your life or the inevitable.

Defo the women cant help it though im addicted :'(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: ORB on October 31, 2005, 03:21 PM
Said Fox has already been traced and is not for sale.

I have tried.

Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 03:24 PM
is the factory that made them still going?
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: retrogeezer on October 31, 2005, 03:27 PM
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fourstyler wasnt like a quad though. it was like a TRM.

yeh - I know ( said in an Andy from little britain type voice!)

I just think thats where the idea for the name came from.

Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 03:29 PM
what were there 4 of on a 4styler (except people who bought them) ?
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: retrogeezer on October 31, 2005, 03:32 PM
I don't know....I guess it was coz it bore a slight resemblence to the quad?


That nos one was the only one I've ever seen...
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 03:38 PM
a shop near where my dad's business was in cannock - called "All Moto" used to stock the whole MT Racing Fox range.
i think my dad knew the guy who run it, hence why my bro had this superfox:
(http://www.30cms.net/Assets/fox19841.jpg)

and i got the 4styler
(http://www.30cms.net/Assets/30foxbmx1985.jpg)
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on October 31, 2005, 06:16 PM
the one in wycombe is still around and maybe available for the right price, think its light blue
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 06:44 PM
the one in wycombe is still around and maybe available for the right price, think its light blue

if you can track him down, ask him if he wants to sell
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: Zippy on October 31, 2005, 07:30 PM
My Raliegh Aero Pro Team Burner.
Well gutted, don't even remember getting rid of it.
If anyone has one they want to sell then please let me know.
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: dmebmx on December 25, 2005, 08:04 AM
Yeah , selling my brandnew complete 26" kos kruiser for $150 AUD back in the day because it was taken up room in the garage..and all the bikes and gear over the last 25 years , mostly givin it away after big races .....always happy to give but often never received,  heh, but would never change my past, i had a damn good time and still do.....dme
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: stuntmaster on December 25, 2005, 10:19 AM
my red judge that pkradman has now ,but the money went to a good cause
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: sawzall on December 26, 2005, 04:57 PM
i gave away a bob haro  signed base ball cap to a mates mate a couple of years ago :santa_cry: what an :Aresehole:
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: mike pardon on December 26, 2005, 09:37 PM
Dont have regrets !!!! We come into this world with nothing and leave it with nothin. Anything inbetween is a bonus.

 :santa_undecided:
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: jon016847 on December 26, 2005, 10:20 PM
I sold my JMC shadow in about 88/89 , two sets of wheels,  jmc uniform, 2 jmc race tops, helmet, oakley arm protectors, gloves etc for £60

Big regrets

JW
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: revcore on December 27, 2005, 07:44 AM
I've regretted selling heaps of stuff but four items in particular I really regret selling. Those items are:
My Revcore Pro frame & forks and bars.
My Auburn CR20RX frame & forks and bars and padset.
My Hutch Aerospeed cranks.
My Redline 401's.
I was a fool to have sold those four items and I think I will regret it for the rest of my life.
 :'(
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: bmxgirl on December 27, 2005, 08:16 PM
I  regret selling my black n gold grifter... yeah i know its not a bmx but i regret it anyway. Ive never regretted selling any bmx's but i do wish id kept the  mags of one of them :santa_rolleyes:
Title: Re: Have you regretted selling anything?
Post by: pkradman on December 28, 2005, 11:48 PM
i guess for me now looking back its gota be my jmc AP bars to another rad member, ok hes a good pal and i couldnt refuse his offer ,but at least i know they went to a good home ,and if ever the time comes (which im sure it wont) i will get first shot on having em back  :santa_cry:
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