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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Goose1 on October 10, 2007, 08:19 PM
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Please hear me out Burner haters.........
Which Burner do you believe is the most 'iconic' Burner of all the range. Throwing aside poor geometory etc. Which one was the 'I want' Burner of all time?
For me it is the Mk1 Tuff (yellow/blue), the one I believe should have been released for the 25th anniversary celebrations! What are your thoughts and ideas?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f171/Ph0eb3/S3010101.jpg)
Please be gentle, you know how touchy us Burner lovers are :LolLolLolLol:
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true, even though my first burner was the red one with yellow tires & my second was the super tuff burner
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i have a blue and yellow ,just like youre pic, and i cherish it
they just look the nuts,
when i ride it i smile lots,people beep thier horns,point at it,
its a proper head turner,i dont care what people think,i love it.
DIVOT
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for me it would be the team aero burner, decent proper geometry (what was it a tange frame?), i raced one of them in 85 for a bit, luberly.....
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got to be this one for me :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z164/wildwood1971/ABCD0016.jpg)
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definitely the yellow and blue...
the team aero pro and the andy ruffell colour does look good, probably the best they done. but as far as iconic, it has got to be the yellow and blue.
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Would have made sense doing the tuff as the 25th anniversary as it's been exactly that long since it was created.
The tuff is certainly is the most iconic Burner, perhaps even BMX in general (!?!) They are fantastic to look at but unfortunately the ride-ability as an adult is awful. :( That's the sole reason for selling mine... so in essence it would make the perfect show bike for me. Perhaps for this reason they wouldn't sell as well as the Team AP ?
Personally I wish there weren't any re-issues made as I'm sure you're already aware.
O
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I would probably agree with you Owen as the yellow and blue burner probably the most iconic bmx of the 80's.
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Personally I wish there weren't any re-issues made as I'm sure you're already aware.
O
Raleigh send their personal apology Owen and hope you find it in your big gay heart to forgive them for such a crime against Burners...
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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now, now girls... everyone has an opinion.
ive always liked burners.. just a nostalga thing like all our vintage builds.
Super burner for me, mate across the road had one.. good memories.
personally if DB/ralaigh (whoeva owns db) re-issued the turbo i'd be gutted..
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Gotta be the blue and yellow tuff burner for me. Im picking mine up tonight! £94 steal from ebay. I havent decided to keep it as it is or restore it. Cant wait to see it and my eldest son is more excited about seeing than any other bike i have had. That goes to show it must have been attractive to the younger eye BITD. ;)
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Yep gotta be the MKI Tuff in blue and yellow......my mates had them and i loved them BITD! i think they look well cool!!! :daumenhoch:
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gotta say the extra burners always look nice
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Personally I wish there weren't any re-issues made as I'm sure you're already aware.
O
Raleigh send their personal apology Owen and hope you find it in your big gay heart to forgive them for such a crime against Burners...
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Rock on brutha. :daumenhoch:
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This was the first BMX I ever saw (in the flesh). A kid was racing round 2 trees in the local park and was kicking everyone elses arse (everyone else was on racers or whatever).
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/mk1burner.jpg)
This was the first BMX I wanted. I even had one put by in Halfords till I looked into the spec of it a little more (I was blinded by the glamor of Tuffs)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/mk1tuff.jpg)
This was my first BMX. Not bad parts on it ... shame the frame was so bad.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/mk1ultra.jpg)
This was the first BMX Id dream over. Almost double the price of the Ultra and way out of my range. Not a bad bike at all.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/mk1pro.jpg)
For me, their aint any other "Burners". Those 4 were the first ones I used to want, and I had moved on from Burners by the time the mk2s came out.
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black gold ultra burner
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Mk1 Super Tuff Burner in my opinion.
HRD
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black gold ultra had the best wheels in the mk1 burner range
in fact in any burner range
and the best colour scheme
imo!
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You mean like this one.... ;)
Along with the MK1 Tuff.. the Ultra is the best (NON-PRO) model that Raleigh produced..
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v650/beard1973/UltraNew1-2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v650/beard1973/UltraNew3-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v650/beard1973/Picture147-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v650/beard1973/UltraNew2-1.jpg)
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mmmmm it has to be red n yellow tuff burrner for me :smitten:
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Blue and yellow tuff burner for me too. Brings back memories of my jaw being jammed firmly open. :shocked: then :smitten:
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this was my first ever bmx (well, not a proper one) :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb199/adenough/museum01_lg.jpg)
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yeah defo the blue and yellow tuff burner, i had one, then got it chromed to be trendy :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.energyflash.co.uk/images/burnerwheelie.jpg)
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had an Extra Burner bitd (wrecked it) but still got pics of me on it. My original fav was a MK1 tuff Burner but with the red frame, my mate had one like that.
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1st ever bike was a black/gold ultra i loved it. Took me 3 years to kill it, which was due to an ambitious (warp speed) parachute jump at Knebworth performance bowl, I was soooooooo high till i landed :D.
back to the thread......best looking / most iconic burner has to be the blue & yellow tuff and it was cheaper!!
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The original Pro Burner think I wore a hole in the chrome staring a one in Kelly's Cycles in 82
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I never owned a Burner (not really my thing), but I always liked the look of the ones that Ruffell and Schofield rode with the blue, white and yellow paint jobs. No offence to Burner fans, but just looking at the normal Burners you could tell the geometry was all over the place, but with the team bikes, they looked well sorted.
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1st ever bike was a black/gold ultra i loved it. Took me 3 years to kill it, which was due to an ambitious (warp speed) parachute jump at Knebworth performance bowl, I was soooooooo high till i landed :D.
back to the thread......best looking / most iconic burner has to be the blue & yellow tuff and it was cheaper!!
Knebworth was such a cool place!! did you ride Bowes as well? if so where abouts you from mate? i was born and grew up in Stevenage and we used to regularly ride over to knebworth and get in for free at the rear of the park..........the track was well knackering though! i'd always be out of breath by the time i reached the big table at the end :-\
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The most iconic was the Blue & Yellow MkI tuff without a doubt. Just looking at one takes me right back to standing in Halfords with my Mum. I was so awestruck at the colours and I just thought it was THE best thing I'd ever seen.
never mind the geometry, the colours make up for it :smitten: :smitten:
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i wanted a black and gold ultra but could only afford a red and yellow one from the catalogue :'(
spent some fantastic times down southsea skatepark on it tho :LolLolLolLol:
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I don't ever remember Raleigh doing the Tuff in red?? i only ever saw blue ones! :-\
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mk 1 blue yellow tuff burner.
man i'd have killed for one of them when they first came out.
i'd like to do me one of them one of the days.
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Im doing one Dord and i cant wait to get started. Picked it up last night. Even got the original tyres on - APPARENTLY!
You aint a collector if you have never had a blue tuff burner!
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a Mark 1 and a Mark 2 Tuff burner? I see some with hideous yellow mags on ebay all the time. What ones are these?
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Only ever had one burner bitd. So for me it has to be the Mk1 cromo :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h290/spike371/Cromo-1.jpg)
And yes, this is mine from back then after a makeover :)
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Im doing one Dord and i cant wait to get started. Picked it up last night. Even got the original tyres on - APPARENTLY!
You aint a collector if you have never had a blue tuff burner!
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a Mark 1 and a Mark 2 Tuff burner? I see some with hideous yellow mags on ebay all the time. What ones are these?
horrible mags you mean the delightful simplex mags,the mk2 didn't have tuffs,
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Im doing one Dord and i cant wait to get started. Picked it up last night. Even got the original tyres on - APPARENTLY!
You aint a collector if you have never had a blue tuff burner!
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a Mark 1 and a Mark 2 Tuff burner? I see some with hideous yellow mags on ebay all the time. What ones are these?
horrible mags you mean the delightful simplex mags,the mk2 didn't have tuffs,
why thank you sir.
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Im doing one Dord and i cant wait to get started. Picked it up last night. Even got the original tyres on - APPARENTLY!
You aint a collector if you have never had a blue tuff burner!
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a Mark 1 and a Mark 2 Tuff burner? I see some with hideous yellow mags on ebay all the time. What ones are these?
horrible mags you mean the delightful simplex mags,the mk2 didn't have tuffs,
The frames were diferent too, right? On the mk2, they cut the tubes to fit together ... on the mk1s they just crushed the down tube flat in a vice and tack welded it to the BB.
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too be honest i never spent much time looking at Burners :LolLolLolLol:
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MkI has a steel round tube frame with a gusset at the head tube 1" seat tube. The MkII has oval tubing, no gusset a 22.2mm seat tube and only came with yellow Simplex 7 spoke mags.
The MkII is called a mag Burner I think whereas the MkI is the only one thats called a Tuff, presumably because it has Tuffs on.
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definitely the yellow and blue...
the team aero pro and the andy ruffell colour does look good, probably the best they done. but as far as iconic, it has got to be the yellow and blue.
the yellow/blue one is a looptail trev.......
hmmmm?
Dave
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Any that are in a skip cos that's the best place for them :LolLolLolLol:
Sorry guys.
Daz.
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Red tuff burner was easy to get go to a stockist and they just swapped the stuff to make it, and the other became a plain blue burner.
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1st ever bike was a black/gold ultra i loved it. Took me 3 years to kill it, which was due to an ambitious (warp speed) parachute jump at Knebworth performance bowl, I was soooooooo high till i landed :D.
back to the thread......best looking / most iconic burner has to be the blue & yellow tuff and it was cheaper!!
Knebworth was such a cool place!! did you ride Bowes as well? if so where abouts you from mate? i was born and grew up in Stevenage and we used to regularly ride over to knebworth and get in for free at the rear of the park..........the track was well knackering though! i'd always be out of breath by the time i reached the big table at the end :-\
Pickle...i am a stevenage boy (an old one now) and i still ride Bowes whenever poss.. currently aboard a Sunday.... sure we've crossed paths mate i been riding for 25 years....Knebworth was the best lazy days in the sun ice cream shop 20 seconds walk away and a dip in the pool at the novotel on the way home..... wish it was still there!!! :-\