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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: Stu uk Liverpool on December 11, 2005, 10:47 PM

Title: the best bmx you had bitd freestyle or race !!!!!
Post by: Stu uk Liverpool on December 11, 2005, 10:47 PM

mine was gt pro 82 or kuwie kz
and a pair of black syways to throw on em to try and do freestyle

what were your ladies and gents


stu

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Post by: kusam on December 11, 2005, 10:48 PM

Easy....my Kuwahara Lazer Lite  :smitten: :santa_afro:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y119/KuSam/597c2499.jpg)

gonna get round to getting it out from behind that damn fridge sooner or later  :santa_angry:

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Post by: lazychubs on December 11, 2005, 10:49 PM

mines me kuhei freestlyer
with green tuffs

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Post by: weston on December 11, 2005, 11:04 PM

mongoose pro class with black tuffs

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Post by: jonpaul11 on December 11, 2005, 11:22 PM

MRD expert, Renthal Bars, Elina Flight Tech, SE post, araya 7L rims (no one ever mentions these rims)

Loved that MRD - front end was so light, plan to pick it up from storage at my parents this Xmas and restore.

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Post by: Steve P on December 11, 2005, 11:36 PM

Skyway TA

Purchased the frame set in 1983 and I still own it today though it has been totally restored

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a217/steve167690/Skyway%20TA/SkywayTA.jpg)

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Post by: retrogeezer on December 11, 2005, 11:47 PM

best one bitd is the same as the best one I have now (imho) My Curtis Pro:



(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v614/retrogeezer1/IMG_1944.jpg)

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Post by: Bob_Acid on December 12, 2005, 12:37 AM

i had a lot but my favorite stayed with me through the last couple of years, a Supergoose 2 with Haro forks and yellow tuffs or red arayas depending on how i felt.

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Post by: pkradman on December 12, 2005, 01:29 AM

mine was me Mk1 pro burner till it got swiped  :(  then a DB silverstreak  :santa_afro:

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Post by: FuNMoNsTeR on December 12, 2005, 07:08 AM

Torker 280.... for me... Racing and freestyle. Light, strong and responsive.

 I used to run 185mm flites and Gold Tuff Neck stem, Gold Shimano DX pedals.. The rest of the bike was just how i bought it in new in 83.
   I owned PKs, Hutches, Quads etc but the Torker suited me best. :santa_afro:

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Post by: oberonspacefruit on December 12, 2005, 08:26 AM

twin top tube pirahana with yellow simplex, painted black with matt blackboard paint. skyway pads...aeroyal seat...cw copy bars whitewall tyres, mx 2 finger lever sr stem...

and that was the bike that i worked up to.

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Post by: Waxintaxin on December 12, 2005, 08:44 AM

I swapped and traded many good frames , but my fav was the changa or the quad .

Rich

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Post by: R Palmer on December 12, 2005, 09:15 AM

My 1983 Raleigh Aero Pro.  :santa_afro: :santa_afro:

Rich....

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Post by: jT Racing on December 12, 2005, 09:51 AM

when i got my red burner i was made up. but the chrome T/A had to be the best.

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Post by: ORB on December 12, 2005, 10:03 AM

I love my TRM deeply.

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Post by: dordymush on December 12, 2005, 10:31 AM

i had a piranha first.silver and blue. i loved that bike.best i ended up with was a gt performer.gave it away in about 86/7  :santa_cry:.

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Post by: Zippy on December 12, 2005, 11:21 AM

For racing it would have been my Team Aero Pro Burner.
For Freestyle it would have been my GT Pro world Tour, Double bend frame. That was well cool.

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Post by: Peanut on December 12, 2005, 11:31 AM

I only ever had a freeway although I did convince some stupid kid it was a Vincent, just wrote off to them for a decal set and although the freeway was missing a few bars it was similar. Did however hold the record for the Eastbourne track for three weeks but that was on a Grifter so I was kinda cheating.

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Post by: Coastvl on December 12, 2005, 11:37 AM

Easily my favourite. My Supergoose bought as a frame and built up in 81-83. It's goin in the ground with me!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v108/coastvl/bike%20bits/bikes022.jpg)

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Post by: Moose on December 12, 2005, 11:55 AM

Did someone say Freeway :smitten:

(http://www2.propichosting.com/Images/500310/18.jpg)

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Post by: Waxintaxin on December 12, 2005, 12:32 PM

Moose is that a mullett  :LolLolLolLol:

Rich

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Post by: Moose on December 12, 2005, 12:37 PM

yeah....mullett, feel free to take the piss as much as you like :LolLolLolLol:

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Post by: Bob_Acid on December 12, 2005, 12:43 PM

i remember thinking how cool i looked with my hair long at the back :D

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Post by: Moose on December 12, 2005, 12:50 PM

I had a long pony-tail in my late teens for a few years and thought I was the coolest fooker around ::) :idiot2:

Only cut it when I got my own flat as I got pissed off trying to hoover the fooking long hair up from everywhere. I might try and find a picture :2funny:

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Post by: OrgasmDonor on December 12, 2005, 01:50 PM

ghp pro  for ridability, even though they are are grossly overated crap that snap when you look at them, but a beautiful frame n fork non the less

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Post by: Flaz on December 12, 2005, 02:04 PM

torker 280x got it from alpine action blk skyways cw bars uni seat actually got mugged on it in camden road skate prk by about 8 kids got the sh*t kicked out of me even when they got the bike they still kicked me in the head !!!!!

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Post by: bmxmatt1974 on December 12, 2005, 02:54 PM

my dp firebird , with skways, gt bars, mx 1000 all in white, wish i never sold it for £80    :santa_sad:

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Post by: electobooty on December 12, 2005, 03:08 PM

White Rickman freestyler with either white coaster tuffs or red z rims
Put landing gear forks on it and thought it was the nuts
My favourite would have been my Firebird though

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Post by: motomagII on December 12, 2005, 04:55 PM

mine was totally original mongoose motomag.heavy as f but i loved it

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Post by: billstup on December 12, 2005, 08:17 PM

This one I think :

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/myharo.jpg)

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Post by: motomagII on December 12, 2005, 08:53 PM

wot billy you have to say skyway dont you  :LolLolLolLol:

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Post by: baldbmxer on December 12, 2005, 09:31 PM

The best bikes I had BITD were a MAXIMUM XL 20'' and a HUTCH XL24 cruiser.

Both had nice low bottom brackets, great for getting the power down and fun in the corners when running 185's!!! Hehe.
I won an NBMXA National on the Maximum and a UK National on the Hutch

I still have both bike which are in the middle of being restored.

Watch this space - cos I might actually get something finished before the New Year!

JJ

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Post by: Nosnod on December 12, 2005, 10:21 PM

Toss up between my 83 GT race bike with Redline 400 cranks (note the original Fila Bj  8))
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/GTracebike.jpg)

Or my 84 GT Performer that went everywhere with me until it mysteriously disappeared in 88 when I got my first car  :'(
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b389/nosnod/GTPerformer.jpg)

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Post by: kusam on December 12, 2005, 10:24 PM

Aww..how chuffed do you look on that 2nd pic!  :santa_afro:

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Post by: AJWD on December 13, 2005, 02:15 PM

My blue and yellow bog standard burner. Weighed a tonne, but I loved it. Although I still have my my dream bike, which was an MRD Pro. Just got it out of my parents garage, and restored it. Then bought a white one, and have just finished building it. Will be putting up pics in the museum today.

Adey.

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Post by: jon016847 on December 13, 2005, 02:48 PM

My JMC Shadow with DY Forks,  If i could go back I would have gone for a JMC XL would have been better suited to my size, but i loved this all the same

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v661/JON016847/bmx4.jpg)

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Post by: Stu uk Liverpool on December 13, 2005, 03:04 PM

jmc eh jon
you dont ,say fancy that

haha

stu

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Post by: jon016847 on December 13, 2005, 03:35 PM

Quote from: Stu uk Liverpool on December 13, 2005, 03:04 PM

jmc eh jon
you dont ,say fancy that

haha


stu

BET THET CAME AS A SHOCK  - LOL

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Post by: gudge on December 13, 2005, 03:40 PM

Peugeot Vitus Duralinox, wonderful glued together frame, ARX forks, Araya 1.5's, Tioga hollow crank, Gallindo Bars, Hutch stem, mx 900 (rear). Sub 18lb bike, race days only. Great till the shop took it back- I'm not bitter after all these years!- Honest :tickedoff: :tickedoff: :tickedoff:  

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Post by: Nicko on December 13, 2005, 04:31 PM

Had to be my DB Turbolite as pictured with UKAI skinny rims, loved that bike,just loved it(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d41/nickbaines/jump.jpg)