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Title: Rarest BMX
Post by: Dhillon on April 22, 2008, 11:57 AM
Just out of interest, what is the rarest BMX  bike around?   :daumenhoch: 

The hen's teeth of BMX!!      The holy Grail of BMXER's!!   

And how much is it worth?? 

Nodoubt there's going be alittle difference of opinion on this one!!  :police:

Pic's would be great  ;)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Trev on April 22, 2008, 11:58 AM
Holeshot RF-1 has got to be a good candidate.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: virtualmeuk on April 22, 2008, 12:01 PM
i would have said a big name factory bike that is in survivor condition would be worth a mint. One of the big names :daumenhoch:

If such a bike even exists!!
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 22, 2008, 12:03 PM
Skyway Cruiser  :)


Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 22, 2008, 12:07 PM
this.....(CW Phase 1 Cruiser)  ::)

http://cgi.ebay.com/CW-PHAZE-1-BMX-OLD-SCHOOL-BMX-CRUISER-24-inch_W0QQitemZ250237124932QQihZ015QQcategoryZ42310QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: muttley on April 22, 2008, 12:10 PM
Holeshot.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: munners on April 22, 2008, 12:11 PM
Skyway Cruiser  :)




 ;) I have never seen one!
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Swivel on April 22, 2008, 12:17 PM
Gotta be the Holeshot, don't know a single person anywhere that has one of them!  :)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: OrgasmDonor on April 22, 2008, 12:22 PM
Holeshot and the 1984 GJS bigtube,

GJS Bigtube, i'd fookin love one of these :daumenhoch:
(http://www.bicyclechannel.com/bigtube-2.jpg)
(http://bmxmuseum.com/image/gjs_big_tube.jpg)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 22, 2008, 12:23 PM
Skyway Cruiser  :)




 ;) I have never seen one!

Skyway only ever made 12 of em Nick, I understand that there's 2 on VBMX (Rod Miles and Jeff Haney own em)

looky looky !!


(http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=2308)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 22, 2008, 12:24 PM
there's Great and Rare (SKyway Cruiser), and they're just plain ole Rare (Holeshot RF-1), tbh i've never seen the big fuss over the holeshot, just MHO though  ;)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Rooonga on April 22, 2008, 12:29 PM
My holy grail would be the original MCS Magnum, with the big gussett.

I had one as a kid, and have always been looking since the last 3 years or so.

Never seen one come up!
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: OrgasmDonor on April 22, 2008, 12:31 PM
there was a full bike on US ebay about 3 months ago BIN $69!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: motomagII on April 22, 2008, 12:33 PM
race frame id say race inc theres not many about
freestyle maybe holeshot
freeagent freeflight only know of 3
cruiser vdc and skyway 24

also gjs big tube and one ive always fancied gary littlejohn pro frameset
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Swivel on April 22, 2008, 12:53 PM
Does anyone know Andy Ruffell personally? Surely he must have a holeshot frame/forks tucked away somewhere? Be nice to see some photos of it  ;)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 22, 2008, 12:55 PM
Does anyone know Andy Ruffell personally? Surely he must have a holeshot frame/forks tucked away somewhere? Be nice to see some photos of it  ;)

i'm calling him now !  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Trev on April 22, 2008, 12:55 PM
Does anyone know Andy Ruffell personally? Surely he must have a holeshot frame/forks tucked away somewhere? Be nice to see some photos of it  ;)

I spoke to him last week, he is gonna look into it. He told me he sold about 150 of them.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: ORB on April 22, 2008, 12:56 PM
Quote
race frame id say race inc


I have had two of the above and there are quite a lot about.

STR-1 is a bit rare, but there are a few copies about.



Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: othomas2 on April 22, 2008, 01:14 PM
A decent 'Burner'... still lookin' for one of them... :(
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: JT Smooth on April 22, 2008, 01:21 PM
A decent 'Burner'... still lookin' for one of them... :(

Hope you got lots of time on ya hands!!  ;D
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Frosty on April 22, 2008, 01:23 PM
The Aero square profile ally frame, bit like the Pace R200/300 frames.

I have the test of it but have never seen one.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: southern andy on April 22, 2008, 01:24 PM
Surely an SRE has got to be near the top somewhere, i know Sawzell is desperate for one.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Trev on April 22, 2008, 01:32 PM
A decent 'Burner'... still lookin' for one of them... :(

and we have a winner.....  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 22, 2008, 01:50 PM
Get her moist do ya !!   ;)

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5078/rods24cruiserqo3.jpg)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: WizardWeb on April 22, 2008, 10:19 PM
Skyway Cruiser  :)




 ;) I have never seen one!



As a comparison, anyone know how many 85 Masters were made? Or how many TA's were shipped out of Skyway?

Skyway only ever made 12 of em Nick, I understand that there's 2 on VBMX (Rod Miles and Jeff Haney own em)

looky looky !!


(http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=2308)


I'm always amazed at how few they made of certain models. 150 Holeshots? Nothing really and in the Haney collection vid, he says they made 20 or something Revcore freestylers. I mean these things were in adverts month after month, so I always had the impression they made 1000's... obviously not !
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: pkradman on April 22, 2008, 11:09 PM
im with orb ........ STR1  hands down
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: wildwood1971 on April 22, 2008, 11:10 PM
dont think many of these were made, and when they become available they go for stupid money. Id still love one though

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z164/wildwood1971/nr1.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z164/wildwood1971/nr3.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z164/wildwood1971/nr2.jpg)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: jimmyp on April 22, 2008, 11:22 PM
i would have said a big name factory bike that is in survivor condition would be worth a mint. One of the big names :daumenhoch:

If such a bike even exists!!

I would agree, somthing still in the box never been built would have to be very rare  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: pkradman on April 22, 2008, 11:27 PM
the nomura is da bomb !!! who owns that ?
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: ron burgundy on April 22, 2008, 11:33 PM
Nice Nomura...

...but a loop tail Redline beats that :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v337/2elliot/RLloop1.jpg)


Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: RATTY on April 22, 2008, 11:34 PM
RF1 or ACE racing, come made by Walthamstow companies, both as scarce as fook, although I did hear whispers that there was an ACE loitering in someones garage :-\
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: wildwood1971 on April 22, 2008, 11:47 PM
the nomura is da bomb !!! who owns that ?

I found the images on bmx museum.com  theres only a few known to exist - check out the shine on that alloy frame - dont get much better than that - these are the rare of the rare.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Mattdub on April 23, 2008, 08:15 AM
Nice Nomura...

...but a loop tail Redline beats that :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v337/2elliot/RLloop1.jpg)




 :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

That there is rare  ;)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Dhillon on April 23, 2008, 10:02 PM
the nomura is da bomb !!! who owns that ?

I found the images on bmx museum.com  theres only a few known to exist - check out the shine on that alloy frame - dont get much better than that - these are the rare of the rare.

In terms pf cash, how much do you reckon the Nomura's worth?  :crazy2:

It's alovely looking bike!!    :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Swivel on April 23, 2008, 10:28 PM
Ratty I think one of my mates has a couple of ACE bits in his mums loft, what those or whether its still there I don't know but he said this the other week in the pub when we got on to the topic of bmx. I do know for a fact that my wife Lucie, her cousin threw out while in a loft clearance (for an extension) a nos boxed diamond back Viper, silly barsteward  :(. Told him how much that could be worth to a proper collector and he nearly fell off his chair! Also one of my other mates apparently has a lot of YES stuff also so i'm following all of this leads. If I do get hold of any ACE or YES stuff i'll contact you 1st dude.

I still think the Holeshot is ultra rare!

Matt  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: dannywhiteley on April 23, 2008, 10:59 PM
If a RF1 or an ACE frame turned up fr sale, what do you reckon it could fetch?

Would it beat the gen 1 for sale at the moment?  Would it fetch more that the XL TA that sold for 335 tonight?  If so someone is havin a laugh as those two examples are much better frames.  Rarer doesnt always equal better...
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: RATTY on April 23, 2008, 11:16 PM
The Ace not too much, me and Marty are the only ones who really want one ???

But an RF1 could fetch good money, especially as some of the freestyle bikes fetch fortunes :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: se bikes on April 24, 2008, 06:33 AM
Ratty I think one of my mates has a couple of ACE bits in his mums loft, what those or whether its still there I don't know but he said this the other week in the pub when we got on to the topic of bmx. I do know for a fact that my wife Lucie, her cousin threw out while in a loft clearance (for an extension) a nos boxed diamond back Viper, silly barsteward  :(. Told him how much that could be worth to a proper collector and he nearly fell off his chair! Also one of my other mates apparently has a lot of YES stuff also so i'm following all of this leads. If I do get hold of any ACE or YES stuff i'll contact you 1st dude.

I still think the Holeshot is ultra rare!

Matt  :daumenhoch:

Ta Matt, Ratty missed the post and nearly choked when he just read it  :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Trev on April 24, 2008, 08:45 AM
If a RF1 or an ACE frame turned up fr sale, what do you reckon it could fetch?

Would it beat the gen 1 for sale at the moment?  Would it fetch more that the XL TA that sold for 335 tonight?  If so someone is havin a laugh as those two examples are much better frames.  Rarer doesnt always equal better...

I think an RF1 may probably outbid a Gen 1 at the moment. But as one hasn't appeared yet, you can't really tell.

Also we're not talking about when a frame is better or not. Otherwise you'd just buy a new school frame.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: pickle on April 24, 2008, 08:52 AM
i would've thought this thread was dead in the water as soon as the sentence "decent burner" was mentioned  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: double chevron on April 24, 2008, 10:00 AM
the nomura is da bomb !!! who owns that ?

I found the images on bmx museum.com  theres only a few known to exist - check out the shine on that alloy frame - dont get much better than that - these are the rare of the rare.

In terms pf cash, how much do you reckon the Nomura's worth?  :crazy2:

It's alovely looking bike!!    :4_17_5:


Wasn't this one part of Brian Hays collection ?
I think he sold a few last year for a few thousands dollars each
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 24, 2008, 11:34 AM
the nomura is da bomb !!! who owns that ?

I found the images on bmx museum.com  theres only a few known to exist - check out the shine on that alloy frame - dont get much better than that - these are the rare of the rare.

In terms pf cash, how much do you reckon the Nomura's worth?  :crazy2:

It's alovely looking bike!!    :4_17_5:


Wasn't this one part of Brian Hays collection ?
I think he sold a few last year for a few thousands dollars each

there was a Nomora 26/24 on ebay recently, not sure what it went for though ?
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: zed4130 on April 24, 2008, 11:36 AM
I bet this is pretty rare   :LolLolLolLol: its got a caliper brake so OS legal  :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m279/zed2000/rad115.jpg)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 24, 2008, 11:40 AM
Question? WHY ARE HOLESHOT FR-1's impossible to find? Where are they all ???
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: gareth1978 on April 24, 2008, 12:40 PM
anyboby got picys of a holshot as ive never seen one :daumenhoch:

                 gareth
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 24, 2008, 12:52 PM
anyboby got picys of a holshot as ive never seen one :daumenhoch:

                 gareth

http://bmx-recollection.com/Downloads/Archive%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/Adverts/Holeshot%20RF%201%20Advert.jpg
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Sparky24 on April 24, 2008, 10:49 PM
in my little world, a andy ruffle team burner is KING :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: darkersomeday on April 25, 2008, 11:45 AM
fooking holeshot :LolLolLolLol:
they were wank anyway :daumenhoch:

terrible one titanium barcode (1 made)
spooky spit '21.5 tt (1 made)
s&m k9
leeson new street


all rare.
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: 2020mad on April 25, 2008, 11:50 AM
Got to be Vanders streetbeat, working on geometry at moment to build a replica  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: oldschool rider on April 25, 2008, 12:17 PM
Not sure but i guess an Itson gold plated trickstar must be kinda rare !!!
 :smitten:
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: brass monkey! on April 25, 2008, 03:54 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150239611546&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005


is this RARE Or a chopped up POS ???  :-\
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: double chevron on April 25, 2008, 04:02 PM
looks dodgy anyways....
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: WARDY on April 25, 2008, 06:14 PM
Is this as rare as what he s saying it is :-\

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-SCHOOL-BMX-CW-Z-CW-ZM-OVAL-TUBE-FRAME-AND-FORK-1981_W0QQitemZ280220677035QQihZ018QQcategoryZ98082QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Mattdub on April 26, 2008, 12:56 AM
Is this as rare as what he s saying it is :-\

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-SCHOOL-BMX-CW-Z-CW-ZM-OVAL-TUBE-FRAME-AND-FORK-1981_W0QQitemZ280220677035QQihZ018QQcategoryZ98082QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That could be rare ( looks to be )  , not 100% up on CW myself but try here & email the guy ( CW site guy & auction guy ) for info if need be  ;) .

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cwracing/Homepage.htm

Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Mattdub on April 26, 2008, 12:59 AM
Is this as rare as what he s saying it is :-\

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-SCHOOL-BMX-CW-Z-CW-ZM-OVAL-TUBE-FRAME-AND-FORK-1981_W0QQitemZ280220677035QQihZ018QQcategoryZ98082QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here ya go Wardy ...........................................

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cwracing/CW%20Racing%20Models/cw_zm.htm
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Mattdub on April 26, 2008, 10:20 PM
Another Nomura , this one used to be Rodney's ( Vato ) .....................................
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/NOMURApolishedfromVatoRodney.jpg)
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: cherrypicker on April 26, 2008, 11:12 PM
Anyone got a Revcore cruiser, i'd like to see one built. There's not one on Rad to my knowledge and only one on VBMX. I've looked at the CW site and they have pictures of f/f, were they only sold that way?
Title: Re: Rarest BMX
Post by: Mattdub on April 26, 2008, 11:28 PM
Anyone got a Revcore cruiser, i'd like to see one built. There's not one on Rad to my knowledge and only one on VBMX. I've looked at the CW site and they have pictures of f/f, were they only sold that way?

Diesel sold this one recently ..........................................

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=56555.0

Pic of it here as complete build ................................

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=46245.0

I think they were F+F only . Gossa used to ride for Revcore bitd , he may have more details/info  ;)
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