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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: jT Racing on October 07, 2006, 12:37 PM

Title: who is mike buff?
Post by: jT Racing on October 07, 2006, 12:37 PM
just picked up some signature z's. wonderd who he was. Got to be freestyle? ::) or not?
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: winnit93 on October 07, 2006, 12:38 PM
u still in holland then.
get ur sorry arse home son :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: jT Racing on October 07, 2006, 12:40 PM
trying to move the missus is proving more difficult than i ever imagined.
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: harris on October 07, 2006, 12:42 PM
are they a tad of white as i have 3 sets 1 is white they others of white hold them against something good and whit to see proper colour
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: jT Racing on October 07, 2006, 12:45 PM
are they a tad of white as i have 3 sets 1 is white they others of white hold them against something good and whit to see proper colour

sort of, thought that was age, bleach should take care of that. Still doesn't help me with who he is though Dan :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: harris on October 07, 2006, 12:48 PM
he rode for hutch .and rode trick stars he was very good my friend jason hassell rode with him and woody itson he also rode for a few other teams i believe .i wouldnot bleach them as i have done one set and they came up a little and the other set did nothing apart from remove the writing.
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: RATTY on October 07, 2006, 12:52 PM
Wernt he the test rider on BMX plus mag? paired up with R.L Osbourne?
R.L. put his name to the redline RL20, mike to Z Rims :wtf:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: harris on October 07, 2006, 12:55 PM
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d87/harris15570/bmx11f.jpg)
this could be him
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: spinmaster on October 07, 2006, 01:41 PM
he also rode for CW
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: RATTY on October 07, 2006, 01:45 PM
So can someone confirm what I said!! Did he ride on the plus test team :-[
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: spinmaster on October 07, 2006, 01:48 PM
says here he was test rider with R.L. for bmx action

http://www.23mag.com/gens/osbornrl.htm
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: duncan on October 07, 2006, 02:26 PM
Didn't he invent the front brakeguard, a 'Buff-Guard'?
I bought a French BMX magazine around 1984 which had a big feature on him, when he rode a signature orange CW Freestyler.
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: DR VINOAH on October 07, 2006, 03:38 PM
mike buff

he did ride for bmx action with rl osbourn

i dont think he did testing sessions,but was with rl was the bmxa trick team

im waiting for one us to do a "buff" pk in white

yum yum yummy :4_17_5:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: mantadave on October 07, 2006, 04:34 PM
buff dropping of a garage in action bike hes a legend in the bmx world  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: TwoBobRob on October 07, 2006, 05:08 PM
I heard he ended up being one of the biggest coke dealers in California......

Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: duncan on October 07, 2006, 06:17 PM
Mike Buff testing out Z-rims on his chrome Quadangle.
Click for full size >>


[img width= height=]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k134/redxxvi/bmx/bufft.jpg[/img] (http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k134/redxxvi/bmx/buff.jpg)

Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: Coastvl on October 08, 2006, 05:17 AM
Mike Buff was Bob Haro's replacement when he left the BMXA trick team. He rode a PK first and he jumped off a lot of Roofs! and over cars!
(http://www.geocities.com/__strike__/BUFFjumpduke944.jpg)
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: Bren Gunn on October 08, 2006, 08:02 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v337/2elliot/buff8.jpg)



Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: zed4130 on October 08, 2006, 08:10 AM
he was a plus test rider with r.l your right ratty he rode for hutch wore strange glasses.cool guy though :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: mantadave on October 08, 2006, 12:03 PM
Is he  in jail or is he back on his white ripper    ??? Iam the biggest pepsi dealer in wigan  ;)
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: 69ner on October 08, 2006, 05:43 PM
R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle, both R.L. and Buff got their start as BMX racers. At age 11, R.L. was part of he first ever “BMX test team” for Bicycle Motocross News (from late ‘75 to late ‘76). An entrepreneur at the early age of 14, R.L. started up his own company, Hot Stickies. As the son of BMX Hall of Famer, Bob Osborn, R.L. went on to become one of the main test riders for BMX ACTION magazine. In 1978, R.L. teamed up with fellow BMXA employee Bob Haro to form the very first freestyle team, which made its debut at ABA’s Winternationals in Chandler, AZ. Local Torrance hot-shoe racer Mike Buff joined the BMX ACTION test team in 1979. Buff soon crossed over to freestyle and in the absence of Haro, the longtime teaming of R.L. & Buff began. As the “Nerd herd”, R.L. & Buff were vital in setting BMX trends during the 80’s, from jumping styles in bike tests to the 4x4 vehicle craze, to clothing fashions and hairdos. Each year from ‘82 until ‘88, the BMX ACTION trick team (as well as R.L.’s later sponsorship with Redline and General) spread the BMX gospel. In all, R.L. and Buff took their annual Summer Tours to 48 states in the U.S. and over 15 countries, taking BMX to places where racers and tracks couldn’t, turning many kids on to BMX in one form or another.
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: Rombloke on October 08, 2006, 06:18 PM
R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle

wrong....the godfather is this guy

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v255/rombloke/Picture585.jpg)
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: 69ner on October 08, 2006, 06:21 PM
bob haro should have stuck to drawing cartoons and not riding bikes >:D
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: lloydieboy on October 08, 2006, 10:12 PM
You better have a word with him, he's had your bike away!!!!


R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle

wrong....the godfather is this guy

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v255/rombloke/Picture585.jpg)
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: jimwise68 on October 09, 2006, 07:38 PM
You better have a word with him, he's had your bike away!!!!


R.L. Osborn & Mike Buff: Although they are best known as the godfathers of freestyle

wrong....the godfather is this guy

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v255/rombloke/Picture585.jpg)

...and he only wore a helmet to keep his hair in.
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: bof on October 09, 2006, 09:01 PM
Didnt mike buffs brother invent the potts mod.
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: billstup on October 09, 2006, 09:07 PM
Didnt mike buffs brother invent the potts mod.

As a guess I would say that the bloke that invented the `potts` mod was called `Potts`  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: harris on October 09, 2006, 09:08 PM
 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: Rombloke on October 09, 2006, 09:27 PM
yet the bloke that invented the gyro wasnt on the dole....

Dave
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: Trev on October 09, 2006, 09:39 PM
It was Brian Scura who invented the gyro.  Luckily for him, he patented it.  Apparently he gets a dollar for every gyro sold.
I heard he's just recently bought a $6,000,000 house.   :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: Rombloke on October 09, 2006, 09:42 PM
yep...i knew that but was fooling with you all.....sst....but then went to oddessy and sells it under their banner as the oryg.....he has it sussed

Dave
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: muttley on October 10, 2006, 09:07 PM
mike buff

he did ride for bmx action with rl osbourn

i dont think he did testing sessions,but was with rl was the bmxa trick team

im waiting for one us to do a "buff" pk in white

yum yum yummy :4_17_5:

Enjoy.  :coolsmiley:

(http://members.aol.com/tcookdist/buffR.jpg)

(http://members.aol.com/tcookdist/buffL.jpg)
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: DR VINOAH on October 10, 2006, 09:11 PM
oh yes mr muttley

thats the real deal ,right there

 :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5:

is it urs :angel:

Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: muttley on October 10, 2006, 09:12 PM
If only  :(

This has got to be my all time fav replica  8)
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: radders on October 12, 2006, 10:42 AM
Steve Potts invented the Potts mod, he was Mike Buff's brother in law.
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: Brownie on October 12, 2006, 11:15 PM
...and here's me, just wondering what colour scheme to do the looptail and my new lgs. Shame I've been buying black and gold for the last year!!!!  :uglystupid2:
Title: Re: who is mike buff?
Post by: duncan on October 12, 2006, 11:46 PM
Black frame with chrome forks is an SE classic combination, one I'm considering myself for my rebuild, I've grown tired of white :)

The early Quadangle ads featured a black frame with gold parts, it looked great.
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