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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: DR VINOAH on December 20, 2006, 03:46 PM

Title: RL Osborn
Post by: DR VINOAH on December 20, 2006, 03:46 PM: always rated this pic :4_17_5:

head tucked

fingers out stretched

PK Ripper

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/f278/vin501/RL-Osborn-PK-endo.gif)
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: Bren Gunn on December 20, 2006, 04:04 PM: Cool :daumenhoch:

What year is that from?... 1980?
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: SaMAlex on December 20, 2006, 04:35 PM: His fingers are like that cos he is trying to reach for those stupid Haro levers!!!
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: zed4130 on December 20, 2006, 04:47 PM: wow great pic of course hes on a pk ripper the best bike in the world :daumenhoch: just shows you the ripper was a cool freestyle bike sadly thats what i used mine for in 84 so cracked it near the bottom bracket :'( then it got nicked :2gunsfiring_v1:
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: DR VINOAH on December 20, 2006, 04:49 PM: Quote from: Bren Gunn on December 20, 2006, 04:04 PM
Cool :daumenhoch:

What year is that from?... 1980?

im not sure bren

looks 80/81 maybe :angel:
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: WizardWeb on December 20, 2006, 11:20 PM: There's another photo that BITD I saw and immediately tried to do the trick. 8)
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: Ramp Rat on December 20, 2006, 11:33 PM: Sweet pic. Love that Haro Lighting Bolt plate. Pk Ripper with Torker forks, good idea since the landing gears cracked so easily. I think Chris Young had a Pk Ripper with Haro Forks at one point? Ahh the good old days.
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: DR VINOAH on December 20, 2006, 11:36 PM: Quote from: Ramp Rat on December 20, 2006, 11:33 PM
Sweet pic. Love that Haro Lighting Bolt plate. Pk Ripper with Torker forks, good idea since the landing gears cracked so easily. I think Chris Young had a Pk Ripper with Haro Forks at one point? Ahh the good old days.

me thinks i got a pic of chris with that set up

ripper and haro forks :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: zed4130 on December 21, 2006, 08:59 AM: Quote from: Ramp Rat on December 20, 2006, 11:33 PM
Sweet pic. Love that Haro Lighting Bolt plate. Pk Ripper with Torker forks, good idea since the landing gears cracked so easily. I think Chris Young had a Pk Ripper with Haro Forks at one point? Ahh the good old days.
yep chris young did hve haro forks on his ripper i saw it at harrow in about 82 :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: Coastvl on December 21, 2006, 01:51 PM: Check the forks in this pic of RL on his ripper!! :coolsmiley:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c159/martin-bike/1982%20Redline%20Proline/Scan047.jpg)
Title: Re: RL Osborn
Post by: theRuler on December 21, 2006, 06:50 PM: cool endo pic

clever camera angle too ;)