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Title: Wonder Lights???
Post by: Bob_Acid on April 16, 2006, 06:39 PM
In the 80's round this neck of the woods they were the only lights deemed cool enough to have on your BMX. My Dad still uses my old one to see where he's going in the shed and i know neil (Region11) still has his, anyone else???
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: theRuler on April 16, 2006, 06:53 PM
i run wonder lights for a while on my fox 4styler

2 rear mounts was the thing to get

i stole a few wonder lights off other peoples bikes too. hehe



they were the only bike lights to have
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: kusam on April 16, 2006, 06:56 PM
I still had one knocking around til a few months ago but chucked it out.  They were THE light....the ONLY light to have.....but...as you would have seen if I had continued to print pages from my 1985 diary...after getting them for xmas, some time in Jan I broke the bracket that held it and got a b*llocking :(
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: gmac on April 16, 2006, 07:04 PM
I had them on the Murray  ;D

There was a set on the bay a couple of weeks ago, so bound to be another set turning up soon  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: billstup on April 16, 2006, 07:44 PM
I had them too, on my Mongoose and possibly on the Race Inc too. I was a regular to blackheath dips and Lee Green where my riding buddies lived, and more often than not I would be riding home in the dark so the lights were a must  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: region11 on April 16, 2006, 07:51 PM
Soon as i find some batteries I'll be allowed to ride my bike when it gets dark ;D

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v260/hutch1970/Picture1.jpg)
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: pimpmeister on April 16, 2006, 09:31 PM
i had the early ones the were half red half white,then swaped them round to have a full red one and a full white one!
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: retrogeezer on April 16, 2006, 10:14 PM
I've got 2 nos ones still in the packet....somewhere...
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: kdw712 on April 16, 2006, 10:23 PM
me & my mate split a pair between he rode at front
and i rode behind - seemed a good idea at the time  :D
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: billstup on April 16, 2006, 10:31 PM
i had the early ones the were half red half white,then swaped them round to have a full red one and a full white one!

Thats the ones that I had too  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: DR VINOAH on April 17, 2006, 02:25 AM
 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: dirtyvans on April 17, 2006, 06:15 PM
yeah i had em too, remember they always moved after you did a jump, had to put bits of old inner tube between the clamp and the frame to stop them moving

they are massive compared to modern lights, but were usefull as you could unclip them and use them as torches in derelict houses!
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: andygti39 on April 20, 2006, 06:48 PM
cool thread  :daumenhoch:
i also had them on my bmx back in the day and have been looking for a pair to use on my bike now
can you still get the batteries for them ? as the batteries where quite big and flat with long connectors
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: AJWD on April 21, 2006, 01:59 PM
I found a couple of bits from a bracket in my old BMX bag the other day - I just wonder what happened to the rest of it??!!
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: 2020mad on April 21, 2006, 05:10 PM
wonder lights were cool, i had 2 fronts on my cw's, i rocked. 8)
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: retrogeezer on April 29, 2006, 11:48 PM
here's my nos ones...with batteries!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v614/retrogeezer1/IMG00259.jpg)
Title: Re: Wonder Lights???
Post by: dordymush on April 29, 2006, 11:52 PM
i wonder if there still charged  ;D.
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