[mini]

This has just brought a tear to my eye   Original Supergoose

Fond memories of hanging round DIY BMX tracks cobbled together in local woods, bust noses and bleeding lips from going over the handle bars and scraped shins from the 'bear-trap' pedals. Bring back the good old days 

[robertostallioni]

I remember the big boys riding up and down the back alley on these beasts...

Who's motorcycle is zis? Its a chopper baby. Who's chopper is zis? Stallioni's..

I say that, but thinking about it some more it was probably one of these..

Cool as fuck.

[GCW]

I used to have a Grifter.  The only downside was the blisters you used to get on the right thumb from the twist grip.
 

[Eddies]

RAD, My first bike was a Mongoose, ill have to dig some pics out.
Could peddle backwards on it, which I thought was the hardest thing in the world at the time!

No trick-nugs on mine tho, they where for the big boys only!

[robertostallioni]

My first BMX., which I was happy with till I saw  the silver 'goose.

[mini]

I remember the big boys riding up and down the back alley on these beasts...

I'm 9 all over again! Those seats that disintergrated in the rain, bicycle lights the size of bricks and corroded before the batteries ran out! Oh, and the blisters!!

What was the size down from the Grifter? Brown in colour. That was mine, but cannot for the life of me remember the name

[Eddies]

Remember these futuristic things? The Raleigh Vektar had an onboard computer 
I thought these where for cool dudes only... look like something the Goonies knocked up now!

[robertostallioni]

Was it a boxer?

Found loads on the Raleigh Grifter Forum?? http://raleighgrifter.aceboard.com/

[slackline]

I used to have a grifter too, it as blue, and I was    I too remember getting blisters 

My brother was slightly less  on his Striker, is that the size down you're thinking of mini?

[mini]

That forum is legend. Here is one guy's custom on a day out 'Grifting' around Poole



http://raleighgrifter.aceboard.com/229420-9933-19510-0-quot-streetgrifter-quot-outing.htm

[Plattsy]

Didn't see many choppers on my estate. Dunno why. One kid had a vektor. Which I liked but wasn't that fussed about it.

My first bike was a Raleigh Mini Burner. Loved the yellow and blue grips.



Wanted the upgrade (with the mag wheels)



 when I got older but ended up with some shit wannabee thing. Can't remember it make/model.

http://bmxmuseum.com/

[Jaspersharpe]

My first BMX., which I was happy with till I saw  the silver 'goose.

Fucking hell that brings back some memories!

[Jaspersharpe]

Me and a mate of mine went to see this film and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Didn't even realise until now that it was Nicole Kidman in it! We were 9.

[Yossarian]

i've recently got myself one of these delicious looking steeds....

[Yossarian]

[Bubba]

My first BMX., which I was happy with till I saw  the silver 'goose.

Fucking hell that brings back some memories!

That bike used to be the object of my desires

Never had one though

[jordysi]

 quote.....What was the size down from the Grifter? Brown in colour. That was mine, but cannot for the life of me remember the name ... the Striker or boxer... marty had a striker, great for jumps and bunny hops.....

I just bought a mint Chopper as well, original tyres the works!!!! can't wait to get it out but not in the rain mind! will post some pics up soon
  

[craic-head]

I still lust after old skool Haro Masters and stuff on ebay 20+ years after I stopped BMX!

I had a silver Grifter at first. I managed to bend the flimsy forks in a big crash off a jump aged 10. My mate also came a cropper on the same jump but his Grifter was more fcuked than mine. We were trying to show some kids on new fangled BMXs how hard we were by trying to get more air than they could. We took gigantic run ups and must have been in 3rd gear on take off- ate it massive style and the BMX kids were impressed enough to say 'it's ok, you can cry' as we lay battered and bleeding. We waited until we had limped out of range before allowing any tears to flow.

I then moved onto a red Burner, then a Mongoose Californian with Zytec mags, then a DP Freestyler with Skyways. The last BMX I owned was a PK Ripper but it was an old frame and pretty knackered.
Happy days.

[mini]

I still lust after old skool Haro Masters and stuff on ebay 20+ years after I stopped BMX!
 

Something a bit like this?



A local band of brothers used to go racing BMX's and had everything, the lightest fastest mothers you could buy. I so wanted a Puch and Hutchs like those guys, they were the coolest They were also the ones with constant broken fingers, collar bones and missing teeth. Still cool little beggars

[chappers]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150323844720#description
 

[Eddies]

"I'm Rad to the power of Sick" 
Ive just found my new signature 

[mini]

Just added this site to my faves http://bmxmuseum.com/ how can you not with beauties like these;

Huffy Mono-shock



The lightest bike I ever did saw;



Mongoose Motomag



And I've even found my old Peugeot 

[Plattsy]

1988 Rubicon Team Bike prototype frame. 

[craic-head]

Yeah, totally love that green Master with the white Skyways! Think those were c.1985. I've still got a copy of Bob Haro's book 'Freestyle Moves' and wonder if it's worth anything? Even if it is/ isn't I'm not selling...
My favourite bike was my DP Freestyler which was a bit of a Haro/ Torker copy with its twin top tubes.
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/dp/19241
Mine was white with blue Skyways but you get the idea.

[hairich]

oh boy. this is the shizzle. i still got my original burner gs and mongoose cali at my mum and dads house.
still have to go in the garage to check on my babies every visit

[chummer]

This thread is amazing, keep'em comming!
This was my first BMX, http://pages.ebay.co.uk/viewitem/viewitem_popup.html?domain=ebay.co.uk, the Super Burner with Tuff 2s mags..my 'Tomohawk' preceeded that with a central gear stick if my memory serves me correctly, fuckin leathal with a the front wheel smaller than the back, slghtly  i know but i'm now strolling hazily down memory lane..planks of wood propped up on bricks.....cardboard fixed with a clothes peg against the spokes...i'll stop now.

[chummer]

i fucked that ebay link up, fuckin amateur

[hairich]

ah the mighty tomahawk. i had forgotten that. it was my first ever bike. after a year i could pull a wheelie all down our street.

best thread in ages

[mini]

Any Chopper, Tomahawk, Chipper were the dogs at wheelies - any punter could do them with flare on those things! Just lay back on the bench seat and your away!

[chummer]

those Mongoose bikes are beautiful machines. Nobody ever had one in our street though, it was Raleigh burners and Grifters all the way.
BMX Bandits, what a film eh? http://www.fast-rewind.com/bmxbandits.htm ,genius.

[mini]

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

My sisters Burner with Mag wheels sat in my Dads garage for about 15 years, recently he was about to take it to the tip but he ebay'd it instead and got £100+ for it, not bad, wasn't in great nick but all original.

[nik at work]

Raleigh boxer then a Diamond Back Viper.
Fuckin boss.

[craic-head]

Diamond Back Viper. That takes me back too.
I remember a BMX Action photo shoot with Harry Leary the Diamond Back racer styling it up on some dirt jump place in California c.1985.
The photography was amazing, beautifully lit by sunset. You have to hand it to action sports photographers shooting on film, eh?
I used to compete (unsucessfully) at Freestyle when I was about 13 or so- back then if you could do a boomerang or a cherry picker you were pretty shit hot.
It just shows you how far things have come- 900s on half pipes, tailwhip airs etc etc. Mind blowing!

[mini]

It just shows you how far things have come- 900s on half pipes, tailwhip airs etc etc. Mind blowing!

Know exactly what you mean. I found this earlier - how tame does it all looks now, but at the time it was 

[Dr T]

Know exactly what you mean. I found this earlier - how tame does it all looks now, but at the time it was 

yeah but any flatland skills still impress me....never got very good myself, still got the scars though