won a sweet old skool ride on ebay

[Mr Sam]

ive wanted one for god knows how many years and payed £51 for it have bought some bits and bobs to get it rideable but still needs attention and a propper paint job

 

 

 

 

and have got the Mrs into BMX'in too

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

 

its got no brakes so dont go too fast on it

[banarama]

[Synergy]

Classic BMX but you can end up spending a rake of money in that game, think OSF period correct modified parts are expensive

[silverstreak]

u got a bargain

[PAUL MANN]

is that a raleigh burner,as the crank looks like one,& are those shimano dx pedals,skyway wheels & is the alloy spoked one a araya rim,lay back seat post,arr memories

[silverstreak]

i had a top of the range super tuff burner in 1983 bmxs today are not a touch on them

[retrorigg]

omg that brings back memorys, i had a mongoose wirewheel in chrome (cheapest mongoose available) and got some white skyway tuff 2,s for my birthday , layback seat stem, mushroom grips , cw handlebars , and some pedals with some ridiculas grips on that ripped ya shins to pieces if ya got it wrong, and not forgettin the stunt pegs , ahhhhhh memeorys of the mid 80,s

[silverstreak]

yep u wont beat the 80s everyone was laid back and in no rush unlike today i had the bmx weekly and i always got coloured brake blocks and tyres

[Mr Sam]

its a burner of some sort yuk, dontknow whether the wheels are skyway or mags, the wire one is just one ive nicked off another bike as the bearing was mulled in the front wheel but got a new bearing ready to go in but the cup is also mullered

 

 

and yup im already £70+ down and watching far to many goodie on ebay, repro sticker sets are £25 too

 

the lay back seat is nuts trying todo a wheelie cuz the weights further back i just end up falling straight off the back

[silverstreak]

that was what made it easy 2 do a wheelie u must b trying to hard

[Mr Sam]

ive never been good at wheelies which is odd as i can ride a uni-cycle quite well

[4DOOR-SHERWOOD]

That looks cool, I love an old skool bmx! I have a 1979 curtis freestyle bmx that I got when I was 12 for £12....It is worth bout £400 now but I will keep her forever!!

 

U got a bargain...nice one mate!

[Mr Sam]

been like a little anorak on the burner forum! the peoples on there think it might be the MAG which im well chuffed about as thats the look i want to go for

 

[Stu_B]

My mate has a couple of those. I ride a modern BMX & when I had a go on the burner I flipped straight of the back & cracked my head on the ground

[4DOOR-SHERWOOD]

been like a little anorak on the burner forum! the peoples on there think it might be the MAG which im well chuffed about as thats the look i want to go for

 

sweet!

[DAZZA]

Yup thats the "MAG" Burner, it doesnt have the usual 5 spoke Skyways. They re-released it about 5 years ago I think.

 

Super Tuff usually comes in Gold.

 

The "Team" Edtion had a white frame with yellow/blue markers on the joins, skyways etc.

[Vista]

BMX, old skool?? no wayyyyyy

 

Old skool = grifter

 

 

 

or chopper

 

[baz105e]

i had a blue and yellow burner, ended up snapping the forks on a dirt jump good times

[stevepeanut]

 

got this Sam, still in my garage, got it for next to nothing off my sisters fella on the condition I wont sell it for profit, still love to ride it in the summer

[GT_lenny]

i had a super tuff burner, remember piddling all the gold stuff off - it was chrome underneath , then i had mongoose decade- the one with the gyro - one of my mates had a wilcat- even then i knew plastic wasn't for me

[silverstreak]

yep mine had skyways

[Dave Sylvester]

i got some oldskool bmx i might sell soon, chrome all over, purple handles

[emu]

Nice little purchase there Sam

 

 

I had a little phase last year when I really wanted a burner as a cheap project.

 

However, I soon discover that old skool BMX and cheap projects dont really go together, especially once you start wanting period kit for them.

 

I bought a random, cheapy, more modern bike and gave it a 'Team Raleigh' style paint job. Cost me about 30 quid in the end and seeing as I have only ridden it once or twice it was money well spent might drag it out over the summer though, its marginally easier than walking up and down the pits at the Pod.

[Mr Sam]

 

stipped it all down and have begun paint prep for a few coats of Ford Diamond White