80's BMX
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I am building/restoring a couple of vintage BMX's.
Has anyone here done had experience with this? Anyone have old bikes/parts etc that they want to sell??Ta.
- freeskihp0
currently own an pink 84 cw flyer and a green skyway streetbeat.
BMX is rad
- MrOneHundred0
I always wanted a brown PK Ripper.
- JackRyan0
Sweet mother...
- Ah that sweet Flat-Oval tubing. Oh, Perry Kramer, in what gutter do you now reside?MrOneHundred
- PK Ripper, the stuff of legend. Never saw one in the flesh in my life, ever. Rare as Bugatti.********
- I came so close to getting one, but my Dad went with a local frame manufacturer instead. =(MrOneHundred
- i was going to look for an image of a pk ripper. glad i don't hafta. look at the curved rear fork. i bet can handle a long drop; or many.jaylarson
- the only good thing about the pk ripper x dc shoes collab is the frame; everything else about it is garbage.duckseason
- Hall0
What a great project. I'd love an old bmx with tuffs.
*reclines and dreams of old days
- MrOneHundred0
A moosegoose would really give me a boner about now.
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what about a Supergoose!? Now you're talking!********
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one of my builds is a Torker II freestyle. The other is yet to begin, i'm thinking maybe a Haro.
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Torker, I'd forgot about Torker. We should get some old 80's BMX shots going. I used to LOVE the Bab Haro ads and the ads for Skyway bikes. Everything rocked.
THis mag was THE BIBLE in the UK during the 80's...
Check out them Kerb Dogz!
- MrOneHundred0
- Jesus fuck that thing is tall aint it???********
- For tall/old kids, like me.MrOneHundred
- Fuckin hell, is that Shaq's BMX?********
- Jesus fuck that thing is tall aint it???
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MrOnehundred, sounds like you've got a thang for Mongoose bikes.
Check out this site > http://www.vintagemongoose.com/i…
- Unrealised childhood dreams. I was obsessed!!!MrOneHundred
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Redlines!
- My brother had one of these. I could draw that logo with my eyes closed when I was a kid.MrOneHundred
- i had a redline and a robinson... those bikes will never be forgotten********
- MrOneHundred0
That site is awesome. I wonder how much one of those would set me back...
- Hall0
Wow! Redline! wicked!!
- Llyod0
these need rotors
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Z-Rims. You kerb dog them, you play them hard, you bend them, you stick em in the fridge, then next day you fucking throw them away and cry hard becuase they're still fucked after a night in the fridge.
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You just KNOW he didn't ride off from this shot.******** - I remember this pic. A friend had some of these, and they were not that good at all.MrOneHundred
- The trouble was the spokes were standard. All well and good having bendy rims but the spokes man! the spokes!********
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- 7point340
but the real question is: can llyod get a hand job in one of those bad boys?
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For the Brits. This was the mainstay BMX for track days. One up from the basic burner, looking slightly like a Haro ride, weighed 32pounds... the benchmark weight for sub-£100 machines in the day.
- Court0
Diamondback Joker is my ghostrider
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A skyway was my ultimate dream bike. Just looking at the pics in google made my heart pound like I was a child again. Something about the whole Skyway graphics, colourschemes, and advertising (The Skyway team invented the tabletop jump, had it in their ads before anyone else could do it) made me feel like they were like something from another dimension...
- Some BMX buddies of mine had Skyway sponsorships, which was rare in Australia.MrOneHundred
- Laid back seat post, diorre 2finger lever, shimano pedals back when they were rare, diacompe alloy head.********
- Cro-moly tubing. 26lbs. A dream weight.********
- MUSHROOM HNDLEBAR GRIPS!!!!********
- Was that the ACS head with the really sharp edges?MrOneHundred
- dunno but I bet they killed kneecaps.********
- Maybe MCS was the brand – that’s a long time ago.MrOneHundred
