BMX's!

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

What did you have?

Before bmx's i had a Strika, a Boxer and a Grifter :sweeeet:

Never bothered with a chopper(slightly before my time!)

My first bmx was a Raleigh Burner for xmas 1983, i then progressed to a silver Mongoose with white tuffs, trick nuts and cee-dubs :sweeeet:

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:59 pm

My first ever bike was a Tricycle with a red metal basket on the back that fitted a loaf in perfectly!!!! :sweeeet:

I loved going to the shop for me Mam!!!! :sweeeet:

After that I use' to get Riggy Ups!!!! :sweeeet:

My first brand new bike was a BMX....Magnum!!!! :roll:

My first Striker me Mam bought off Eggy's Mam for me and it had a pedal back brake!!!! :sweeeet:

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

I used to get some injuries from riding bikes like :roll:

I watched Kev O'Connor do a 'tabletop' down the old bmx track near the train station so i tried to do one on a four brick ramp in Thornville Road back alley and smashed me fookin chin in :roll:

Then the old girl got me a pair of Hutch Beartrap pedals for xmas and on boxing day i slipped while i was pedalling and ended up with 8 stitches in me shin rage

.....absolute fookin agony that was!

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:15 pm

Did you have CW's and a Suntour Headset though with a lean back seatpost???? confised

Salty · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:26 pm

I had a grifter with the back half of the seat ripped off :shock:

explains some stuff that now I think of it! :grin:

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:34 pm

No-one I knew had a full seat on a Grifter and that goes for the foam on the Handlebars aswell!!!! confised

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:35 pm

In the olden days Facchinis must have made a fortune out of Cotta-Pins!!!! :laugh:

Spender · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:29 am

Anybody have a bonker?? :laugh:

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:49 am

I had a Torker 280 frame with Landing Gear forks.
CW bars, Suntour stem and Hutch crank and Beartrap pedals!!! :sweeeet:

I was well into the bmx scene, and could often be found down 'the track' in church street, and when i wasnt there, i'd be racing at teeside airport, or at the indoor meets at eston :laugh:

I remember a few names from that era, Daz Jones, Mooney,Tubby, Eggy, and of course Kev O Connor, who was seen as a bit of a hero in bmx circles!!!

Happy, happy days! :laugh:

Maj Frank Burns · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:37 am

I had a Grifter with the mudguards warn by bending them onto the tire to make a motorbike noise. had a Chopper too, excellent for wheelies, got a Super Burner peeled the gold paint off it and bought some GT handle bars and MX seat.

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

We used to use old plastic drinks cartons to make our motorbike noise.

I know I had a BMX it was yellow and blue but I can't remember what the make was.

I also wore out loads of pairs of trainers when I used to use my foot as a brake on my back wheel :grin:

Maj Frank Burns · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:26 pm

Maybe it was a Tuff Burner it had a blue frame and yellow mag wheels.

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

I think that it might have been a Raleigh type one, i know it was a blue frame though and the pads were yellow with black writing on it confised

Maj Frank Burns · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:56 pm

Thats the one, I use to use the BMX track at Dunston Rd, spent alot of time there, I remember Kev O'Connor jumping 14 of us laying side by side, I made sure I wasnt the last one on the end like.

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