Any Info on Piranha bmx

[skki3330]

Bit of help needed just picked up from a booty and old Piranha BMX it looks all there so im going to restore it and being British built to, thing is i cannot find any history of the company and bikes would love to know some background and poss parts list and year of Piranha's

Cheers in advance

[firebird4130]

jojo on www.raleighburner.com knows all there is to know 

[skki3330]

Cheers fraz will give that a go 

[kdw712]

jojo on www.raleighburner.com knows all there is to know 

she has a forum some where too
i'll dig the link out

[kdw712]

also some ad's etc here

http://www.kdw712.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/piranha.html

[M5AT]

I've got one, pretty much all original, had one as a kid exactly the same.

Its the slightly later un with Aero Zytec wheels.

If you need any close up shots or owt let us know

[skki3330]

I've got one, pretty much all original, had one as a kid exactly the same.

Its the slightly later un with Aero Zytec wheels.

If you need any close up shots or owt let us know

Thats the kiddie!!! i got a blue one with the Areo wheels unfortunatly the chrome on the forks are knackerd so im gunna do them matt black.
Cheers guys

[skki3330]

also some ad's etc here

http://www.kdw712.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/piranha.html

Thank you 

[kdw712]

jo's forum is here

http://piranhabmx.forumotion.com/login.forum?connexion

[kdw712]

I've got one, pretty much all original, had one as a kid exactly the same.

oooh thats nice

very similar to the one i had BITD
black F&F with gold & yellow

[firebird4130]

I sold this one to jojo

[bmxbob]

I love Pirahna 

[Rooonga]

My main memory of these were that they must have been made of solid lead! They weighed a little short of twelve tonnes I think.

Also - they were the bikes that you could hire out at Eastway BMX track.

[RATTY]

I know some people are fans of these, but in reality they were a joke, along with burners they was the UKs answer to BMX, talk about take the p1ss outta the kids with complete crap. These bike weighed a ton, snapped easily, handled like a giraffe on ice.
No wonder this country was in the sh1t in the early 80s. Its a shame that it took a while for UK companies started making decent bikes

[skki3330]

My main memory of these were that they must have been made of solid lead! They weighed a little short of twelve tonnes I think.

Also - they were the bikes that you could hire out at Eastway BMX track.

Yep it weighs a ton but it will be a cool little buget build.

EASTWAY OMG your right dam in at work but im sure i have a picture of me and a mate on those bikes at eastway lololol yellow ones if i remeber correct!!

Where you from fella?

[skki3330]

I know some people are fans of these, but in reality they were a joke, along with burners they was the UKs answer to BMX, talk about take the p1ss outta the kids with complete crap. These bike weighed a ton, snapped easily, handled like a giraffe on ice.
No wonder this country was in the sh1t in the early 80s. Its a shame that it took a while for UK companies started making decent bikes

Sh!t note to self dont let the pets on the bike in winter lolololol

Your right there are some peeps that love these bikes as i said will be a nice cheap little bulid, got to admit they come with some ok parts mx brakes and seat clamp, fluted seat post (used on another project) Areo Zetec mags.
At the end of the day there are a few bikes like these that when they come out were the laughing stock of BMX but now years later are becoming collectable.

[M5AT]

Yeah, agreed they were pretty crappy, but when your 12 your folks have a big say in what bike you get for xmas, & £100 was tops for loads of kids.

Total POS but we all had the best times on our Piranhas, Burners & Strattons.

& I cant remember ever having the pi$$ taken out of me as we all had similar budget bikes, but we wernt serious racers or owt, just kids knocking about the estate doing endos.

[dordymush]

i'd love one to be honest.
if anybody comes across one with the old heavy banana mags on it give me a shout  .

[skki3330]

i'd love one to be honest.
if anybody comes across one with the old heavy banana mags on it give me a shout  .

Fella there was one on fleabay the other week went for about £70 with them wheels

[dordymush]

fook.
i'd have bought that.
my first bmx was a silver and blue one.
weighed three ton but i loved it.

[skki3330]

My main memory of these were that they must have been made of solid lead! They weighed a little short of twelve tonnes I think.

Also - they were the bikes that you could hire out at Eastway BMX track.

I found the picture of me and my mate @ Eastway lol, i had a Ammaco Freestyle at the time so yeah i remember getting on one of these and thinking they are heavy lol

[lammychop]

this was the one on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120615914790&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[skki3330]

Yeah i bidded on that one but it went above my price limit, glad i waited got one a month later over the booty for a fiver ok it has the areo mags instead of the funky alloy wheels but it will be nice once it's done.

[StellaAtoiz]

Just stumbled across this thread, I won the one off the bay;











It weighed a tonne - busted the shocks in my car on the way home after picking it up

[kdw712]

It weighed a tonne - busted the shocks in my car on the way home after picking it up

found this poster in a old bmx weekly

click for bigger pic