Author Topic: Trip down memory lane (Read 1100 times)

markyp · « **on:** July 20, 2012, 04:59 PM »

i saw a similar thread over on the museum recently and it got me thinking. forget what you know now about various brands,prices,which are more collectable,how much they are worth now etc etc,put yourself back to the begining of your bmx days when you first wanted a bmx,which bmx would have put the biggest smile on your face if youd walked out of the shop with it?? my earliest memories are based around diamondback,mongoose,kuwahara and redline so im guessing quite possibly a diamond back of some description probably a silver streak as they were all the rage then would have made me the happiest kid in the world back in the summer of 83,what about you??

bodamus · « **Reply #1 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:02 PM »

Kuwahara Laserlite

animal · « **Reply #2 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:09 PM »

PK Ripper or Quadangle was my dream

Yes I know

kungfunky · « **Reply #3 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:12 PM »

My first BMX and I still have it now. PK Ripper

. I remember reading and hearing all about them and nagging my Dad for ages about getting one but he always said " sorry but we can't afford one". One day out the blue he said" I've seen a bike for sale, Raleigh something, let's go and take a look". Reluctant to go we head off to the lads house and in the front room was the bike.....a burnished Ripper..I nearly pissed myself with excitement

southern andy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:17 PM »

My first bike was a moto 1 but i always yearned for a HLT

I got bought a DB senior Pro as my first proper race bike but always felt cheated as i got the cheaper option

I didn't realise that they were exactly the same frames just one was smoked.

markyp · « **Reply #5 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:24 PM »

Quote from: ANIMAL on July 20, 2012, 05:09 PM

PK Ripper or Quadangle was my dream Yes I know

thats the beauty of this thread steve,its all about the innocence before we became brainwashed

pickle · « **Reply #6 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:30 PM »

Blue and yellow mk1 tuff burner as that's what my mates had, but to be honest I was just as stoked with my GS I got for Christmas 82

Robbo · « **Reply #7 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:37 PM »

DP Firebird for me, I had a gusset goose which I had blinged up but I loved the Dp's twin tubes and its low slung sleek appearance!

ron burgundy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 20, 2012, 05:40 PM »

Diamond Back, Redline MX or a MotoMag

Why isnt this working · « **Reply #9 on:** July 20, 2012, 06:46 PM »

White Skyway TA..

. A guy round my way had one and It used to blow my mind everytime I saw it. I eventually got an Aero burner that I rattle canned white and put TA stickers on. That was as near as I ever got

.

Si.

meticulous · « **Reply #10 on:** July 20, 2012, 08:49 PM »

i wanted one of these so much, well before i had heard of any other bmx brands, i used to pedal up-town just to stare at it through halfords shop window when i was only 11 or 12, if my parents knew where i was they would have gone crazy....

the one on the left...

AKGOFF · « **Reply #11 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:03 PM »

A bloke a few years older than me had a Chrome GT Pro and he instantly became my hero.....................until I raced at Tolworth track and saw two brothers (can't remember their names) racing Quadangles. My dream bike and one that helped me get back into this.

Jt · « **Reply #12 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:04 PM »

Quote from: bodamus on July 20, 2012, 05:02 PM

Kuwahara Laserlite

What he said.

My iconic bike for sure

hunterdubber · « **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:12 PM »

The first BMX's I saw were Murray's but if we are talking the first bike you yearned for

for me in 1981 I would have give anything for a Supergoose that was THE utimate ,, to me

HUTCHMAN · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:24 PM »

Quote from: meticulous on July 20, 2012, 08:49 PM

i wanted one of these so much, well before i had heard of any other bmx brands, i used to pedal up-town just to stare at it through halfords shop window when i was only 11 or 12, if my parents knew where i was they would have gone crazy....

the one on the left...

exactly my dreams as well!!

FISHERPRICE360 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:26 PM »

Has to be a Torker 280x, a older guy in town had a chrome and Yellow one, he was a celebrity to us kids. I remember him pulling up to meet my older brother in the local cemetery, i can still remember the bike like it was a week ago

Jaymz · « **Reply #16 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:28 PM »

I wanted a burner in team colours, , be it a Andy Ruff rep or a team aero pro. [I ended up with a second hand mkll super burner] Funnily enough I still havent restored or owned one yet

stevesredvxr · « **Reply #17 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:34 PM »

Quote from: meticulous on July 20, 2012, 08:49 PM

i wanted one of these so much, well before i had heard of any other bmx brands, i used to pedal up-town just to stare at it through halfords shop window when i was only 11 or 12, if my parents knew where i was they would have gone crazy....

Sam, I've seen you pedaling up town just to stare through La Senza's shop window.

dordymush · « **Reply #18 on:** July 20, 2012, 10:17 PM »

mk1 tuff burner for me.
if i was gonna build another old school bike it would be one of them.

bobbbbsy · « **Reply #19 on:** July 20, 2012, 10:25 PM »

diamond back turbo lite.. i loved the stickers and the whole thing to look at!

hunterdubber · « **Reply #20 on:** July 20, 2012, 10:27 PM »

Quote from: stevesredvxr on July 20, 2012, 09:34 PM

Quote from: meticulous on July 20, 2012, 08:49 PM
i wanted one of these so much, well before i had heard of any other bmx brands, i used to pedal up-town just to stare at it through halfords shop window when i was only 11 or 12, if my parents knew where i was they would have gone crazy....

Sam, I've seen you pedaling up town just to stare through La Senza's shop window.

Steve I remember you said he rushes straight back home to the Rocky Horror show too

Tidelander · « **Reply #21 on:** July 20, 2012, 10:58 PM »

Massive fan of Stompin' Stu - so obsessed about Redlines - the local bike shop had an MXIII in the window for ages. Every Saturday I went to look at it. Never could afford it and it was sold after a couple of months. Building one now though....

Devilock · « **Reply #22 on:** July 20, 2012, 11:21 PM »

TA, Neil's orange Beat, Team Burner, Eddie's Performer

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #23 on:** July 20, 2012, 11:27 PM »

Has to be the quadrangle, never seen anything like.....and I don't own one now, but that's gonna change

hunterdubber · « **Reply #24 on:** July 20, 2012, 11:34 PM »

Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on July 20, 2012, 11:27 PM

Has to be the quadrangle, never seen anything like.....and I don't own one now, but that's gonna change

You going all "loopy" again Pedro

Author Topic: Trip down memory lane (Read 1100 times)

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