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[beard1973]

For those of a nervous disposition... WARNING.. Lots of Raleigh Burners. 

So here they are... The Beard Collection to date...

12 is my Target and then I have to stop..

[Zippy]

I have an original Burner frame that i was going to rebuild back to standard but instead i'm going to build it as an Extra burner with decent parts on it. That'll look a bit odd won't it.

Where's the best place to go to get the frame painted in Extra Burner colours.

[beard1973]

Where's the best place to go to get the frame painted in Extra Burner colours.

Do it ya' self.. I did... takes a bit of practice but the satisfaction is worth it... 

[Bananaman]

Two chromo burners

Right, next frame comes up you are banned from bidding

[beard1973]

Two chromo burners

Right, next frame comes up you are banned from bidding

The Blue One is not a 'real' Mk2 Cromo... Its just a Chrome Raleigh Full Cromo frame stickered up as a Cromo... though it won't be like this for long.. 

Proper Cromo Burners were built on a Koisumi Frame... hence the nice welds, proper geometry and lack of weight... 

[pickle]

Have to say both my son and i loved that yellow and black one you were showing at MK!  though i don't see the old catalogue GS that i had BITD in your line up 

[oberonspacefruit]

and not a snakebelly in sight.

[tdoublejj]

  berad,
                         that is a great collection.
                         they looked good at the burner bash and they look good here on RAD,
                         well done mate,
                         oh, i forgot to mention how GOOD the burnerbash was,roll on next year!

                          cheers, 
                                           tjj
                         

[gmac]

Cool collection oh bearded one 

[AJWD]

What a great collection. Such a shame as I had a Mk 1 Burner which was ripe for restoration, and sold it only a couple of months ago. Do you want one if I come across another fella?

Adey

[beard1973]

What a great collection. Such a shame as I had a Mk 1 Burner which was ripe for restoration, and sold it only a couple of months ago. Do you want one if I come across another fella?

Adey

Yeah...

If you come across any Burners give me shout... always interested. 

[frdavid]

impressive collection 

[Trev]

cool burners mate.

i'm glad this topic has come up.  Came across a thread promoting your Burner Bash last night, and noticed a few people slating it.  I wanted to reply, but it was a very old thread and thought best let sleeping dogs lie etc etc.

My two pence worth is that the Burners are as much a part of BMX history as the Street Beats, Performers, Masters, Trickstars etc. Granted that in the early / mid 80's they weren't rated very highly, but at the time there wasn't a lot of choice either.  You could say what's the point in restoring a Burner when they were s**t, but in all honesty they were only perceived as s**t once proper BMX's became available.  By that standard, you could then say, why build a GT or Haro, as they are c**p compared to what we have now.  Building a burner up now is more a case of nostalgia rather than trying 10ft whips on it.  No one is claiming they are great to ride.  Unfortunately I never owned one, but my brother did.  My first BMX was a Piranha, which I would think was on par to Burners.  I know that the Piranha was s**t, but I would love to own one once again. Not to ride on ramps, but to hang on my wall as a great part of my history.