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which goes to show just how wrong Raliegh got it BITD.....if they'd put a bit more thought and effort in they would've come up with something that weighed less than a super tanker! why the hell did they continue making and selling them even after they'd released the Burner? talk about bad management! they brought out the Burner which had poor quality welding and bad geometry......then fooked it up completely when they brought out the MKII...........no wonder they nearly went under
Grifters rocked. When they came out there was no sign of BMXs, so we had no idea they were bad. But when I got mine on Christmas morning i was well chuffed.I had a light metallic blue one (MK I). Loved that bike, flap the soft plastic up under the mudguard to make it sound like a motorbike, leave it in "slip" gear when you left it outside the shop so no one could ride it away (swift trick that).The biggest problem i remember was, when the tyres wore out you could never find the same type of tyre I wore my tyres out doing HUUGGEEE skids in a gravel trap at the bottom of our road. They were the days, long hot summers and all that
Quote from: jimwise68 on May 29, 2008, 02:36 PMGrifters rocked. When they came out there was no sign of BMXs, so we had no idea they were bad. But when I got mine on Christmas morning i was well chuffed.I had a light metallic blue one (MK I). Loved that bike, flap the soft plastic up under the mudguard to make it sound like a motorbike, leave it in "slip" gear when you left it outside the shop so no one could ride it away (swift trick that).The biggest problem i remember was, when the tyres wore out you could never find the same type of tyre I wore my tyres out doing HUUGGEEE skids in a gravel trap at the bottom of our road. They were the days, long hot summers and all that EXCELLENT you said it all in one sentence classAD
Quote from: pickle on May 29, 2008, 02:05 PMwhich goes to show just how wrong Raliegh got it BITD.....if they'd put a bit more thought and effort in they would've come up with something that weighed less than a super tanker! why the hell did they continue making and selling them even after they'd released the Burner? talk about bad management! they brought out the Burner which had poor quality welding and bad geometry......then fooked it up completely when they brought out the MKII...........no wonder they nearly went undergot to admit pickle i totally agree with you on everything you said but 'Raleigh' must of done something good because they cornered 50% of the BMX market in '82 to '83 and selling over 1 million burner units... even if the bikes wernt that good the grifter and burner was the gate to young kiddies a Facebook group and they are RAD for just doing that!
Quote from: Har1ey on May 29, 2008, 03:04 PMThere was those kids who's parents got it wrong and purchased a Grifter when the rest of us had moved on to Burners, a bit like those who purchased a Betamax when we were all on VHS!
There was those kids who's parents got it wrong and purchased a Grifter when the rest of us had moved on to Burners, a bit like those who purchased a Betamax when we were all on VHS!
QuoteQuote from: Har1ey on May 29, 2008, 03:04 PMThere was those kids who's parents got it wrong and purchased a Grifter when the rest of us had moved on to Burners, a bit like those who purchased a Betamax when we were all on VHS! True
But Betamax is far superior quality to VHS, just that it had bad marketing.All TV companies used Betamax as the pic quality was better.
For everyone who had a Grifter BITD... and then moved onto Bmx...The weight reduction must have felt Amazing...
Quote from: DaveMc. on May 29, 2008, 03:19 PMFor everyone who had a Grifter BITD... and then moved onto Bmx...The weight reduction must have felt Amazing... it sure did
Quote from: BmxBandito on May 29, 2008, 03:23 PMQuote from: DaveMc. on May 29, 2008, 03:19 PMFor everyone who had a Grifter BITD... and then moved onto Bmx...The weight reduction must have felt Amazing... it sure did made no difference to me i was a strong fella AD
Quote from: BmxBandito on May 29, 2008, 03:06 PMQuoteQuote from: Har1ey on May 29, 2008, 03:04 PMThere was those kids who's parents got it wrong and purchased a Grifter when the rest of us had moved on to Burners, a bit like those who purchased a Betamax when we were all on VHS! True
Quote from: magna13 on May 29, 2008, 02:37 PMQuote from: pickle on May 29, 2008, 02:05 PMwhich goes to show just how wrong Raliegh got it BITD.....if they'd put a bit more thought and effort in they would've come up with something that weighed less than a super tanker! why the hell did they continue making and selling them even after they'd released the Burner? talk about bad management! they brought out the Burner which had poor quality welding and bad geometry......then fooked it up completely when they brought out the MKII...........no wonder they nearly went undergot to admit pickle i totally agree with you on everything you said but 'Raleigh' must of done something good because they cornered 50% of the BMX market in '82 to '83 and selling over 1 million burner units... even if the bikes wernt that good the grifter and burner was the gate to young kiddies a Facebook group and they are RAD for just doing that!I Think THE only reason they cornered 50% of the market (as you say) back in 82/83 was because none of the small bike shops were selling the more expensive exotic stuff, all most people had were Halfrauds or main Reliegh dealers in their towns, or like me.....your mum and dad had fook all money and got a Burner out of the catalogue. i had a MKI Burner GS BITD and i loved it to bits! i would love one now just for old times sake.....but i think if you had the kind of LBS around that we do now i think Raliegh really would've struggled to sell their Burner range. i mean they made the Aero pro, which is a lovely bike....so they must've known their other offerings were just a pile of old tripe? i'm not a Burner basher, as it was all i had BITD.....i just think Raliegh were so rubbish at getting what the kids of my generation really wanted, rather than what was cheap to mass produce.
Grifters rocked. When they came out there was no sign of BMXs...... .....The biggest problem i remember was, when the tyres wore out you could never find the same type of tyre
Like brandy truffle said . keith mcginly and gaz morgan on there grifters