Author Topic: Best Bmx find?? (Read 4152 times)

firebird4130 · « **on:** March 09, 2009, 08:50 PM »

Just interested in what bmx treasures people have stumbled upon eg in a skip, river at a boot sale, or even a gem of a part on a bike bought on ebay you didn't expect to find on it, pics would be good too

WARDY · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2009, 08:57 PM »

did hear that DB250F found his kuwi in the pantry of a gay brothel

meticulous · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2009, 08:59 PM »

i have never stepped foot in my old bedroom at my dads since i left when i was 19, i know there is some o/s stuff there, but they will be too far gone for resto',and thats why i left them, there loads of mags as well, so have yet to find the best bmx find....

munners · « **Reply #3 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:01 PM »

I bought a mint gen 1 f+f on ebay for £200.

HEYWOOD BMX · « **Reply #4 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:15 PM »

Quote from: meticus on March 09, 2009, 08:59 PM

i have never stepped foot in my old bedroom at my dads since i left when i was 19, i know there is some o/s stuff there, but they will be too far gone for resto',and thats why i left them, there loads of mags as well, so have yet to find the best bmx find....

Can I have that Jan 1972 copy of Penthouse then?

meticulous · « **Reply #5 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:17 PM »

all them came with me when i was 19....

thebigdog · « **Reply #6 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:31 PM »

Quote from: wardy on March 09, 2009, 08:57 PM

did hear that DB250F found his kuwi in the pantry of a gay brothel

thats ecactly what i heard to,didnt think it was true though

firebird4130 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:33 PM »

Quote from: wardy on March 09, 2009, 08:57 PM

did hear that DB250F found his kuwi in the pantry of a gay brothel

just the idea of there being a pantry in a gay brothel is funny

kev-s · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:38 PM »

bought this on ebay for Â£250

came with chrome araya 7x rims built into kovachi hubs, sold them and bought the super pros with the cash, it also had single pinch redline flights, sold them for Â£250 and put a set of profiles i had been given a few years before on instead, so i basicly got the bike for free

rollin72 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:39 PM »

my firebird, bought for Â£25 off my oldest sons mate about 12/13 years ago

DIRTBIKER250F · « **Reply #10 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:40 PM »

Quote from: wardy on March 09, 2009, 08:57 PM

did hear that DB250F found his kuwi in the pantry of a gay brothel

Even when im paying for gay sex im on the lookout for 80s bmx's, dedication

firebird4130 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:46 PM »

I found this Cyclecraft half buried in mud and grass on an industrial estate, even had pitchforks on it.

Wasn't sure what it was at first but knew it was something half decent

CD17 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:54 PM »

I once found

www.radbmx.co.uk

Best thing I ever found

bobafett · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:20 PM »

Bought a badly advertised and badly photo'd set of "early mongoose bars" on UK ebay.... turned out to be an NOS set of 1979 UNSTAMPED mongoose bars with mint decal intact and the original price sticker

paid 23 quid for them !!

....and took a punt at a mongoose frame on ebay described as "damaged squashed rear stay" had a sniff at the ropey pics and took a gamble and was right to, as it was a 1979 team frame with the flatened (not squashed !) stay - 70 quid including postage from the states

included a mint mongoose headset and a mint set of tange TX1200 forks - bargain

ron burgundy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:25 PM »

German Ebay... about 8 year ago

jT Racing · « **Reply #15 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:39 PM »

marktplaats.

bobafett · « **Reply #16 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:55 PM »

Quote from: J.T.Racing on March 09, 2009, 11:39 PM

marktplaats.

I've been there but it's too hard using google translator to translate the pages all the time

Dingobmxer · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2009, 06:37 AM »

when I got back into OS there was TONNES of stuff at bargain prices and most of it nos too

but for me it has to be the complete Kuwahara ET I got from the tip for the princley sum of TWO QUID!!!!

DINGO

WARDY · « **Reply #18 on:** March 10, 2009, 06:58 AM »

Quote from: DB250F on March 09, 2009, 09:40 PM

Quote from: wardy on March 09, 2009, 08:57 PM
did hear that DB250F found his kuwi in the pantry of a gay brothel

Even when im paying for gay sex im on the lookout for 80s bmx's, dedication

so your scanning the room while being buggered

stuntmaster · « **Reply #19 on:** March 10, 2009, 07:28 AM »

Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on March 09, 2009, 11:25 PM

German Ebay... about 8 year ago

too true got some good stuff yar

aditup 2234 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 10, 2009, 08:55 AM »

Quote from: stuntmaster on March 10, 2009, 07:28 AM

Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on March 09, 2009, 11:25 PM
German Ebay... about 8 year ago

too true got some good stuff yar

Thats the end of that then!!!!!

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Zippy · « **Reply #21 on:** March 10, 2009, 09:31 AM »

Quote from: stuntmaster on March 10, 2009, 07:28 AM

Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on March 09, 2009, 11:25 PM
German Ebay... about 8 year ago

too true got some good stuff yar

You get the odd bargain on there as they don't seem into OS at all.

dannywhiteley · « **Reply #22 on:** March 10, 2009, 05:50 PM »

I got a nice NOS pair or Rickman race bars on ebay recently for a good price. They were advertised pretty well, but the photos were poor and they didnt look NOS. They werent advertised as NOS either.

Before I got into OS, but was probably the reason why now I think about it, I drove past a chrome BMX frame and forks that had been flytipped at the side of the road. I didnt stop at the time (dont ask why not) but when I came back past it had gone.

It was probably some cheapo halfords shite, but in my head it will always be a TA or a Changa or something equally sexy. Shouldve stopped to check