80's bike with sound effects

RastaRed

talking with lads in work about bikes we used to have, I had a red raleigh burner bmx with yellow mag wheels which I loved and some bollix nicked it on me:mad:, was heartbroken for months, anyway does anybody remember the white bike that came out around the time of the bmx craze, had buttons on it that made noises, name would do so I can google it

DR6.5

Raleigh StreetWolf and Streetcat they might be the ones your looking for.

http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=446693

RastaRed

DR6.5 wrote: »

Raleigh StreetWolf and Streetcat they might be the ones your looking for.

http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=446693

Raleigh Vektar was the one, thanks

PirateShampoo

My best friend had the Street Wolf i used to be so jelous.

Pop's Diner

Anyone remember an electronic horn you could buy that attached to the handlebar of your bike and could emit a few different sounds? It was yellow with black trim and was quite the rage for short while.

stone roses

hi i have a white vektar only know one other guy who has 1, i got mine from a guy down the country who had a shop and had it stored in the shed, it takes pride of place in my retro room in my house!!!! the wife dont mind as long as she cant see it!!! ha, the electronics work and its in super condition all original 1985 mk11 raleigh vektar, it has the nokia phone sound on it, star wars sounds, it looks like an xwing on wheels,it a gem and i wouldnt part with it for love nor money!! cheers

stone roses

ya also had the sounds thing on my grifter, cops sounds, fire engine, and stuff like that, but my bike got robbed in crumlin, i went the shop for a supercan!!!! lol jesus im pissing me self writing this the memories!! never seen me grifter again :-(

Jip

Pop's Diner wrote: »

Anyone remember an electronic horn you could buy that attached to the handlebar of your bike and could emit a few different sounds? It was yellow with black trim and was quite the rage for short while.

Funny you should say that, I was in a bike story this week looking around and came across that exact horn. I used to have one myself as a kid and the packaging of the one I saw in the store looks like it came from the 80s.

The thing about those Vektars and Streetwolfs, out of the people I knew as a kid who had them, none of the affects actually worked. Did they only work for a week or something ?

vektarman

stone roses wrote: »

hi i have a white vektar only know one other guy who has 1, i got mine from a guy down the country who had a shop and had it stored in the shed, it takes pride of place in my retro room in my house!!!! the wife dont mind as long as she cant see it!!! ha, the electronics work and its in super condition all original 1985 mk11 raleigh vektar, it has the nokia phone sound on it, star wars sounds, it looks like an xwing on wheels,it a gem and i wouldnt part with it for love nor money!! cheers

Am I the other guy you know that has one? Yeah great bikes, I've one of the black ones as well.

vektarman

Jip wrote: »

The thing about those Vektars and Streetwolfs, out of the people I knew as a kid who had them, none of the affects actually worked. Did they only work for a week or something ?

The vektars came as a basic bike and you had to buy the consoles for the radio, sound generator, digital speedo separately, or you could buy the bike with blank consoles and buy one active console at a time as you saved your pocket money, one of the most expensive bikes at the time.

x in the city

stone roses wrote: »

hi i have a white vektar only know one other guy who has 1, i got mine from a guy down the country who had a shop and had it stored in the shed, it takes pride of place in my retro room in my house!!!! the wife dont mind as long as she cant see it!!! ha, the electronics work and its in super condition all original 1985 mk11 raleigh vektar, it has the nokia phone sound on it, star wars sounds, it looks like an xwing on wheels,it a gem and i wouldnt part with it for love nor money!! cheers

pics....!

stone roses

hi vektarman yes you are the other guy , we meet befour i veiwed you red framed vektar, i must put up some pics of my bike you should do the same we may be the only 2 in ireland who own these rare babes!!!! thanks :-)

stone roses

hi my vektar the book is of the web but the bike is mine 100% real original
thanks enjoy!!

vektarman

Great pics Stone Roses, the vektar looks fantastic, my red framed vektar is gone on loan to my brother but I'll add a pic of my black one, I've an original packaged after market vektar aerial for the radio (it attaches to the mudguard), PM me if you're interested in it.

stone roses

hi vektarman ya i will pm about that arial, looken foward to seeing your black vektar again!! its super condition as far as i remember, jesus make sure you get the red one back ha ha lol :-) I ALSO HAVE A BLACK AND GOLD 1982 MK11 GRIFTER it has no sounds but i can throw up some pics if anyone would like to see it just let me know, thanks look forward to your pis v/man

x in the city

stone roses wrote: »

hi vektarman ya i will pm about that arial, looken foward to seeing your black vektar again!! its super condition as far as i remember, jesus make sure you get the red one back ha ha lol :-) I ALSO HAVE A BLACK AND GOLD 1982 MK11 GRIFTER it has no sounds but i can throw up some pics if anyone would like to see it just let me know, thanks look forward to your pis v/man

I had that black and gold grifter, gold rimmed wheels.?

long gone im affraid, also ad a raleigh banana, cost me a fortune in 1987/88...!


that is also long chucked away, wish i kept them now

Dillinger3000

I dont suppose either of you guys are selling a vektor?

x in the city

RossBurke wrote: »

I dont suppose either of you guys are selling a vektor?

a vektor is like a used mclaren f1 these days...

greenbicycle

jeese the only sound effects my bike was making in the 80's was the noise of the cardboard that was stuck into the spokes, held there with a clothes peg, used to sound like a motorbike!brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruummm!

IvyTheTerrible

My cousin had one, I was so jealous, it was class!

UhOh

The Vektar was the coolest thing I'd ever seen when I was 6 years old....still looks unlike anything else

Mackman

Oh my god! :eek: i totally forgot about these. I knew a guy that had one. The coolest bike ever made!!! I wanted one so badly