BMX, BMX BANDITS, BMX BEAT 1980s

stone roses

BMX WHAT DID YOU HAVE?

DO YOU REMEMBER BMX BEAT , BMX BANDITS?

I HAD A BMX RALEIGH MAG BURNER YELLOW MAGS, BLUE FRAME GOT ROBBED BUT WHAT A BIKE!

THANKS :-)

strangeloop

I had a raleigh ultra burner - it was silver. BMX beat was like a religion for me, saturday morning watching andy ruffle doing all the tricks...bliss!
Did you do the reddy brek bmx competition? One of the kids on my street won it. I'm still jealous over it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=donYpI_KaVc

Happy days!

steveone

I started off on the worlds heaviest bmx. a rockman, it was a chrome burner replica with wire wheels. i eventually graduated onto a haro master. it took lots of saving.

stone roses

i got me hands on a raleigh styler bmx must put up some pictures! :-)a guy was throwing it out and a friend of mine ask he for it

its a 1985 styler with skyway mags black and chrome frame!
so happy i got one these are so hard to find these days

flanree

I think the heaviest was the Grifter XL, oh my god, it was like desperate dan's bmx bike!

Trafford Lad

I had a Raleigh Night Burner...I loved it..loved the black and red colours, I remember getting "Pegs" put on the back 2 wheels so people could stand on the bike as well.:). The bike ended up getting nicked from outside my house...I never really got over it:mad:.

Snowie

Raleigh Night Burner siliver frame, got robed

flanree

Here are some of the above from 1984...
http://members.lycos.co.uk/magburner/1984catalogue.html

stone roses

good stuff flanree i see my yellow and blue mag burner in that list, jasus the memorys!!!!! :-)

RICARDO1982

I had the chrome burner with the black 5 spoke mags, and the blue mag burner with yellow wheels. they were cool bikes to have as a kid. i think they looked better than the bmx that are out now

stone roses

hi my raleigh styler burner bmx 1980s old schoolits all original 5 skyway raleigh tuff mags, chrome frame, grips are not original , a mate of mine got this for me of a guy who was binning it he didnt know what he had and was just getting ride of stuff to make room

a part of bmx old school history saved :-)
1980s styler bmx! enjoy

retro child

omg!! raleigh styler the real deal

she looks minty

fair play to ya a real gem you got tere
fair play to your mate who spotted it heading for a rusty grave!!

old skool rule! SUPER STUFF

strangeloop

stone roses wrote: »

hi my raleigh styler burner bmx 1980s old schoolits all original 5 skyway raleigh tuff mags, chrome frame, grips are not original , a mate of mine got this for me of a guy who was binning it he didnt know what he had and was just getting ride of stuff to make room

a part of bmx old school history saved :-)
1980s styler bmx! enjoy

beautiful piece of machinery! I'll pop over and test it out if you want:D

stone roses

thanks strangloop i wont even ride it myself, how sad is that?
well maybe one day :-)

thanks for the comments, i wish more people had old skool bmx on display

id love to see a few retro bmx, seems like they are pretty rare sadly :-(

strangeloop

stone roses wrote: »

thanks strangloop i wont even ride it myself, how sad is that?
well maybe one day :-)

thanks for the comments, i wish more people had old skool bmx on display

id love to see a few retro bmx, seems like they are pretty rare sadly :-(

You have to break that styler in man! Being a kid in the 80s was great, bmx, star wars, best television and even the greatest bands - I'm guessing you were a roses fan

stone roses

ya i will take her out maybe in the summer!! :-)

ya the stone roses, happy mondays, smiths, new order, all started in the late 80s super music!

star wars toys, transformers toys, a-team toys, g.i.joe/action man toys, commodore 64, bmx, etc ,etc

ah sure i could be here for a week! 1980s was the best time to be a young fella!!

we had nothing yet we seem to have it all

cheers

Stab*City

Mag burner, grifter and other non descript BMX owner here.. nowadays im too old but i still have a haro f3 in the garage in case i feel the need.. im from limerick and we used to have one of the best BMX tracks in the country back then in a place called corbally mins from the city.. i was more than often the only kid on the track as the BMX fad didnt hit yet or had faded i cant remember and i had just returned from the states..

remember telling all my friends that i had a one of a kind 24 carret gold BMX in storage back in america!! such a liar..

ya man GI Joe, He-Man, Action Man, Star Wars, BMX, Skateboards, Breakdancing, KISS, Fruity Pebbles, Hot Summers, Mexico 86, Electro, Hi Tops ahh takes me back..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31i--GycxU4

stone roses

Stab*City wrote: »

Mag burner, grifter and other non descript BMX owner here.. nowadays im too old but i still have a haro f3 in the garage in case i feel the need.. im from limerick and we used to have one of the best BMX tracks in the country back then in a place called corbally mins from the city.. i was more than often the only kid on the track as the BMX fad didnt hit yet or had faded i cant remember and i had just returned from the states..

remember telling all my friends that i had a one of a kind 24 carret gold BMX in storage back in america!! such a liar..

ya man GI Joe, He-Man, Action Man, Star Wars, BMX, Skateboards, Breakdancing, KISS, Fruity Pebbles, Hot Summers, Mexico 86, Electro, Hi Tops ahh takes me back..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31i--GycxU4

ya sum buzz watching the breakdancing, the nike top is deadly
ya i could see me styler in the back round alright!!

any one else got a bmx or which one did you have befour it got robbed!
p.s hard luck ireland henry u pox!!!! :-(

strangeloop

stone roses wrote: »

ya the stone roses, happy mondays, smiths, new order, all started in the late 80s super music!

star wars toys, transformers toys, a-team toys, g.i.joe/action man toys, commodore 64, bmx, etc ,etc

That's exactly my childhood right there!! Nostalgia is a terrible thing

wideangle

I managed to get a raliegh grifter just as B.M.X started in Ireland,1982,ended up snapping the forks,then flogged it too the second hand shop for 15 pound.

I eventually got a team hawk B.M.Xnever raced just rode at the local rider built tracks and at Vernonmount Cork.

Snapped the frame on that one..that was the end for me moved on to racers.
My cousin gave me his raliegh styler last year.I have been riding again since 2003!Why not skateparks and pumptracks are great crack.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/1388943142_d608cb11e8.jpg

piby

I remember getting really into BMX when I was about 10, inspired by a load of books from my local library! Sadly it was the wrong decade and by 1997 the craze had kinda died down much to my bitter disappointment

I only had the dam bike about a year before it was stolen :mad:

stone roses

wideangle wrote: »

I managed to get a raliegh grifter just as B.M.X started in Ireland,1982,ended up snapping the forks,then flogged it too the second hand shop for 15 pound.

I eventually got a team hawk B.M.Xnever raced just rode at the local rider built tracks and at Vernonmount Cork.

Snapped the frame on that one..that was the end for me moved on to racers.
My cousin gave me his raliegh styler last year.I have been riding again since 2003!Why not skateparks and pumptracks are great crack.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/1388943142_d608cb11e8.jpg

your styler looks mint great shots of the bike very same as mine!! :-)
jasus its great 2 see the owl bmx is still kicking after all these years

do you take her out or do you have her on display, it looks well!

heres me styler anyway just incase you miss it, also me raleigh vektar 1985 original working electronics

wideangle

The styler is parked in the spare room.I replaced a few parts,inner cables,brakeblocks,pedals and back tyre but with what is known as old new stock.Hope too ride it when the weather comes good.

I built up a mc neill duece to ride as my main bike.There's photo's in my flickr of that too.
There is a renewed interest amongst the 80's riders in Dublin anyhow,alot are riding again at Chuckies,if you rode back in the day you'll know where it is.
Your styler is in much better condition than mine.Never liked the vectar,but used too drive the assistant in the bike shop round the bend just playing with the sounds it makes..

stone roses

wideangle wrote: »

The styler is parked in the spare room.I replaced a few parts,inner cables,brakeblocks,pedals and back tyre but with what is known as old new stock.Hope too ride it when the weather comes good.

I built up a mc neill duece to ride as my main bike.There's photo's in my flickr of that too.
There is a renewed interest amongst the 80's riders in Dublin anyhow,alot are riding again at Chuckies,if you rode back in the day you'll know where it is.
Your styler is in much better condition than mine.Never liked the vectar,but used too drive the assistant in the bike shop round the bend just playing with the sounds it makes..

howya! well i think your styler is in great nick maybe our bikes are in the same condition and i think we would both agree teres not to many knocking around! i would never sell mine for somthing as common as money!

teres just some things money cant buy! :-)

ya the raleigh vektar some people dont like it others love it
i love it, i dont think tere was anything like it back in the day and i dont think tere will be anything like it again! the raleigh wildcat was a bit like it but the raleigh vekter bmx for me was the daddy!!

so good to see old skool bmx is well in ireland
hope more pepole put up pics could veiw old school bmx all day! cheers

wideangle

http://www.burnerworld.co.uk/
There's a link you might be interested in^^^^

retro child

hi hear teres somthing big being plan buy raleigh to re-issue a new old skool bmx of maybe even the grifter!!!

id be down in the morning cash in hand if it was the 1979 red grifter mk2

its not set in stone but its what a staff member told me in a well know bike shop in dublin!! :-)


cheers happy new year indeed

lord lucan

I had a Raleigh Strika,it was a beast of a bike!! It was heavy which made it awkward for doing tricks but it felt bulletproof! It was the bike in the picture except it was black!

retro child

lord lucan wrote: »

I had a Raleigh Strika,it was a beast of a bike!! It was heavy which made it awkward for doing tricks but it felt bulletproof! It was the bike in the picture except it was black!

super bike lord lucan
mini grifter when you look at it,

yes a little tank made to last!!
if we only know what we had and what fantastic bikes and toys we were given as kids!!

i cry when i think of what me ma and da throw out in the 80s

transformers,star wars, action man,bmx,etc,etc

ah well we had fun playing them best toys ever 70s and 80s

lord lucan

retro child wrote: »

super bike lord lucan
mini grifter when you look at it,

yes a little tank made to last!!
if we only know what we had and what fantastic bikes and toys we were given as kids!!

i cry when i think of what me ma and da throw out in the 80s

transformers,star wars, action man,bmx,etc,etc

ah well we had fun playing them best toys ever 70s and 80s

Yeah,i had loads of Star Wars/Action Man and 70's/80's TV show related stuff when i was a kid. I suppose they were just toys to us,we'd no idea they would be valuable in years to come or we might want get all nostalgic about them in later life.

ScumLord

I had a bmx but it was taken off me because I crashed into dickheads.

aeropro

I have my original aeropro burner from '84 in mint condition.Also have a '83 extra burner which i restored to show condition.I have a team pro and super tuff hidden in the attic because of mental wife,she just doesn't get it.;)

Sephiroth_dude

I had a bmx when I 10 but then it got stolen .

retro child

aeropro wrote: »

I have my original aeropro burner from '84 in mint condition.Also have a '83 extra burner which i restored to show condition.I have a team pro and super tuff hidden in the attic because of mental wife,she just doesn't get it.;)

good man i have an ad up on adverts.ie looking for a team burner 07 or a 1980s bmx so if you need to get rid of one from the wife i will take one of ya!

need one for my music room in the house to hang on the wall , i think it would look kool

so gis a shout if you a flogging the team burner o7 or the original bmx 80s
only want the one lol :-)) cheers

aeropro

Selling my burners crossed my mind when i lost my job a few months ago but i just can't.I suggested selling my aeropro on burnerworld some time back.I'm still replying to emails six months on as interest was astounding.This is a really good site as i thought i was the only one interested in all things 80's especially burners,in fact stone roses sounds like my twin ...................neworder,smiths,joy division,depeche.......oh the memories.:D:D:D

stone roses

aeropro wrote: »

Selling my burners crossed my mind when i lost my job a few months ago but i just can't.I suggested selling my aeropro on burnerworld some time back.I'm still replying to emails six months on as interest was astounding.This is a really good site as i thought i was the only one interested in all things 80's especially burners,in fact stone roses sounds like my twin ...................neworder,smiths,joy division,depeche.......oh the memories.:D:D:D

hey hows things!

ya sum bikes you have tere i have a mint raleigh grifter,working electronics vektar, and styler
i know its hard to part with these babys!!!
can you put up some photos of your bikes love to see them

i have to say the re-issue tuff burner and team burner are a nice job but you got the original team burner (NICE!!), im looking for one myself a re-issue o7 team burner! so i have to say you found a good site if you wish to sell your bikes here

anyway retro got in first so if you deside to sell give him a shout, only fair! I like to see people getting into retro, its a big thing now and getting bigger, collecting these items like vintage bmx, toys and consoles
is wonderful , frees the mint from the owl rat race!! :-)

so best of luke with the bmx hunt retro
and thanks areopro for your comments
cant wait to see your bikes

cheers

retro child

aeropro wrote: »

Selling my burners crossed my mind when i lost my job a few months ago but i just can't.I suggested selling my aeropro on burnerworld some time back.I'm still replying to emails six months on as interest was astounding.This is a really good site as i thought i was the only one interested in all things 80's especially burners,in fact stone roses sounds like my twin ...................neworder,smiths,joy division,depeche.......oh the memories.:D:D:D

hi aeropro well if you change your mind i waiting as i said the re-issue would do me!!
hope i get one! :-(

anyway put up some pictures when you get a chance!
love to see the burners, i swear if i had of only knowing what i know now
id a kept everything me ma and da got me!!

hey roses put up your grifter as well!!!!!!!

cheers lads

strangeloop

Check it out, some of the best free stylers from the 80s have a reunion. Very impressive stuff from eddie Fiola and Dave Voelker(They are now in their 40s!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoxGgrIi4ig

aeropro

Yeh this is super viewing,saw it some time back.If you want to see an incredible freestyler check out scotty cranmer on youtube.I,m really struggling to post photos on this site.......any hints.This commodore 64 only does so much before shutting down.I've thought of setting up a burner club for Dublin/ireland so people could get together with their burners physically at a set location.It could be good crack........any thoughts/suggestions appreciated.Thanks,Paul.;)

stone roses

aeropro wrote: »

Yeh this is super viewing,saw it some time back.If you want to see an incredible freestyler check out scotty cranmer on youtube.I,m really struggling to post photos on this site.......any hints.This commodore 64 only does so much before shutting down.I've thought of setting up a burner club for Dublin/ireland so people could get together with their burners physically at a set location.It could be good crack........any thoughts/suggestions appreciated.Thanks,Paul.;)

YOUR USING A COMMODORE 64!!!!
RETRO TO THE CORE I LIKE IT 1980S RULE!!! :-0

why dont you take your photos on your phone
send them to you email, got to an internet cafe, load you pics from the tere! that should do ya

looking forward to seeing the burners
a vintage raleigh chopper club already is around
nice guy called aiden runs it, i think he has 13 choppers in his own collection!!

ya burner ireland sounds nice maybe you should push it and see how far you get and what interest it would get

start up a web site maybe!
anyway roll on the photos im putting my raleigh super grifter up soon
its black and gold 1982 mint!!

cheers

aeropro

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aeropro

I'll get the other burners up soon as i can.I got my aero pro up by pure fluke.I'm worse than me ma when it comes to these computer things.Hope you like so far......over and out.:cool:

stone roses

aeropro wrote: »

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im liken what i see very much!! aero burner looks super
really looks new
i imagin like me you keep you bikes in dry conditions
it really looks nice, never think it was 28 yrs old
fair play shes mint cant wait to see the extra burner and team burner

good man keep it up!!

cheers

aeropro

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/aeropro2009/100_0555.jpg :eek:
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/aeropro2009/100_0599.jpg :cool:

stone roses

aeropro wrote: »

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/aeropro2009/100_0555.jpg :eek:
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/aeropro2009/100_0599.jpg :cool:

what can i say deadly stuff!! did you restore the burner yourself?
you should start up a company if you did, its a great job

it looks better than the original with the white mags
love it!! i would buy that of ya if you were selling!

just getting me spoke in , parden the pun! :-)

love the red and white colours burners were had great colours in the 80s, did you get the bike in the buyandsell or did someone give it to you? raleigh bikes from the 80s are so hard to find, i mean they are chickens teeth today

if you do find a bmx its in bits some times only half of it is tere
nightmare! :-(

well you asked if my grifter is original!!
yes it is, just like my raleigh styler and raleigh vekter my grifter is all original to the last R-nut,

i got it up the north of a lad in belfast, had it in his shed for years
its 1982 last grifters to be made mk2 100% complete minor sticker wear works like a dream, steel frame, bulid like a tank,

yes its black and gold the rare colour, as you know red, blue,silver were pretty common on our streets in the 80s but the black and gold super grifter as it is called was a rare sight indeed, the same gold thats on the grifter was used on the raleigh super tuff burner!

so on that note it is a rare bike to have and i will put up photos buy the weekend, infact i will throw up my 3 bikes for the last time all standing in a row, and a special shot of the grifter! ;-)
that will be a nice

so thats the crack! i imagian the bmx team burner in the attic will be staying tere is it loose or in the box?
if its loose put those babys up on screen an gis a goo!!

another bike i would buy of ya!! jasus she would kill me lol :-0


cheers

aeropro

Alright roses.I did restore the whole bike painfully but i could see the finished product in my mind so i struggled on.The pictures don't do it justice.The best part of restoring any bike back to its former glory is the first time you take it out for a test run and knowing you've saved it from the skip.I just put an add on-line and got a reply back two months later from a bloke closing an old shop down.As you can see it was left in a leaky shed for years.If you do come across one let me know if you need ANY help as i have plenty of contacts.This burner seems to draw the kids in from all around the area so i could see a market for them but they are getting hard to source.Thanks for your comments roses,it makes the hard

work restoring them worth while.I'll post more pics up as soon as i can;)
p.s.Are the electrics still working on the vektar

stone roses

aeropro wrote: »

Alright roses.I did restore the whole bike painfully but i could see the finished product in my mind so i struggled on.The pictures don't do it justice.The best part of restoring any bike back to its former glory is the first time you take it out for a test run and knowing you've saved it from the skip.I just put an add on-line and got a reply back two months later from a bloke closing an old shop down.As you can see it was left in a leaky shed for years.If you do come across one let me know if you need ANY help as i have plenty of contacts.This burner seems to draw the kids in from all around the area so i could see a market for them but they are getting hard to source.Thanks for your comments roses,it makes the hard

work restoring them worth while.I'll post more pics up as soon as i can;)
p.s.Are the electrics still working on the vektar

hi yes vektar has full working radio and electronics sounds!
a rare bike to have its a raleigh bmx in xwing star wars style shell! lol :-)

i love it 100% complete and all original got it in england!

yes if i get another raleigh burner bmx i will contact you if she needs a face lift!

will put up shots the weekend

cheers aeropro!!

retro child

hi areopro love the bikes aero looks fantastic! you looked after it well
extra burner you say you restored it what a job excellent!
i hope i get a old skool bmx i even want one more now i seeing yours
i think its a fantastic hobby and i can see how you could get hooked!

roses looking forward to the grifter pictures

well done lads you both got great bikes from the 1980s and id like to join the club one day!

retro

aeropro

I JUST BOUGHT A '85 STYLER TODAY.I BOUGHT IT OFF THE ORIGINAL OWNER.ITS WHITE WITH WHITE AERO ZYTEC WHEELS.TO MOST PEOPLE IT LOOKS LIKE JUNK BUT TO ME ITS MAGICAL.I CANT WAIT TO GET STUCK IN.I ALSO GOT A LEAD TODAY ON ANOTHER BURNER THAT COULD BE FOR SALE.I PROMISE TO CONTACT YOU IF I CAN GET MY HANDS ON IT.I REALLY HAVE NO ROOM NOW FOR MORE BURNERS,SO I PROMISE TO CONTACT YOU IF I GET LUCKY WITH ANOTHER 80'S BURNER SALE.YOU REALLY SOUND LIKE YOUD LOVE ONE;)

stone roses

aeropro wrote: »

I JUST BOUGHT A '85 STYLER TODAY.I BOUGHT IT OFF THE ORIGINAL OWNER.ITS WHITE WITH WHITE AERO ZYTEC WHEELS.TO MOST PEOPLE IT LOOKS LIKE JUNK BUT TO ME ITS MAGICAL.I CANT WAIT TO GET STUCK IN.I ALSO GOT A LEAD TODAY ON ANOTHER BURNER THAT COULD BE FOR SALE.I PROMISE TO CONTACT YOU IF I CAN GET MY HANDS ON IT.I REALLY HAVE NO ROOM NOW FOR MORE BURNERS,SO I PROMISE TO CONTACT YOU IF I GET LUCKY WITH ANOTHER 80'S BURNER SALE.YOU REALLY SOUND LIKE YOUD LOVE ONE;)

hi aero a white styler sounds deadly fair play to ya!!
did the lad have it in the shed?

fair play to ya if you sorting out retro with a burner, id say he will be very happy indeed, ah its good to see people getting these bmx old skool bikes as you know they will be looked after and not left to die in a rusty grave!!

put up pics of the styler aero when you can!! my photos will be up during the week got a few thing to do so take it handy chaps :-) old skool rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

cheers lads

aeropro

This will be a stunner roses.:eek:

stone roses

oh man ya shes going to be mint, the white is deadly looking
cant wait to see it when you work your magic!!!!

so thats 3 original bmx you have now and you 2 25th bmx
a nice collection tere indeed , hows the wife feel about the new addition did she take it well? :-) or do you do what i do! only tell her when its to late and you got it " well i cant bring it back love"!!! lol :-0