Where did your 80s BMX end up?

stone roses · 08-08-2011 07:07PM

all this old school talk, i think i will try obtain bmx bandits on vhs to play on me betamax LoLs , some nice bmx in that film great days indeed

El Horseboxo · 08-08-2011 07:08PM

I gave my Mongoose BMX to my cousin back when i lived in Kansas. It was stolen from outside a shop in KC and later used in a shooting. During the arrest it was taken as evidence. That was 12 years ago and was never released back to my cousin. Not sure if he couldn't get it back or that he just out grew it and never bothered with it.

Dardania · 08-08-2011 07:15PM

bijapos wrote: »

I had one for about 2 weeks. I saved for a year, got my parents permission to empty my Post Office account with my communion and confirmation money in it and paid a mates parents £45 for one. It was in top nick and had plenty of mods on it. His elder brother worked in the UK and used to get him bits and bobs so it was one of the better ones around.

Two weeks later it was stolen and (I found out a couple of years later) was sold for £20. I was 13, devastated and got an almighty bollicking off my parents which lasted most of the summer.

When I was 20 I was asked to play in an U-21 match as they needed the numbers to make up, was rare enough as I wasn't the best player. He, the thieving ****, was playing against me. Took him out of it totally in the first half, he lost 2 teeth and his nose was badly broken, I think a blood vessel ripped, either way he was in hospital for 2-3 days because it wouldnt stop bleeding.

Two years later I was home on holidays and shifted the love of his life, made sure everyone knew and it caused them to split up. I told him then that I knew it was him who stole the bike. Petty, but well worth it.

Still plotting some more revenge.

Christ....Liam Neeson in Taken hasn't a patch on you!

stone roses · 08-08-2011 07:16PM

El Horseboxo wrote: »

I gave my Mongoose BMX to my cousin back when i lived in Kansas. It was stolen from outside a shop in KC and later used in a shooting. During the arrest it was taken as evidence. That was 12 years ago and was never released back to my cousin. Not sure if he couldn't get it back or that he just out grew it and never bothered with it.

hahahah "we dont just ride them we use them to kill" mongoose buy one today!! love it great story

cruiser178 · 08-08-2011 07:21PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I had a BMX 20 (I believe it was called.) A pretty crap bike by any standard. I don't recall what happened to it.

I had the same, as far as i can remember mine had a sticker on the end of it that said 'made in yugoslavia'(showing my age now). Iv'e spent the last 30 mins trying to google it but no luck.

EDIT: One ugly mf'n excuse of a bike. I hated santa after that.

Rumple Fugly · 08-08-2011 07:27PM

Me and my older brother shared an RMX, havnt a clue where it came from or why it was RMX instead of BMX but i do remember it disappearing into a rust pile behind our garage. Also a mate of mine had the back pedal brake, comfy bendy seat bike, think it was called a Super Deluxe

wesf · 08-08-2011 07:34PM

Rumple Fugly wrote: »

Me and my older brother shared an RMX, havnt a clue where it came from or why it was RMX instead of BMX but i do remember it disappearing into a rust pile behind our garage. Also a mate of mine had the back pedal brake, comfy bendy seat bike, think it was called a Super Deluxe

my first bike was a blue rmx, i think they were just a cheap copy!

Cianan2 · 08-08-2011 07:35PM

Anyone know any sites where you can buy them??

Rumple Fugly · 08-08-2011 07:38PM

wesf wrote: »

my first bike was a blue rmx, i think they were just a cheap copy!

My RMX was blue too! Just googled Super Deluxe, think i was wrong, think my friend had a Raleigh Chopper instead

08-08-2011 07:44PM

I had a golden BMX, yellow tires and all.
What a bike.
Think about 10 years ago it got scrapped during a clean up at home.

BMX Bandits, remember that movie. We would do mad things after watching that movie.

cruiser178 · 08-08-2011 07:46PM

bijapos wrote: »

I had one for about 2 weeks. I saved for a year, got my parents permission to empty my Post Office account with my communion and confirmation money in it and paid a mates parents £45 for one. It was in top nick and had plenty of mods on it. His elder brother worked in the UK and used to get him bits and bobs so it was one of the better ones around.

Two weeks later it was stolen and (I found out a couple of years later) was sold for £20. I was 13, devastated and got an almighty bollicking off my parents which lasted most of the summer.

When I was 20 I was asked to play in an U-21 match as they needed the numbers to make up, was rare enough as I wasn't the best player. He, the thieving ****, was playing against me. Took him out of it totally in the first half, he lost 2 teeth and his nose was badly broken, I think a blood vessel ripped, either way he was in hospital for 2-3 days because it wouldnt stop bleeding.

Two years later I was home on holidays and shifted the love of his life, made sure everyone knew and it caused them to split up. I told him then that I knew it was him who stole the bike. Petty, but well worth it.

Still plotting some more revenge.

There's a poster around these parts called SlasherMcGurk, I think ye should meet.

Eleganza · 08-08-2011 08:20PM

Yamaha BYZ301 BMX in white and red Yamaha livery. Never saw another one of them in real-life. Given away to cousins.
When I outgrew it moved on to a Steyr Puch 10 speed racer courtesy of my confirmation money. A bike was my freedom. Without it I'd have been trapped out in the country in the middle of nowhere.

stone roses · 08-08-2011 08:29PM

this is great so many good storys! we can all enjoy our 70s and 80s bmx from the past on this site www.bmxmusaem.com bring a tear to a class eye!

punchdrunk · 08-08-2011 08:57PM

my Raleigh extra burner was lost when we moved for the umteenth time in 1992/93 :mad:

wixfjord · 08-08-2011 09:00PM

bijapos wrote: »

I had one for about 2 weeks. I saved for a year, got my parents permission to empty my Post Office account with my communion and confirmation money in it and paid a mates parents £45 for one. It was in top nick and had plenty of mods on it. His elder brother worked in the UK and used to get him bits and bobs so it was one of the better ones around.

Two weeks later it was stolen and (I found out a couple of years later) was sold for £20. I was 13, devastated and got an almighty bollicking off my parents which lasted most of the summer.

When I was 20 I was asked to play in an U-21 match as they needed the numbers to make up, was rare enough as I wasn't the best player. He, the thieving ****, was playing against me. Took him out of it totally in the first half, he lost 2 teeth and his nose was badly broken, I think a blood vessel ripped, either way he was in hospital for 2-3 days because it wouldnt stop bleeding.

Two years later I was home on holidays and shifted the love of his life, made sure everyone knew and it caused them to split up. I told him then that I knew it was him who stole the bike. Petty, but well worth it.

Still plotting some more revenge.

If that's true, epic lolz!

phill106 · 08-08-2011 09:10PM

all you bmx fans should remember this movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091817/

iPlop · 08-08-2011 09:11PM

I had the Raleigh burner and my mate had the ultra burner, we sold them when the Raleigh marauder came out, now there was a bike!

pappyodaniel · 08-08-2011 09:33PM

When I was ten, 2 'members of the travelling community' decided that my BMX was the one for them.

"How much for the bike?"
"Sorry, it's not for sale."
"I'll give ya £2 for it."
"No thanks, I'm not selling."
"If you don't sell me the bike I'll bate ya!"
"I can't sell it, my mam and dad will kill me if I do"
"Well I'll kill ya if ya don't!"

This went on and on until one of them broke my nose and stole my bike. I went home BMXless. I still hold a prejudice against travellers because of this incident.

bijapos · 08-08-2011 09:33PM

Dardania wrote: »

Christ....Liam Neeson in Taken hasn't a patch on you!

cruiser178 wrote: »

There's a poster around these parts called SlasherMcGurk, I think ye should meet.

wixfjord wrote: »

If that's true, epic lolz!

I suppose its hard to understand, but I was 13 when I got the bike. I had £45 to my name and some of it was my actual communion money which was £8 in 1977. It was big money at the time and I wrecked my head for ages as to whether I should get one or not. I could have gotten tapes, clothes, PLO scarves, German army surplus Parkas and what not with the £45 but I really wanted the bike. I remember my mates mother saying all along it was £50, I think my oul fella gave her the other £5 behind my back.

Back then in rural Ireland there were no summer jobs, feck all chance to make money apart from helping neighbours with hay or turf and the last £20 of that cash was hard earned and then some fcuker goes and nicks it after two weeks, TWO FCUKING WEEKS!

I was never much at sports but I was a natural at the BMX and it totally destroyed my summer, along with the bollocking from my parents that went on for weeks (we were not well off).

As regards hurting him, I wasn't a good player but was hard enough. I meant to hit him, the chance came, about four of us jumped for a ball and I went flying in and elbowed him in the face. The broken blood vessel (or whatever it was, maybe an artery or vein :rolleyes:) was a fluke, something dislodged in his nose and cut something else a bit further up. It was difficult to get to without surgery so they kept him in hospital for a few days till it stopped bleeding. I didn't mean to do that but when I heard how bad it was but that there would be no lasting danger I was happy. Maake of that what you will.

I've no regrets, I wasn't the only one he stole stuff off. He lived in a town about 5 miles from ours, always had cash, always had new tapes or some new clothes even though his parents were like my own and had very little. He was in Uni in Galway and I know he kept nicking stuff there too, but he was a bit of a sonny boy and would be the last to be suspected.

When I told him about me spending all my savings on the bike he said "so fcuking what", no regrets, no remorse.

So yeah I'll get him back some more some other time. It'll be subtle but good.

seanin4711 · 08-08-2011 09:48PM

I remember I had it in my bedroom when i first got it boy did I love it!
something like this!
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/diamondback/16679

stone roses · 08-08-2011 09:57PM

seanin4711 wrote: »

I remember I had it in my bedroom when i first got it boy did I love it!
something like this!
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/diamondback/16679

very nice indeed, the diamondback classic old skooler
not many american bmx made it to ireland but we did get a few diamonback being one of them skyway, redline and ammaco/mongoose TOP PRO RACE BMX!! buy the way do we have any riders on here from back in the day team raleigh ireland or are we all bmx bandits?? LoLs

stone roses · 08-08-2011 09:59PM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

When I was ten, 2 'members of the travelling community' decided that my BMX was the one for them.

"How much for the bike?"
"Sorry, it's not for sale."
"I'll give ya £2 for it."
"No thanks, I'm not selling."
"If you don't sell me the bike I'll bate ya!"
"I can't sell it, my mam and dad will kill me if I do"
"Well I'll kill ya if ya don't!"

This went on and on until one of them broke my nose and stole my bike. I went home BMXless. I still hold a prejudice against travellers because of this incident.

i wonder if they still have it, those boys throw nothing out, good one!! :-P

Rud · 08-08-2011 10:04PM

NoDrama wrote: »

Think about 10 years ago it got scrapped during a clean up at home.

.

Mine met a similar fate been cut up with a saw in the yard and dumped in a skip.Had many a fall off that bike but it was still an unreal machine!

buzzerxx · 08-08-2011 10:25PM

Wertz wrote: »

Anyone remember those bikes in the 80's with the back-pedal brakes and the huge comfy saddle? Mate had one of them and they were the sh*t in the rain when normal brakes wouldn't work. Some Italian make I think...

i remember me and a mate had one of them each when i was about 14 im 42 now, i think they where called mini eska. and were great for wheelies and skidding with the pedal back brakes. great memories:)

iamstop · 08-08-2011 11:50PM

I used to have a Grifter, had 3 gears but the thing was heavy like a tank!
Think it eventually rusted to bits.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2515/3989971675_d4e955494d.jpg

x in the city · 08-08-2011 11:56PM

stone roses wrote: »

ah the early 70s and 80s!! good owl days when everyone was broke and no one had a washer but we were happy, we had our youth and our beloved raleigh burners, grifters, vektars and choppers!!

mine got robbed at the top of the road it was a raleigh tuff burner 1983
the pox bottle who robbed it was a glue sniffer!! LoLs only in the 80s
so were did your childhood bmx, grifter, chopper end up or do you still have it??

cheers

I had a grifter

.. the one with the gold plated wheels.

would love it now, it must have been throw out in the skip about 30 years ago...

CrazyRabbit · 09-08-2011 11:13AM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

When I was ten, 2 'members of the travelling community' decided that my BMX was the one for them.

"How much for the bike?"
"Sorry, it's not for sale."
"I'll give ya £2 for it."
"No thanks, I'm not selling."
"If you don't sell me the bike I'll bate ya!"
"I can't sell it, my mam and dad will kill me if I do"
"Well I'll kill ya if ya don't!"

This went on and on until one of them broke my nose and stole my bike. I went home BMXless. I still hold a prejudice against travellers because of this incident.

Go to a random travellers camp and challenge them to a game of football. During the 1st 30 mins, badly injury one of them...you know, like knock out a few teeth etc. Then find his girlriend and snog her.

pawrick · 09-08-2011 11:24AM

1st bike was a bright orange raleigh commando and then I upgraded to a BMX once I learned how to cycle- both went in to a skip in a clear out...pity as the commando was in perfect condition - I was one of those odd children who freaked out if any toy etc. got damaged in any way.

holystungun9 · 09-08-2011 11:47AM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Like every single bicycle and motorbike I've ever owned (6 in total)....stolen.

Do you live 'in town'?

Captain Darling · 09-08-2011 12:10PM

bijapos wrote: »

I had one for about 2 weeks. I saved for a year, got my parents permission to empty my Post Office account with my communion and confirmation money in it and paid a mates parents £45 for one. It was in top nick and had plenty of mods on it. His elder brother worked in the UK and used to get him bits and bobs so it was one of the better ones around.

Two weeks later it was stolen and (I found out a couple of years later) was sold for £20. I was 13, devastated and got an almighty bollicking off my parents which lasted most of the summer.

When I was 20 I was asked to play in an U-21 match as they needed the numbers to make up, was rare enough as I wasn't the best player. He, the thieving ****, was playing against me. Took him out of it totally in the first half, he lost 2 teeth and his nose was badly broken, I think a blood vessel ripped, either way he was in hospital for 2-3 days because it wouldnt stop bleeding.

Two years later I was home on holidays and shifted the love of his life, made sure everyone knew and it caused them to split up. I told him then that I knew it was him who stole the bike. Petty, but well worth it.

Still plotting some more revenge.

Jesus Christ, did you cook his parents in chili and then introduce him to Radiohead as he sobbed about his loss as well?

Where did your 80s BMX end up?

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