80's BMX

[Quadcams]

Originally Posted by EviLkarL

I had one of these in 1980, it was the first one in Australia and the actual bike used to model the Super LA.


My Brother had a PK Ripper, Red. Also one of the first ones in Aust.

We both raced at the first BMX meeting in QLD at Windsor, 1974 or something crazy I believe. Anyone remember Trevor Pacey my bro, it went on to be very good.

Yeh just like my Race Inc but mine was red anodised, got it about 1981.

Here's a funny one, you guys know Andy Raymond (NRL fox commentator), me and him use race each other at Liverpool raceway and have a real good rivalry, didn't notice it was him till my father mentioned it a while back.

[paule11]

I had a scorpion back in about 82 I remember buying a tyre for about $37 and my dad going off about the price and he could get a car tyre for that price also had a full head of hair then frame was orange metallic candy apple sort of finish parts the same as the bike in the post above http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/scorpion/8026

[Spanrz]

Originally Posted by paule11

I remember buying a tyre for about $37 and my dad going off about the price and he could get a car tyre for that price

So ROFL! Yes I remember days of that.

I think I remember my brother having a Redline (full chrome). Think it was a MXII or MXIII.

[garylandau]

Same bike rebuilt http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/bmx_products_inc/29064

[Kamshaaft]

I used to have a Mongoose Pro/Expert. Very light weight, but also pretty strong. I remember laughing in the face of a friend who bought a Nyquist signature Haro(?) for dirt jumps and bent it at the neck within weeks.

[onfire]

Didn't take me long to find, only a few minutes ago I couldn't even remember the name. I would have got it in maybe 1990, Dad picked it up from a garage sale for $50.

Powerlite sounded familiar, then I saw the pics, decals, and there it was.

1983 Powerlite XL Pro
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/powerlite/33180

It's still floating around in my cousin's shed, the frame that is, I was going to grab it last year and rebuild it.

In about 1997-8 or so I banged on Redline decals, it had a Mongoose head steam, Mongoose grips. And a new seat, I remember the old thing was hard as balls.

It got another restoration, so to speak a few years later. New grips, tyres and chrome pedals to clean it up and gave it to my little cousin.

[Kamshaaft]

Originally Posted by gemibabe

here it is.

Are they those rims that you could hold over a fire to straighten them out? My neighbour had some with wider spokes, they were 'sooo cool'.

[trippytaka]

That is so awesome!



I'll ask my mate, he has a 'Goose from about 1990 with gyro etc...

I had a Skyway when I was a kind, much like this one

Here's my BMX bike collection:

http://bmxmuseum.com/user/Beer_bandito

I'm selling some of them at the moment........

The TORKER is listed on ebay now:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....STRK:MESELX:IT



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[AC/DC]

I used to race BMX in Townsville and still have a Redline and a Mongoose frame, wheels and forks from the early 80's !

[04redxr8]

Originally Posted by trippytaka

That is so awesome!



I'll ask my mate, he has a 'Goose from about 1990 with gyro etc...

I had a Skyway when I was a kind, much like this one

That is not a Skyway. That is a General Osborn Pro. Who owns that bike?