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[laingy]

Very nice Raleigh resto Mr Nightrider. I'm guessing that looks better than when it was brand spankin new back in 83. welcome aboard.

[Phil Kaye]

Hey Night Rider,
Welcome to the site. That bike looks great and what a difference after the resto!!

[Adrian H]

Welcome Nightrider, Ive seen that bike and the presentation photo before. Very nice build mate. Im a member of Burner World - great site. I like a good Raleigh, seems most kids had at least one when we were kids. Looking forward to more pics and builds from you, cant help on the weinmann levers sorry.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Old-School-BMX-Weinmann-Red-Brake-Lever-not-MX-/120596317418?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Collectables_Bicycle_RL&hash=item1c1419c4ea[/url

[url=http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NOS-1970s-R-red-Weinman-brake-lever-Old-BMX-Freestyle-/370410253311?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item563e2bebff]http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NOS-1970s-R-red-Weinman-brake-lever-Old-BMX-Freestyle-/370410253311?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item563e2bebff

Adrian

[Troyboy]

Welcome Night rider to the site, I have a Burner I picked up the other day, heres some pics.





Gee guys there are some great storys emerging of how we traveled this BMX road, keep them going.

[Adrian H]

Troy, I need the wedge out of that stem.

[Adrian H]

Heres a gold one.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VINTAGE-Old-School-Gold-BMX-WEINMANN-Brake-Lever-NEW-/200495289664?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2eae735540

[Night Rider]

Heres a gold one.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VINTAGE-Old-School-Gold-BMX-WEINMANN-Brake-Lever-NEW-/200495289664?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2eae735540

Cheers Adrian but that one is earlier than the ones I need, I need the Weinmann levers with clamps the same colour as the lever. Cheers for the comments guys.

[proline-II]

i'm always impressed with folks who still have their bikes from their early years. well done Night Rider, excellent resto there mate

[J.Millward]

My first bike was a Mongoose (1981) model. It was second hand and realy beat up. My Mum bought it and another for my sister from some guy way back when. It was so beaten up it was unridable so it sat in my shed. One day I noticed it was gone and in a panic I told my Mum it had been stolen. Little did I realise she had been planning a suprise for my birthday which was very close by. To my amazement come birthday I was presented with this incredibly cool Mongoose (which was my fav' from BMX BANDITS- BTW). Although it never had the blue TUFF's it had everything else and I was very proud of it.
I never realy ventured to a proper track as there weren't any close enough to me back then but by god I rode that thing till the very end.
Good times as a kid I guess. 

[Picker]

It will take another tack with most memorable old School bikes.

The CW "Z", what an awesome look but did any survive without a reweld?

The Slingshot, only ever saw one in a magazine and always wonder how they would have ridden, did anyone have one and how did it ride?

My dream was always a Hutch Pro Star, still got the magazine clipping, I loved racing my Pro Racer because I found it suited me down to the ground!

Cheers,
Picker

[K8SY]

It will take another tack with most memorable old School bikes.

The CW "Z", what an awesome look but did any survive without a reweld?

The Slingshot, only ever saw one in a magazine and always wonder how they would have ridden, did anyone have one and how did it ride?

My dream was always a Hutch Pro Star, still got the magazine clipping, I loved racing my Pro Racer because I found it suited me down to the ground!

Cheers,
Picker

Pony on the site has his original Z frame CW not sure if he has ever weleded it I'll message him now

[Cleveland]

Hey Chicken Venus did you use to ride at what was called the red hill when you live at Sunnybank or was that before your time?It was straight across from the sunnybank shopping center HUGE Hill With HUGE jumps don't know if you remember it or not?

[digger]

Only ever had 2 bikes, 1st bike was a free spirit, damn ugly bike and heavy as sin   but it was the only thing I could afford, kept the bike a while, slowly added parts to it, saved to have it stripped and dipped.  Once I saved enough money bought a eastwood special from eastwood cycles, awesome bike and was very proud it came from 100 percent of my hard earned cash as a kid. 

The bikes I looked up to and down at back in the 80s were mainly 2.  The one I looked up to was a sunshine frame, that thing was just beautiful, I thought it was just a pure racing machine and always wish I could have had one, just a magical frame indeed.   

Sorry for this but the bike I always looked down at was jmc, they just looked so weak to me, not much chop and the main people I knew who weren't sponsored by em were just rich kids born with silver spoons in there mouths, would have been embarrassed back then  to ride one, lol, how some things influence kids, its funny looking back on it now

[jmc byron]

I guess im one of the silver spoon kids!

[Phil Kaye]

I guess im one of the silver spoon kids!

LOL