Raleigh Super Tuff Burner re-released

easyrider · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:25

Remember these?

Wow the memories of my childhood

20" Skyway Tuff 2 mag wheels !

Tempted to treat myself

Sonea Fifer · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:30

Memories of my childhood:

Really showing my age now tho

On topic - OP, go treat yourself

K.C. Leblanc · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:32

When are we going to get the Raleigh Mustang rereleased?

Magic_x_uk · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:36

Grifter & Commando rocked!

Hades · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:39

Sonea Fifer said:
Memories of my childhood:

Really showing my age now tho

On topic - OP, go treat yourself

That's not a real chopper

Skeeter · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:40

Could you really 'unbucle' plastic wheels by putting them in the freezer?

Sonea Fifer · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:42

Hades said:
That's not a real chopper

I know - was it the Chopper or Tomahawk that had the little gearshift in the middle?

easyrider · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:43

Skeeter said:
Could you really 'unbucle' plastic wheels by putting them in the freezer?

yeah

ZX rims worked the best.

EYEREX · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:45

I had one of the bikes from the red hand gang

Von Luck · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:45

AtreuS · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:49

Oh yes!

CHOPPER

Atrox Moris · 27 Oct 2008 at 23:51

Your whips ain't **** unless you got some spokey dokeys and a Tony the tiger spoke reflector. And maybe a tin can jammed in the space behind the wheel and forks.

Poweredge · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:05

easyrider said:
yeah

ZX rims worked the best.

Remember back in the 80's a friend having a set of Z-Rims, did a rockwalk and as the front-end came around the whole wheel bent to about 90-degrees, sprung back and flew out sideways.

Those things were unreal.

Also, best mate had a Commando then came a cropper one day when the front wheel fell off - faceplanted, and kocked 4 teeth out. Wasn't pretty.

Sagalout · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:08

Grifters were rubbish - that's why everyone wanted a Bmx!

And the frozen wheels was an urban myth.

I had a raleigh burner with may wheels - always wanted a Chrome Mongoose though

cheets64 · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:19

Choppers are back in fashion as are those.

I remember having a pinkish peugeot bike it was bloody good, was tought and was ace for pulling wheelies.

dirtybeatfreak · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:20

AtreuS said:
Oh yes!

CHOPPER

they were the real ones!!!

and yea spokey dokeys and tony tiger reflectors *** !!!

dannyjo22 · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:29

Magic_x_uk said:
Grifter & Commando rocked!

Striker is the other I remember and the bomber which to me was the first mountain bike type bike.

chaparral · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:39

Sagalout said:
Grifters were rubbish - that's why everyone wanted a Bmx!

The Grifter was out before the BMX...

Model: Mk1 Grifter
Dates: June 1976 until (approx) Jan 1979
Frame No: NH6 – NA9
Colours: Steel Blue (met),Bronze (met),Fiery Red (met)

Model: Mk2 Grifter
Dates: April 1979 (approx) until (approx) Jan 1982
Frame No: NE9 – NA2
Colours: Bright Red (solid), Baltic Blue (solid

Model: Mk2 SE Special Edition Grifter
Dates: Jan 1980 (approx) until (approx) Sep 1981
Frame No: NA0 – NM1
Colours: Silver (met)

Model: Grifter XL
Dates: Jan 1981 (approx) until (approx) May 1983
Frame No: NA1 – NG3
Colours: Black (Red Mudguards)(solid)

Model: Super Grifter
Dates: Jan 1982 (approx) until (approx) May 1983
Frame No: NA2 – NG3
Colours: Black & Gold (solid), Silver & Blue (met)

arknor · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:47

Also, best mate had a Commando then came a cropper one day when the front wheel fell off - faceplanted, and kocked 4 teeth out. Wasn't pretty.

lol one of my mates did that on a bmw flying down a hill that was at an almost 90c angle, he smashed pretty much all of his front teeth up and had caps put on just about all of them.

i only ever had one bad accident and that was on a mountain bike at the local bmx course we had set some bricks up with a peice of wood going over the top of them on one of the big jumps and i guess some how the wood got caught in my spokes even though it was a snapped of fence plank.

all i remember is flying over the handle bars about 7 ft in the air

(the sand mound jump on the course was about 6ft high) i looked at my bike and the handlebar was bent at a 180c angle lol

i cried as soon as i saw the bike was all messed up because i thought my dad would be really angry but he was cool and just bought me 2 new wheels and new handle bars :cool:

dannyjo22 · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:53

chaparral said:
The Grifter was out before the BMX...

Yep, the best thing was tucking the front mudguard under so it made the motorbike sound. Oh and slip gear wtf was that ever fitted for. God though it was heavy.