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Beerside
09-14-2008, 04:26 AM
Yeah I know this is a 3 wheeler forum but I figured many of us who were riding atc's in the 70's and '80's probably also played around on a bmx bike. Just thought I would mix it up and see what some of you guys still might have in the garage next to that old 200X :) Posted is an '81 Hutch Pro racer, '82 SE Racing P.K. Ripper, '85 JMC "Darrell Young", and a '90 SE Racing Floval Flyer (24in. Cruiser)

cr480r
09-14-2008, 04:30 AM
I had a P.K Ripper for years... After the frame cracked twice, I replaced it with a Free Agent XL(limo)....

Nick_R_23
09-14-2008, 04:52 AM
I have these 2 sitting out in my shed...the blue one I *think* is a Huffy, and the brown one is a Mongoose, but I dont know what model either of them really is.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/Nick_R_23/MVC-002F-12.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/Nick_R_23/MVC-004F-13.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/Nick_R_23/MVC-005F-13.jpg

-Nick :TrikesOwn

oldtime3wheeler
09-14-2008, 07:14 AM
I had a P.K. Ripper and a Torker. Wish I still had them.

Mosh
09-14-2008, 09:49 AM
I spent lots of hours on BMX's back in the day.A little vert ramp and Flatland freestyle,mostly just jumping the biggest jumps I could.

I had 2 1984 Mongoose Californians,the ones with the rims strips you could flip around for different colors,and I think that movie RAD was all about those bikes.

I had a GT for Freestyle,with Gyro,Paragrine Mags.Oh man those were the days.

Dont have any bikes left though,I wish I would have kept one just for nostalgia.

1upfront
09-14-2008, 10:11 AM
I still have 2 pkripper frames from when I used to race in the early 90's, I think my last season was 95, I have some trophys from it too.

firehart
09-14-2008, 10:17 AM
I was too old even then but my son raced. We still have his trophy's. I take my grandkids over to the track to ride, but they don't race there anymore.

Hoosier_Daddy
09-14-2008, 10:30 AM
I didn't get into BMX racing but I was deep into freestyle. No ramps, just flatland. I won some trophies at a few events and still have them buried in my storage shed somewhere. I should get them out and shine them back up. lol I don't have any bikes left though. I used to have a Dyno, then I got a GT Pro Freestyle tour, then I moved on to my favorite bike and that was a Diamond Back Strike Zone. Very light and just awesome.

Kilborg
09-14-2008, 10:37 AM
I raced Nbl for a few years in the early-mid 90's... raced a schwinn predator mostly but rode quite a few different bikes.

RedRider_AK
09-14-2008, 11:01 AM
I never raced or rode in the 80's, but my BMX bike for the years 2000 to 2007 was a GT/Dyno Air... don't know the year, but it was a bulletproof tank, heavier than a sack of cement but I did so many drops to flat and ruined so many rims on it, and the frame never had a problem. I was the 4th owner, I think.

It was olive green and the stickers (what was left of them) were purple, if that helps anyone.