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Morning all, Found this place after an evening of nostaligia in the pub with the lads, talking about all the cool bikeswe used to have as kids, for me the bike to have was always a burner! I think I was 8/9 when I got my first, a red Mk1 Burner, brand new and it was my pride and joy until it got nicked a few months after it was bought! I was gutted but my parents couldnt afford another Raleigh, so I was given a blue and yellow peugeot BMX, shop soiled but good as new, Had thats for a long time and cant really remember what happened to it (probably nicked as well, I lived in a rough area!) Then I did a deal with a kid at school who used to race BMXs for one of his old Robinson race bikes, he had snapped the top tube racing, but I had someone weld it up and it was fine!, remember it has a proper 3 piece crank (suntour???) and quality racing rims. Think I ended up swapping thats for a suzuki field bike, but then picked up an old mk2 night burner, It was complete but wrecked, so i pulled it down, stripped the frame back to chrome (for some reason the forks were steel so I sprayed those illuminous pink - ok, it was 1989 after all!) then put a set of CW bars and acorn mag 20 wheels on it. Thats was a monster bike and I loved it, but yes, you guessed it when I was 17 someone broke into my dads shed and stole it! I thought I'd get myself a wreck and restore it as a bit of a laugh, but I cant believe how much these things are going for nowadays! I think my ideal would be a mk2 super tuff burner, as I remember drooling over the pages of my mums catalogues when I was young dreaming of owning one! So, basically a hello from me and only one question. the 'Styler mag 20' burners seem to be a little cheaper on ebay, are thse the same frame & forks design as the other mk2 burners (i know is probably not chromoly) and what would it cost to have it plated up in that lovely gold colour? It might be a cheap way to get a set of F&F to start a resto on!!
Morning all, Found this place after an evening of nostaligia in the pub with the lads, talking about all the cool bikeswe used to have as kids, for me the bike to have was always a burner! I think I was 8/9 when I got my first, a red Mk1 Burner, brand new and it was my pride and joy until it got nicked a few months after it was bought! I was gutted but my parents couldnt afford another Raleigh, so I was given a blue and yellow peugeot BMX, shop soiled but good as new, Had thats for a long time and cant really remember what happened to it (probably nicked as well, I lived in a rough area!) Then I did a deal with a kid at school who used to race BMXs for one of his old Robinson race bikes, he had snapped the top tube racing, but I had someone weld it up and it was fine!, remember it has a proper 3 piece crank (suntour???) and quality racing rims. Think I ended up swapping thats for a suzuki field bike, but then picked up an old mk2 night burner, It was complete but wrecked, so i pulled it down, stripped the frame back to chrome (for some reason the forks were steel so I sprayed those illuminous pink - ok, it was 1989 after all!) then put a set of CW bars and acorn mag 20 wheels on it. Thats was a monster bike and I loved it, but yes, you guessed it when I was 17 someone broke into my dads shed and stole it! I thought I'd get myself a wreck and restore it as a bit of a laugh, but I cant believe how much these things are going for nowadays! I think my ideal would be a mk2 super tuff burner, as I remember drooling over the pages of my mums catalogues when I was young dreaming of owning one! So, basically a hello from me and only one question. the 'Styler mag 20' burners seem to be a little cheaper on ebay, are thse the same frame & forks design as the other mk2 burners (i know is probably not chromoly) and what would it cost to have it plated up in that lovely gold colour? It might be a cheap way to get a set of F&F to start a resto on!!