Bigpower

Well i thought i'd put up a little project of mine im working on at the moment, this lovely old neglected BMX my friend niki gave me. Ive always had a thing for BMX's, dad bought me one when i was 6 or so, and learned to ride on that. So i was really chuffed when she said i could have it

edit: if anyone knows the make of this frame, please share with me, i have no idea who its made by.

here it is on her floor;


so after dismantling it in southend, bunging it in the boot and bringing it back here to thefthood i took it straight into work and made plans

heres a few photos for you to look at;



this frame was really rusted up and generally crap;




before blasting and recoating;


after blasting and coating;



crank/ring gear assembly after blasting and painting;


frame blasted and degreased;



i have more photos that i will upload tomorrow of where ive filled in the dents and a photoshop of what i want it to look like

Frame looks like Diamondback to me( general frame design, lugs for rear sprocket etc)

Looks cool. I've been reminiscing about old Raleigh Mag bikes........the old white one with the tri-colour detail........

I had a raleigh super burner

Talk about pimp my ride

I had a Rayleigh Striker, I broke that a lot too!

i had a chrome diamond back back in the day , i felt king of the road that xmas

murano3 wrote:I had a raleigh super burner

+1....awesome bikes!!

Think the last time I saw my burner was as dad threw the frame in the boot of the car to take it to the tip - by then it was finished in undercoat grey with pink and green overspray .. lol. wish I'd kept it .. CW's, bear traps, lean back seat, white walls, dice valve caps but in the bearing shot, bent forks and generally trashed

stuart wrote:Frame looks like Diamondback to me( general frame design, lugs for rear sprocket etc)

Looks cool. I've been reminiscing about old Raleigh Mag bikes........the old white one with the tri-colour detail........

LOOK AT THOSE SKYWAYS!! i forgot about skyway mag wheels! i want them now:leaving: thats a lovely bmx, im sure one of my sisters had this bike. thanks for sharing stu. oh and i looked up diamondback and you're right, it's a 2004 model, may not be top dollar, but who cares



its amazing how many people used to have super burners and super tuff burners, but you hardly see them now feel free to post pics up if you have any, could give me ideas

murano3 wrote:Think the last time I saw my burner was as dad threw the frame in the boot of the car to take it to the tip - by then it was finished in undercoat grey with pink and green overspray .. lol. wish I'd kept it .. CW's, bear traps, lean back seat, white walls, dice valve caps but in the bearing shot, bent forks and generally trashed

thats a shame ben exactly what happened to my first bmx, was taken to the tip never to be seen again. Dice valve caps you say? thats an idea

i never had a BMX as such i did have one of these bad boys though..haha



had a street wolf too but cant find pics of one fo them

Here you go

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-x-RALEIGH-BMX-B ... 335953a989

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RALEIGH-BURNER-MK ... 20aef30c6a

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-MK1-1983- ... 4ced1e00c7

The best of the best

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RALEIGH-BURNER-25 ... 4ced32d2a9