Alcohol and e-bay

[Monster]

Fuck me that ones got front "suspension" where the chopper had rear. Likey likey the retro bikes

[maff]

i had the tomahawk too, followed by a Grifter, what a damn heavy piece of pig iron that was with another weird 70s seat design

[pablo]

God this thread has got me thinking of years long since gone:leaving:

[Jon]

Jon nothing like bringing a old bike back to life if you get some oxallic acid which you can get of eBay put the chrome parts in a bath ( not the one you use) leave the parts for 12 hours in it and they come up like new.

Did some research into this and it looks just the job, Thanks a bunch for the advice

[Stuart]

Oxalic acid is what I use to shift stubborn burnt on brake dust (i.e. Iron deposits are dissolved by it) so go very, very careful Jon. Great on certain metal finishes but it will eat through bare mild steel in no time at all.

[Jon]

That's good to know Stu, cheers
Although just using tin foil to clean up the chrome has worked remarkably well so far. I did doubt its use when my bro mentioned using it, but by Jove it's almost a miracle cure for the brown devil that is rust.

http://www.robertscycle.com/chrome-clean.html

[Ben]

Tomahawk, Grifter and then my raleigh super burner but my dream was to have a night burner .... they were the business.

[Jon]

but my dream was to have a night burner .... they were the business.

Although any variation of Burner is sitting high on my list at the moment...




Oh, the memories of a misspent childhood

[Ben]

I had to wash dishes for a month to get my super burner - I'm sure it cost

[Stuart]

I didn't fit on them when I was 'little' and I am sure as hell I won't do now. I lusted after BMXs as a kid and loved the Haro's and Rayleigh's, GT's of the day.

Uber cool.