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The true Brit BMX was the Raleigh Burner and is as iconic as the Grifter and the Chopper. I had my first Burner in 1985 when I was 11, a Raleigh Super Burner in black/gold, and I practically lived on it for many years and can still remember riding it as though it were yesterday. Browsing eBay in Feb 2005 I spotted the Burner I always wanted but couldn't afford. A 1984 Tuff Burner in blue/yellow with Yellow Skyway mags. I bought it for my 31st birthday present to myself and lovingly restored it (see photo).

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  • Anonymous user
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    A lad I fancied at school had a Super Burner. I used think how nice the gold looked with his olivey coloured skin! I became a friend of his family many years later and we sometimes go up the pub together. He found it most amusing when I confessed this over several bottles of beer! I can still picture him cycling past my gang of my mates on the way back from School in his little shirt, blazer and tie, Although...that probably sounds very wrong now that we're the wrong side of 30!Lol!
  • Anonymous user
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    mate .. i had a ultra burner .. iswear to ya i saw a super burner brand new repo in a window the other day for £245 there selling em again ...i was a little envious of the super burner as a kid coz it had the radical oval tube frame...ya burner brings back nuff memories man...nice
  • Anonymous user
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    I had a Night Burner, I was very pleased cos I was the first person in School to have one I remember the first day back at school just after Christmas holiday at what a rave it caused.
  • Anonymous user
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    I remember my brother getting the yellow a blue burner we were quite poor and my dad worked hard for it so he wasn't to please when my bro had it knicked from out side co-op in bolton 3 weeks after christmas !!!
  • Th3 Firestarter
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    BTW Rory that tuff burner is gorgeous. Always wanted 1 of those.
  • Th3 Firestarter
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    I had a mag burner (white with black 7 spoke mags) when I was about 14. It was given to me by my next door neighbour. A couple years later I sold it for £25. Damn wish I hadn't now.
  • Anonymous user
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    oh i do own a raleigh rebel , basically an ultra burner without the welded gusset , rare as hens teeth now
  • Anonymous user
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    im 37 and have just bought an original unmolested burner , its blue and yellow , a base model but is completely original , even the tyres (which now need replacing) but its an 83 model so deffo a mk1 , i will be taking it billing this year for sure
  • Anonymous user
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    My husband had an Ultra Burner - and he's very proud of the fact! Anyone else had one? frosthf
  • Anonymous user
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    When I was 9,I had a Raleigh Super Tuff Burner that had gold paintwork. It was awesome and i was the envy of all my mates. AJ

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