Awesome!
I still have my Chrome Burner. Although being a Raleigh I was always mocked by the kid with a Mongoose (the BMX, not the snake eating mammal).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:27, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

my brother is a big child
and has bought himself a Raleigh Burner. He had a Mag Burner when younger, and my other bro had a Night Burner.

He's also got an authentic 80s Skyway.

would have been awesome if we were still very young. now it is just sad.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:31, Reply)

I wanted the Night Burner because it had a gold chain (i think)
the mag burner is the one everyone had. The Gadget show did a thing on it a while back.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:33, Reply)

I inherited the mag burner after my brother out grew it
great bike. it was bright blue with yellow trim and mags.

don't remember the night burner having a gold chain. my bro's one was black and red. think they may have changed over the years though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:35, Reply)

I think the chain stayed gold for the first milisecond and then turned black
my brother had a poster back in the day with all the different "burners". I also thought the "Night Burner" sounded cool, like "Knight Rider" mixed with "Street Hawk".
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:38, Reply)

it was pretty stealthy as bmx's went
that sounds likely regarding the chain. I had a Striker before the bmx. The younger sibling of a Grifter. Can't even find a pic of it on google
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:41, Reply)

My uncle had a Grifter
When he got his Grifter I got his Budgie.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:44, Reply)

I had a Budgie!
It was purple and then my tool of a brother painted it green
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:47, Reply)

Mine was purple!
It stayed purple. I didn't deface things.
Your brother was naughty.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:49, Reply)

He was probably getting back at me for scratching his ZX81
he still holds that against me
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:52, Reply)

I had a Raleigh Bobcat :(
Followed by a Falcon Pro.
Yellow and black to attract the fecking wasps.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:36, Reply)

How many tricks could you do?
I couldnt even do a decent wheelie. My mate Eliott could ride around doing a wheelie. Git.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I have never been able to bunny hop
just can't do it. it makes me feel like less of a man
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:41, Reply)

"It's Ok Cornelius, you can cry" (Fight Club quote)
I feel your pain
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Oh I was a complete gobshite
I could only do one-handed steering.
I was black and blue! I was very good at cycling up very steep hils. Even better than some of the boys.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:42, Reply)

YOU'RE A GIRL? WHO HAD A BMX???
dammit, where were you when I was growing up? We needed a girl to form the "BMX Bandits" (which sounds kinda gay now...)
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:45, Reply)

you're thinking of 'Arse Bandits'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:47, Reply)

Haha!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:50, Reply)

My bike was very cool too
Nobody else had yellow and black.
But our shed had earwigs so I used to have to shake the earwigs out of the pads and brake-handles before setting off each morning.
I was a mong.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:48, Reply)

One of my very good mates is Craig Campbell
He was the UK's first professional BMXer back in the 80s.

If you search for him on YouTube you can see him winning BMX Beat and getting a trophy from Gaz Top.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:47, Reply)

You're such a social climber Monty! You know all the big names
The Chemical Brothers, a BMX Champion...err...dave the coke dealer...
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:51, Reply)

I know.
Why I bother with you proles is beyond me sometimes, it really is.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:52, Reply)

you're keepin' it real
most laudable
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:00, Reply)

I had a Raleigh Fag Burner
The Income Support version.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:55, Reply)

I had a Chinese Burner - very tight handgrips, it had.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:57, Reply)

I had a a Bunsen Burner
Really uncomfortable saddle.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:05, Reply)

"I was right about that saddle though..."

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:17, Reply)

was that Hovis?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:22, Reply)

Yellow Pages!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:29, Reply)

I found a Mongoose mountain bike in an empty flat
It rides OK. I was going to scratch off the 'oose' part of the logo, but thought perhaps even by my terrible standards that might be a bit much.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:37, Reply)

Ha! I had to think about that!

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 10:38, Reply)

Walking to school one morning,
I found a BMX in a bush, honest. It had been constructed with the remains of about 10 different bikes and was therefore completely unique. I took it home and explained how i had found it, but I was told in no uncertain terms to take it to Police Station. So, in a huff, i did, and was told if nobody claimed it in 3 months, it would be mine.

3 months came and went and there I was, standing in the police station, tattered receipt in hand. The cop actually laughed when he saw the bike I was there to claim. By now the chain had rusted and it was in need of being buried to be honest. Still, i never had a bike and this, Frankenstein's Monster of a machine would make my life infinitely more enjoyable.

And it did, until one day i was pushing it through town and this older guy from school raced up to me and shrieked that I had stolen his bike, and that i had better give him it back with the utmost haste. I calmly told him the story and explained the bike was now mine. He threatened to choke me, but in the face of adversity i stuck it out and he left, on foot, while i cycled off into the sunset. Every time I saw him thereafter he would threaten me with massive amounts of violence, but I didn't give a fuck, I had my bad boy BM-Wrecked.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:08, Reply)

A heartwarming tale
God Bless us every one!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:17, Reply)

Well, not everyone obviously.
Having the right bike when you were a teenager was of enormous importance. Having a jury rigged deathtrap that attracted the unwanted attention of bikeless bullies wasn't the wisest of moves.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:27, Reply)

I just got my brother's old bikes
I didn't give a fuck really.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:29, Reply)

I can't believe you stood your ground
I'd have bawked and then given him the bike. Then gone home and vomited and cried.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:30, Reply)

But it was MINE goddamit
I had a police receipt and everything to prove it. When he said it had been nicked from his front garden I asked why he hadn't went to the police station, because that's where it had been for 3 months. He didn't have an answer to that.

Cock smoker.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 11:33, Reply)