your favourite schoolboy toys

[L100NYY]

^^^^^^
The Kuwahara was a lovely bike, I think I still have my Pro Race somewhere at my parents!

[G'kar]

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

[jackal]

Big Rod said:

Alex said:

My brother and I had this:

I had the same only mine were Chevy Bel-Air and Nomad bodies IIRC.

Big inertia driven in the middle wasn't it?

ETA :- As seen on this album cover...........

Edited by Big Rod on Thursday 4th December 13:15

OMFG !!!!!


i totally forgot about that

and would probbaly have never have remembered it ever again if it wasn't for you

amazing memories

we used to go to the stock car racing in wimbledon dogs track every christmas so this toy was a real hit with me and my brother

thanks for that

[L100NYY]

G'kar said:

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

My brother bought himself a HARO not so long back, just because he never had one as a kid

[Stig]

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

My brother bought himself a HARO not so long back, just because he never had one as a kid

I'm now VERY misty eyed!!!!!

[G'kar]

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

My brother bought himself a HARO not so long back, just because he never had one as a kid

Think I sold it for £30 or so after it had sat in the back of the garage for a couple of years

[jackal]

i had the strika but always wanted the grifter

the strika was actually cooler ins ome respects because it hada back pedal brake and straight front forks.. it was more BMX like and you coudl pull some amazing broadsides on it

[Stig]

Can I just say, for anyone who's reading this thread thinking 'OMG - I HAD ONE OF THOSE!'

Go and buy Goldie Lookin Chain's entire back catalogue

[L100NYY]

G'kar said:

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

My brother bought himself a HARO not so long back, just because he never had one as a kid

Think I sold it for £30 or so after it had sat in the back of the garage for a couple of years

What was that bike with the computer type thing on the crossbar?

[Tycho]

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

My brother bought himself a HARO not so long back, just because he never had one as a kid

Think I sold it for £30 or so after it had sat in the back of the garage for a couple of years

What was that bike with the computer type thing on the crossbar?

Wasn't that the Raleigh Vektar?

Lots of pics

[L100NYY]

Tycho said:

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

My brother bought himself a HARO not so long back, just because he never had one as a kid

Think I sold it for £30 or so after it had sat in the back of the garage for a couple of years

What was that bike with the computer type thing on the crossbar?

Wasn't that the Raleigh Vektar?

Lots of pics

I don't think that's the one I'm thinking of, although I'm notsure now!!

[barney123]

Evil Jack said:

Some great memories in this thread. Here's mine:

I had a red one - well for about 2 weeks - someone (we knew who!) stole it - got home from school - gone - never saw it again - gutted !

[jackal]

did anyone have merlin ?

[jackal]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeyhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[jackal]

ok.. this is a bit of a rarity

it came out in teh early 70's .. i was about 4 or 5 at the time but remember it clearly

[L100NYY]

Still got all the Action Man stuff

[BigBen]

jackal said:

i had the strika but always wanted the grifter

the strika was actually cooler ins ome respects because it hada back pedal brake and straight front forks.. it was more BMX like and you coudl pull some amazing broadsides on it

Mine did not have a back pedal brake and nor do any of the ones in the pictures (mine was liveried as per the second pic complete with 'action flashes' on the mudguards)

[L100NYY]

Jackal,

Never heard of Merlin or Cascade!

[lizardking]

Tycho said:

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

L100NYY said:

G'kar said:

Haro Freestyler, Skyways, CW bars....

My brother bought himself a HARO not so long back, just because he never had one as a kid

Think I sold it for £30 or so after it had sat in the back of the garage for a couple of years

What was that bike with the computer type thing on the crossbar?

Wasn't that the Raleigh Vektar?
Yes it was.. I had one when i was a nipper, IIRC it costs about £200 when it first came. Christ the parents must have saved up for that!!

Lots of pics

[Tycho]

jackal said:

ok.. this is a bit of a rarity

it came out in teh early 70's .. i was about 4 or 5 at the time but remember it clearly

I had that, it was really ste.