80's Bike with sound FX

rondon
rondon Posts: 10
edited January 2008 in MTB general
Does anyone remember that bike that all the kids had in the 80's, which had some rather fetching body kit and fancy sound FX, I've no idea what it's called now and searched google to no success. (It wasn't the raleigh, I came across that, it's nowhere near as cool).

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  • racingchicken
    racingchicken Posts: 12
    Wolf something wasn't it?
  • lost-time
    lost-time Posts: 549
    I know the one you mean....looked a little like StreetHawk..... :roll:
  • rondon
    rondon Posts: 10
    I thought it was wolf something too, but still wasn't obvious in the google results. I'm not sure what a steethawak is, but it sounds bitching!
  • zero303
    zero303 Posts: 1,162
    Raleigh Street Wolf?

    5545.jpg
  • racingchicken
    racingchicken Posts: 12
    I'm sure my mate had one - I was always jealous as my mag burner didn't make any noises apart from me! Should that Street Wolf have a command centre on the handlebars somewhere?
  • rondon
    rondon Posts: 10
    Perhaps it was a raleigh? There is no sound FX box on this pic though?
  • Nick Dastardly
    Nick Dastardly Posts: 606
    I know you said it wasn't a Raleigh, but I still had to post this:

    The Raleigh Vektar:

    vektar1.0.jpg

    AMAZING
    "The problem was, I was still using my eyes even though I had them shut"

    Demoted to commuting duty

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  • lost-time
    lost-time Posts: 549
    Man, machine, street hawk...

    The 80s were great!

    cast.jpg
  • racingchicken
    racingchicken Posts: 12
    Nick Dastardly wrote:
    I know you said it wasn't a Raleigh, but I still had to post this:

    The Raleigh Vektar:

    vektar1.0.jpg

    AMAZING

    Now that is pimping, perhaps I'm getting confused. That's Buck Rogers bike isn't it?
  • lost-time
    lost-time Posts: 549
    Look at this.....!




    vektred4.jpg
  • jonny ramrod
    jonny ramrod Posts: 184
    :shock: :shock: I want that bike.....
    thinking happy thoughts....before the pixies steal them..

    www.homersbikes.co.uk
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    My mate used to have one - when we were small we took it to the BMX racetrack - I took it over a camel-hump and when I landed - well - you can guess the rest.

    His 'mission control' smashed off and I still have scars on my left arm where I took ALL the skin off

    Thanks for this thread - I had totally forgotten about James' Vektra (spl?)

    :lol:
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    Who remembers the Boxer and the striker (I had the boxer) little yellow thing - and if you were really cool you had the grifter......

    Boxer
    http://www.rutteger.demon.co.uk/bike/bikepic/boxer.jpg

    Grifter
    http://www.stuffwelove.co.uk/images/grifter.jpg

    Bomber
    http://www.re-buy-cycle.co.uk/uploads/171/0.jpg

    My first BMX though was a Team Murray that weighed about 8 stone - full cromo but as it was yank it was hard to get parts to fit over here....

    And how remembers the Raleigh bomber - sort of one of the first

    :lol:
  • lost-time
    lost-time Posts: 549
    Grifters....I had a silver one. I loved the hexagonal treads o the tires.

    ra76grif.jpg
  • kingderham
    kingderham Posts: 206
    I had a blue Raleigh grifter 8)
    Such a cool bike my only complaint it was a heavy bike but i loved it.
    A mouthfull of mud, i guess ive crashed

    Giant xtc se
    Trek 1.2compact
  • Steve_F
    Steve_F Posts: 682
    The Raleigh Wildcat used to have a sound FX box on the handlebars.

    Can't find any Google images but fairly sure about the name - first bike 8)

    Sure it had a couple of other styling features and a huge padded seat!

    This might be the one you were thinking of??
    Current steed is a '07 Carrera Banshee X
    + cheap road/commuting bike
  • cjw
    cjw Posts: 1,889
    Raleigh Wildcat Picys below....

    BIKE9.jpg
    BIKE1.jpg

    Found one on ebay :lol:
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-RALEIGH-WILDCAT-80s-RETRO-BIKE-IN-GREAT-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ270207535457QQihZ017QQcategoryZ420QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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  • racingchicken
    racingchicken Posts: 12
    They were cool, but then I got my Turquoise Raleigh Montage with 15 sis gears and then I was the cool kid on the block... 15 gears and plastic brakes and I thought I was John Tomac!
  • monkeysm8
    monkeysm8 Posts: 191
    I was having retro thoughts on ebay looking for a Raleigh Ultra Burner, I used to love my bmx :D
  • dunker
    dunker Posts: 1,503
    i had a boxer which i broke the front forks on going over the bars and smashing my gob up, moved onto a black chopper with kinda glittery effects on the chain guard. the chopper did some huge air and never broke, i also remember picking up a chopper and grifter in the mid 80's and remebering how they felt twice as heavy as my raleigh "super" burner at the time, ooo gotta go find a pic of my old burner now the gold one :)

    you had the ultra? that's the one i wanted :P
    Merlin Malt4,
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  • scotttomo
    scotttomo Posts: 531
    God i remember that street wolf bike :D . My mate had one and i was well jealous didn't the box on the front talk? i can't remember but it was cool as fook!! my first bike was a bmx cant remember which model but it had solid wheels :lol: . Never mind your stans no tubes get solid wheels, never suffer the drama of punctures again :lol:
    "If i was a slug i don't think i could handle it, i'd just throw myself in the salt pot" -Karl pilkington

    Whyte 46, i fall off it alot!!

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