The Raleigh Budgie,who had one.......

[Heather74]

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Grrr I asked my mum if she was sure....Mother
We dug the photo out looking for T-shirts from the 70's but cant make out the pic on my sis

[sixtyten]

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H, I hate to split hairs
But thats a Raleigh Commando your Brother has there..

Cool bike!

[Heather74]

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oh wow thats amazing, the photo looks as good as new.xx

[sixtyten]

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tweaked

[Heather74]

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Here's my(other) brother and sister in 1979 working on theirs.

[ian baker]

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hi huggie, its ian. the bike in question was a chopper 2, with wide handlebars, not a budgie. Though I did have the budgie beforehand ij

[sixtyten]

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[PWC1973]

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What about this then my Raleigh Budgie resto project.........

It's about half way through now..

[PWC1973]

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wicked bike
and the Burner was pretty hot poop too..

That brings back so many memories,i have'nt seen that for many years.......If i remember mine was White & black.......

[sixtyten]

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wicked bike
and the Burner was pretty hot poop too..

[PWC1973]

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I have looked on Ebay for cowhorns. I was gonna build myself another one,but I've never got round to it

Did you find any on ebay.......

[PWC1973]

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We used to live near a pallet factory and the yard they had we used to sneak into on a Saturday afternoon after they finished at dinner and make jumps out of boards and pallets.And jump them on are bmx's me and my mate's,I had a Raleigh Burner GLS they were quite heavy though....

[sixtyten]

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I have looked on Ebay for cowhorns. I was gonna build myself another one,but I've never got round to it

[PWC1973]

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Nope..Not very aerodynamic
we used to make our ramp bikes from spare parts, light as possible,no brakes,no mudguards,wide cowhorns...they used to fly

I remember the Cow horns bikes all the older lads had them and i always wanted one of them to make me one up..........
But no,no one ever did and then i got my Strika and forgot all about it i think.................

[sixtyten]

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Nope..Not very aerodynamic
we used to make our ramp bikes from spare parts, light as possible,no brakes,no mudguards,wide cowhorns...they used to fly
Thinking back,we used to do stupid jumps I would not dream of nowadays,but you alway think you are indestructable as a kid. a plack of wood and a pile of bricks stacked one on top of the other (single bricks) is NOT a safe ramp!