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BMX Bandits..

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:03 pm
by scr8p
any of you guys remember that movie? i was flipping through the tv channels, and it's on showtime right now. man, i haven't seen this movie in probably 20 years.

Re: BMX Bandits..

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:11 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Ha stalker, that's what I'm watching right now--thinking how many times Scott dreams of himself in this movie

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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:20 pm
by Der Kommissar
It's been on a few times this month. Nicole Kidman in her finest role? LOL! :mrgreen:

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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:36 pm
by Halgar
Charlie don't surf wrote:Ha stalker, that's what I'm watching right now--thinking how many times Scott dreams of himself in this movie
Maybe we should give Scott a little privacy, you know, just until the movie is over. :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re: BMX Bandits..

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:27 am
by Brandon G
I remember wearing out the VHS of Rad, but this one I don't recall.

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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:07 am
by scr8p
my copy of "rad" is up at my parents house..... somewhere.

speaking of rad, last week "cru jones" was on that tv show tosh.0 on comedy central.

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=253644&title=tosh-does-rad

Re: BMX Bandits..

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:45 am
by soniccj5
Brandon G wrote:I remember wearing out the VHS of Rad, but this one I don't recall.

Same here..

I still have my RedLine 700SL in my garage rafters :D

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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:57 pm
by Greenie
Closet "Rad" fan here. :) I had a couple Predators and a Dyno Comp with Skyway mags. If only I was as cool as I thought I was. LOL

Re: BMX Bandits..

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:35 pm
by Brandon G
A GT Performer was all I could afford at the time....

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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:42 pm
by Bormac
PJ, Goose and who realy cared what Nichole Kidman's characters name was- LOL! I loved that movie and even owned the very same model Mongoose that 'Goose' rode. Loved the Skyway toughs, the improvised street riding tricks etc... Loved the movie as a kid and it paved the way for my interest in BMX freestyle and got my first real freestyle bike -Haro (FST I think it was? all white ) a few years later.

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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:02 am
by Charlie don't surf
Brandon G wrote:A GT Performer was all I could afford at the time....
Dyno Detour, mine had uglier mags

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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:18 am
by soniccj5
My Redline 700SL.

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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:27 am
by Greenie
Brandon G wrote:A GT Performer was all I could afford at the time....
Sweet! Did you have one in the manly pastel blue or the masculine hot pink? :) I loved those bikes back in the day. I'd love to have one now as a "vintage" BMXer.

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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:36 am
by Brandon G
My Performer was all chrome. Lame story behind that:
I had about $100 of allowance credit built up. (my parents sometimes couldn't afford the $10 a week to pay me outright :roll: ) My B-day was coming up and I was asking for a new bike. I had my sights on a brand new Mongoose Californian, all white with white mags. I think it was about $225 from the local bike shop. I was asking to apply my "allowance credit" to the bike and they recoop the rest.

Well the day came where they were going to town to pick it up. When they came home, I was the proud owner of a Spalding bike. WHAT? Yeah, Spalding. I was aware at the time thet the made tennis balls, but not bikes. I was told to take it or do without any bike, so I took it. I guess my cheap ass stepdad decided to use my allowance to get me a bike from Target instead.

Anyway, I broke the frame about a month later, and my buddy hooked me up with his big brother's Performer. It was the frame, forks, and bars. Swapped the missing hardware over as I needed to, and never looked back. That was one tough frame. Never had any problems with it. I would love to get my hands on another someday.

Re: BMX Bandits..

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:58 am
by soniccj5
It took my dad a while to understand why I wanted a real BMX and not one form K-mart. He thought I was just hard on bikes and that is why my frames would break and the wheels would get destroyed. Once I got a used Mongoose Supergoose, he understood the difference.