[Closed] How much did a Raleigh Burner mk1 weigh?

With or without mag wheels? Or was that the Mk 2?

32lbs

Pretty sure that was the quoted weight for the standard Burner. Tuff Burner 31.5, and Ultra Burner 28lbs (until the Alloy bars snapped and were replaced by steel ones under warranty....).

Mine was a bit of a mash up, chrome burner frame, Acorn wheels, T bars, but I'm only looks at a rough figure. Pretty damn heavy for a small child anyway, makes me less concerned about the bikes I have been considering for junior.

Not as much as the Raleigh Grifter which is officially the heaviest kids bike in history.

I have a Burner, (mid life crisis) its insanely heavy. I can't fathom how I managed to jump or wheelie it as a kid.

Not sure whether I’m pleased or ashamed about that.

Looking at that I had the blue burner. I remember having hours of fun on it.

Pleased sillyoldman, difinitely pleased!

In that case what did the grifter weigh? Or the Chopper? That must have been horrific!

Most of the BMXs in the 80 were over 30lbs.  I remember the Mongoose with Mag wheels being one of the heaviest.

I used to have some fairly light bikes (lifetime weight weenie!) as things like wheels and tyres could be light due to small size, alloy race cranks, renthal alloy bars, one piece uni seat and post etc,.

I had the Uni seat post/saddle combo, later swapped for a layback as I got bigger. Most of what I had was on the heavy side though.

In my (then 11 yr old mind) a burner was about 2x a mongoose and about 1/16th of a Raleigh grifter. But then my dad bought me a totally unknown brand bmx (BH I think?) so I had zero credibility anyway.

Grifter definitely weighed an imperial ton.

yet the forks would bend, under normal braking.

i can distinctly remember my first go on a burner, my mates one, it was gold.

the feeling of it being alive when i rode it over some rough ground was amazing, totally unlike anything I’d ridden before.

happy days.

Layback saddle........happy days and an early indication of a developing expensive bike upgrading habit.

bloody hell! and a grifter was heavier?

i used to have a grifter. the three speed was frequently in a state of disrepair, so was either jammed in 2nd or 3rd, when it wasn't in 0 and causing me to smash myself on the top tube. wonder why i ride ss all the time now?....

Blimey - mine was 32lb. I can't remember it being an issue though. There was always a kid with a grifter . There was also one particularly flash kid who could ride well and he upgraded to a posh double downtube bmx - maybe a gt? It was lush, very light by comparison. It also snapped pretty quickly riding 'the dell', our local spot.

I had a Grifter. It was heavy, and stuck in one gear.

I have a Grifter and a Chopper, I'll take them to the LBS my mate works at and ask hime to weigh them, should be interesting! Chopper is a pig to ride uphill.

80s BMX Nostalgia thread? Why not.

Yak - double downtube.. maybe an SE Quadangle? I had the blue burner with the steel wheels, that was definitely in the +30lbs range. A mate had a Kuwahara that I coveted greatly and the local 'kid who was good at BMX' had a PK Ripper. He used to persuade other kids to lie down and then bunny hop over them - seem to remember him clearing 2 and then it going a bit wrong in an attempt to better his record.

I recall the Grifter being the first bike I'd ridden with more than one gear - what a revelation.. twist shifters with those blister inducing ridged grips and the block'o'foam saddles..

Good times.

I don’t recall the burner being heavy, I guess all the bike I rode back then were similarly heavy.

I do however remember modifying the fork angle several times....

My brother still has a red and yellow burner rusting away in a garage. I'd say it weighs more than my large Cannondale trigger (which is for sale in the classifieds btw).

Interested in the chopper weight! Those grifter grips were horrific if I remember correctly, the saddles were legendary!

I don’t recall the burner being heavy, I guess all the bike I rode back then were similarly heavy.

All depends if you owned or rode any race bikes.  If you rode something like a Race Inc with SR alloy 3 piece ranks etc,. then a Burner would feel extremely heavy.

Looking up some weights the Hutch Pro Star apparently weighted around 19lbs although no-one I knew could have ever afforded one.

My Grifter saddle had a chunk missing and a single shower would ensure it was full of water for the following year.

Think they all had a chunk missing and used five ten sponge technology!