They were the days, couldn't wait to get out on the BMX after school as a kid, building a jump with a bit of old wood and a few old house bricks. Standing on the stunt pegs bunny hopping on the spot having a competition with ur mates who could do the most 😆😂 fab times. Who remembers the film BMX bandits ????

Ahhhh BMX My first love, lost count how many I broke or parts I broke jumping off stairs or ramps over stolen beer barrels, my dream bike was a Haro but it's another dream that wasn't fulfilled, my first ever hero in life was Andy Ruffell then along came a certain Mr Eddie Filoa. Even now at 52 years old I still watch the young riders of today on You Tube and it totally amazes me how things have evolved and the tricks they do, some of today's riders are just insane and things now are on a new level. Kieran Reilly is just off the scale on a BMX and worth checking for any of the old guard who might still have any interest in BMX. Thanks again Adam and Paul for sharing his cool collection.

Ah the memories blasting about on my E.T edition Kuwahara BMX, and my mate on His PK Ripper Awesome care free days 👍🏻

Can totally relate to this, spent many many hours out on our bmx's as kids a whole group of us perfecting the tricks and going to bmx racing tracks miles away from home. Still got marks all up my shins from the pedals due to practicing and accidents.

Love this guy everything he says is literally what we did as kids such great times and great memories these kids today don't want to leave the house 🏡 Fab times the 80s

I live in the United States. I grew up racing Bmx from 1979 to 2016! I know all the hero's of Bmx!! I grew up racing GT..I absolutely love your collection and story!! I'm 56 now and have Crohn's and had 5 stomach surgeries that's the only reason I had to quit racing!!❤ Bmx was my entire life!! Traveling the country racing Bmx every year in our motorhome all over the USA! My little sister raced for Factory ZERONINE and won the world's in Amsterdam..Bmx was EVERYTHING to my parents and entire family!!! God bless!! Frank Balazs Toledo ohio 🇺🇸

a posh kid next door to me got an Andy Ruffell team burner for Christmas but he was useless on it so i used to borrow it and me and my mate who used to have an all chrome mongoose used to have massive fun , we built a ramp one day with a huge run up and persuaded our friends to lie in a row at the edge of the ramp , i managed to jump 7 people on the Andy Ruffell .

I was pretty much Paul back in the 80’s. Mum got me a local classified paper BMX which I then spent all my pocket money on. Z Rims, CW bars, DiaComp single finger levers, mushroom grips, white wall tyres… all that jazz. Really wanted a GT Freestyler though. Chain jumped the sprocket one day while I was giving it the berries through the council estate, locked the wheel, launched me over the bars and I woke up in the middle of the road, sans bike and skin, blood everywhere. Found the bike 3 days later up a tree, where it landed. That was my last ride on a BMX. Then came mountain bikes in 86. The rest is history. BMXs we’re more than a bike. They were the start of a life-long obsession with anything with wheels. Loved that video. Really took me back. ✊

'Do your stunts.' The disgust in Pauls reaction is gold. A true BMXer.

This is ace. I still own, from when i was a kid, a haro and a ELF (extra light frame). i am now about to turn 50 and still use them to this day. Rad man!

Paul’s an absolute legend. Kinda bloke you could talk to for hours.

Paul just described my BMX childhood..great stuff..

Absolutely brilliant! Cosworths, BMXs and I spy a Tamiya Blackfoot in the background. Love it!

Legends, great stories Paul we can all relate to Im 40yo. Same in Australia, hours on the BMX down our street, jumps and skids. Love the stories, can hear em in the pub I bet today.

The super soft mushroom grips , the mx 2 fingers brakes,the laid back seat post and the sky way tuff wheel 2, my Haro free styler had the lot.was same as Paul’s but white. Ahhh the good old days eh . Thanks for the video Adam and Paul. Still have a set of black sky way tuff wheels that sit in my shed .

I loved my Andy Ruffle team Burner back In the 80"s, remember swapping a load of CB radio gear for It!

What a great guy and he brought back so many memories!! use to set jumps and and see how many kids we use be how jump over, it was never good being the last kid in the row!! we had the best rope swings where you get as many on as can. i was born 75, what a time to be born!!!!!!!!!!!!!! poor kids no days don't leave the house

Amazing. Yes my ta full build cost me about £400 back then. Gave it away to my mate in the early 90's. Kicking myself now.

I did more racing than I did freestyle, but loved my BMXs back in the day. Had Mongoose Supergoose, California Special, Haro, Redline, etc. Wish I still had them nowadays. Could listen to this guy talk for hours and hours. Good times.... Lol

What a interesting man. He's a mountain of knowledge about so many things. Thank you Paul and Adam.

Best era of childhood when BMX arrived , started with a Red Raleigh Burner, then Mongoose with Z rims , then chrome Haro freestyler , wish I still had mine . Only ever saw 1 Skyway TA at Scarborough Race track .

Paul is such a legend, love hearing his stories, pure nostalgia 👍

I hope to god Paul writes an Autobiography one day his knowledge and story's are absolutely amazing :) Thanks again for another top quality Video Adam & Paul !!!

What legend. I could listen to Paul talk and tell story's all day long . Proper interesting storys. Happy days

I remember having what Paul calls "flat top bars" :o) we called them CW bars back in the day

Finally, been waiting for this for ever. The TA is my dream bike, finally got one last year, £800 money well spent 👍

For a bloke with such an amazing collection of motorbikes and BMX’s etc it’s nice to see how humble your are. Unlike the young kids of today. You make me think of riding around with my mates on weekends and being told, “be home before dark!” I also love your Dick Johnson Sierra in the background. Dick and Peter Brock were my heroes growing up here in Australia in the 80’s.

Being a Scarborough lad I know exactly where Paul’s talking about, the ‘top shops’ at Eastfield 👍🏼 I had an unknown brand of BMX bought weekly from my mum’s catalogue 🤣🤣 peeled the stickers off and replaced them with Kuwahara ones from local bike shop - Len Raines. Paul will remember that shop 👍🏼 great vid guys 👌🏼

That was a trip down memory lane. Just the terms like MX quick release and “layback” post and Shimano Pedals etc. always wanted a Burner tough mag or ultra. I know they weren’t the best bike at all but I lusted one badly. I had a Raleigh Grifter 😭😭 so had to borrow mates bikes.

I had Raleigh Burner like many. Thank you Paul for showing us. My favourite videos you do mate are with Paul

What a decent bloke, and I was just the same with BMX's. A posh lad I knew, his dad imported a Puch Murray BMX for him in 1980 from the states, and we were jealous as fk. So by hook or crook we all managed to get a BMX. In xmas 1981 I think it was, Halfords started selling the Raleigh Burner, and every kid wanted one for xmas, because in 82 they were everywhere. From mongoose supergoose's, Skyway's, Haro freestyler's, I had the lot, great times.

I remember the spoilt rich kid who had 2 of everything getting a Haro for Christmas, he already had a DP Firebird, I was so jealous. He offered me the frame and forks for £20 and gave me 1 week to get the money or he would sell it to another lad.. Spent the whole weekend in Sainsburys carpark collecting abandonded trolleys and returning to the other end of the carpark to get 10p coins; I made £30.00 and bought the frame, I stripped all the parts of my cheap and nasty to get it on the road and every weekend I would go back to Sainsburys to do the trolleys, earn my dough and head straight to local bike shop and buy the best parts he had, quick release MX brakes Shimano pedals, Skyway, Wheels, Layback seatpost all in Black and Red, it was a beast. I remember spending 6 weeks summer holiday with all my mates on our bikes, morning till night. Those where the days

All the memories as a kid and BMX bikes are exactly true. I am in Texas and I think it is amazing that kids of that era in totally different countries can share similar memories of their BMX Childhood. The BMX culture was and still is a strong one. I am 60 years old and just rebuilt/restored a 1998 GT and about to get a new BMX bike and start racing again (yee haw).

Awesome, I’ve still got my TRM freestyler, it’s about 36 years old😁

That guy is a star, I just had a great trip down memory lane. Cheers Paul. I had a chrome skyway TA with pro class wheels and CW flat top bars. By no means a posh kid, sold everything I owned and delivered as many news papers as I could to buy it. I grew up in Farringdon, a council estate just like Paul. I could eventually wheelie the length of the estate (Allendale rd ). Sadly I sold it to fund a Mk2 Escort, but had just as much fun in that thing.

Paul has dream bikes from my childhood Brilliant to see again cheer's..I had a Falcon pro freeway bmx I think made by acorn chrome frame white mag wheels and black pads..countless hours learning tricks and building ramps and scars to prove it 🙂..Fantastic period in my life ..bmx 🤘

Started with a BMX, then a Racer, and finally a Mountain Bike! Be cool to see Paul’s model & RC collection. I notice the Tamiya Blackfoot RC Monster Truck in the background. Had one of them too!

I’ve just watched that with a smile on my face brings back great memories on the bmx what great times on the fire bird freestyler👍👍👍

I only ever saw a Skyway in the bike shop as a frame and fork. Wish I had a time machine to go back to the 80s.

Just watched this video, I usually see Adam and Paul talking cars, what a difference talking bikes, I was into Raleigh Grifters the other half BMX, she's just had her Redline ST-20 refurbished. Just nice to hear about the old stories from days gone by.

I remember in the mid 80's I had my Burner, completely modified with new parts, and two mates of mine had a Rickmann freestyler and a haro freestyler, I used to drool over them!

Brilliant that Paul thanks that’s just tuck me straight back to 1982 when I got my mk 1 rally burner in red and yellow 🤝

Brilliant upload. I was BMX daft years ago. Had the green DPfreestyler and the Burners too. Haro freestyler was the dream bike in the 80s finally got a Haro Sport at 35 and still have to this day. wish i never sold my DP Freestyler. It is great that people share there collections on youtube. Great Vid

I had a red Raleigh Burner with gold alloy rims, a Mongoose Californian with Skyways, a DP Freestyler (same as Paul's) with blue Skyways, a PK Ripper and two modern BMXs including a Haro Lineage Sport 2017. Funny how BMX leads into car obsession too. I had loads of fun on BMXs as a youth and it gave me a lot of the balance and skills that make driving cars and mtb nowadays great fun too.

Mongoose (the real ones bk in day) , Hutch, Thruster, Redline, Haro.. all greats bk in the 80s! Mongoose was my favorite. Well made BMX bikes! Ohhh the memories. NJ 🇺🇸

Paul's stories are awesome I think he could talk about toilet roll and he would still draw you in to watch and listen lol top fellas both of you 👍

I can relate to everyone of his BMX stories ... dead on, we used to ride sun up to sun down (other than when damn school got in the way) cheers from Canada

Good stuff, it's nice to relive our childhood. Hope you find that Trickstar!

There is only one Paul in the world, you can't replace him 👍 I have enjoyed all these videos of his passions.

AMAZING! I'm on a load of old BMX groups on insta, Haro and Skyway and Diamond back and GT etc. It brightens my day to see a wicked old bike pop up on my feed! Zooming in on the trick parts and decals to geek out and reminisce and spot what's right or not. I'm as impressed by Paul's pushbikes as I am with his vintage superbikes. They are all amazing examples! I especially love his honesty about not being a riding God on any of his 2 wheelers... I'm the same. A lot of old bullshitters make out like they were stunt doubles in BMX bandits 😂😂! I climbed back down off more 1/4 pipes with jelly legs than I ever faced a drop off 🤫😎🤣

Love this bloke tells some real good tales and very knowledgeable in his interests, could listen to his story’s all day! 👌

Thanks for the great video and taking us back to the good ole days. Love your passion and expertise on these bikes. Well done and well appreciated. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Takes me back to my “Pure White” Skyway Ta I had when I was young. Bear trap peddles, mushroom grips with the mushroom emblem on the ends, super tuffs, etc. Ahh those were the days we all remember. Wish we could go back to those days again. My brother had the Z Rims (flexible wheels) on his BMX. 😀👍🏻

I had a chopper among many bmx’s ,we used to play a game called dodge and attack, basically trying to make the other people put their foot down. The chopper was best due to the small front wheel

A rather nice trip down memory lane . Very nice collection indeed

Brilliant, good honest interview. We were the same, walking into local cycle BMX shop smell the new rubber tyres and see the skyways and hutch but walk out with a burner 😢

Great to see a nice collection of old school BMX's, I got an orig Redline MXII hanging up in my garage as its what I rode all day long when I was 10 !

The bmx run dwn was bloody amazing,,I could sckool u on them bmx,s like the lad knows his rs 500s genuine

Very nice bikes mate , I have a few old bmx bikes and I use the bmx museum for my parts and information, it’s super rad and we all trustworthy

What a great video, i can relate to everything Paul says about the BMX days, fantastic times, always enjoy your visits to Pauls too.👍👍

Lay back seats and mushroom grips 😍 happy memories

What a collection-absolutely fascinating, an absolute pleasure to see, thanks for sharing! Still got my 1983 mk1 Ultra Burner in my garage, still occasionally jump the curb outside and I'm 51! Get back on em Paul 😁

Yesteryear fun , great collection Paul has , I was a poor lad in North London in the early 80s just a 5 speed racing bike with cow horn handle bars 😢,the best bmx wheelie kid came up from Camden to see us , I was challenge to a wheelie challenge as he was thinking he would beat me 🤔little did know I could wheelie over 2 miles and also wheelie around corners he soon went home 🤣🤣🤣

BMXs my childhood right there. Who else looked online for BMXs during watching this 🤣🤣

Brings back loads of childhood memories thxs for posting

Amazing collection Adam Paul has done well 👍 another great video takes me back ,super tuff burner many crashes without a helmet lol crazy really 💪

Having a mk2 focus rs a couple of raleigh burners and a grifter in my garage I can relate to this guy so much. Great video

Ive laughed and smiled so much thank you for such a great videos , real , natural as always thanks guys

Oh I miss those days , best years of my life . Up and out the door by 8or 9 am on my first bmx a Raleigh burner , building a bmx track with our mates . Then getting a Wilson freestyler from Halfords which got nicked , luckily I won a competition in a magazine and won a Trm freestyler frame and forks which I loved and I had my mates DP firebird off him . Those memories will stay forever👍

Ffs I wish paul was my dad 🤣🤣

I just missed bmx by a year but I love this video and hopefully you have many more mate 😎

Loved my BMXs my dad used to rebuild my mag wheels as I was alway breaking them jumping off kerbs. Great content when someone is passionate.

Brought back some memories of bikes I couldn't afford but my grifter was a beast 🤣

That looks like a reals mans cave. Love the bikes. Looks like loads of intersting stuff in there. Cheers for sharing.

Pure nostalgia. His passion for BMX is an unexpected gem.

Enjoyed this video. Paul is a fascinating chap. As a boy I was fortunate enough to have a Dad who bought me 3 new Raleigh 'bikes as I grew up. Started with a Boxer in Yellow then a Super Burner in Gold followed by a Maverick in Brown/Gold. Thank you.

Absolutely loved this video mate, I'd have killed for that bike as a kid.

great stories We all loved the good old days

Awesome collection, that dp firebird freestyler is badass!!!! Our local shop in Derby did the frame and forkset, white was £65 and chrome was £75 happy memories, oldschool will never die 😊

Reminds me of my youth I'm 51 Eddie Fiola on the Flying Banana Bob Haro was my hero I rattle canned my Raleigh Burner yellow lol Mushroom Grips anyone happy days !

Hello from Virginia, US ... I always had a Huffy... Never could afford the real thing.. I'm 47 now and I've got a 3 year old grandson.. I've gotten back into BMX with a 24" and 27.5, and my grandson has been ripping since the age of 2 🤟

Been waiting to see Paul's BMX collection. Nice!

Hi Adam and Paul, BMX way after my time lol, MK1 Raleigh Chopper can remember coming out, great collection Paul, beautiful condition.. enjoyed the video guy's.. cheers, Alex.

Love these videos. Thank you for posting. BMX as a kid we’re care free days with friends. We would ride them and trade them with them. So Ive been through GT, dyno, skyway, PK ripper, Torker, hutch, redlines. To relive the good times I’ve put together the last BMX I had for the past almost 30 years a 24” redline and I let my older boy ride it around.

I had a Firebird freestyler with a toughneck handle bar stem ,VDU monkey bars,a one piece crank and bear trap pedals and skyway wheels.I wish i had kept it.If i remember the Firebird was made in Wales.

I still have my 1983 Mongoose Californian, in very excellent shape, all original, pro class rims, vintage 80s number plate

I drove my mum and dad mad on my bmx just like paul said about being home at certain times and still being out jumping off curbs trying stunts etc really funny listening and remembering my youth

My old BMX from my high school days is now worth between £3-5000! Redline 500a Series 3..... If only I had it now!

Love the passion this guy speaks about BMX !

Loved this video mate, brought back good memories of my haro with mx brakes and shin breaking shimano pedals back in 89-90 not a care in the world

Loving it. All the content with Paul is awesome mate keep it up fella

Amazing collection brings back a few memories that lot! I remember being in secondary school leaving my Torker in the bike shed! Come home time there would be a note sometimes cellotaped to it asking if I would sell it lol! No chance it was my baby polished it every day it was the only bmx with pedalback brakes in the school! Still miss it now!! 💕💕

Love 'em guys! As a youngster that Firebird Freestyler would of been the one for me but i was yet another Raleigh Burner kid lol. An odd one i always remember was one of the older lads in our village having a TRM Freestyler, that was a rum looking thing!!! 😃

Brought back good memories nice one Adam and Paul.

How many of us 40+ year olds have purchased a bmx in our older years to replace the one we had as kids,, says a lot about those days,, you had to be there to know..

Loved this, we were chased a few times n all by the cops 😂 best day of our lives, up on yeh top school yard jumping around and racing around the country at the weekend 😎

That was brilliant!! 👏🏻😎 took me back to my youth.

Great video and I had 5 box bike which I built as a kid. Mix and match of old parts. Best time as a kid

What a great collection, my uncle was sponsored by raleigh in the 80's Michael pardon was his name. I have a few old bmx's myself one was a British brand called Curtis all hand welded with pro class rims Sr steam and a powe disc. The good old days.

Lovely video. Brings back a lot of memories.

Im only on 300 per week 40 yrs on. Wages in Northern Ireland is crap. Great vid cheers.