I restored a 1986 pro performer 2 years ago, neon pink frame and fork, with white and blue parts, the 80s were awesome!!!

That may be the most beautiful bike, ever.

Growing up in the 80's this was my absolute dream bike, I remember buying freestyle magazine and instantly falling in love with this bike and wanting one soo bad, Nobody in my town had one or really could afford one, even the only bike shop in the area didnt carry it. I don't know I might get one now!!!

Back then my older cousin had a GT PERFORMER and his friend rode a General.. they were the cool kids and did some nice tricks on them. I wanted one so bad but ended up with a black dyno detour from Expedition bike shop in Watertown, wi back in '87.. those were the good ole days were we all rode bikes around town till dark w/o a care in the world and no Internet..

One of the best bikes, I am proud to say I own 3 of those bikes. Nicely built.

Stunning. The Day-Glow orange with the black details gives a killer contrast.

These skyways are looking awesome on this frame.

Damn does that bike bring back some great memories from the 80’s. Thanks for sharing!

Also,,these older bikes are super cool you should consider slowing down the build videos with them. I'm pretty sure most of the people that support your channel would be ok with it.. awesome stuff man

I’m restoring one soon..a white 87..87-88 my favourite freestyler of all time

Iv had alot of 80s bmx bikes but by far i love a gt performer.

Just got a chrome 87 performer this morning ^-^

That's a beautiful bike.love your videos. Thank you for sharing.you guys bring back so many good memories from my childhood by doing these classic build's.

Great bike again and build. never had a performer , until now. I have a 26 GT performer 2017 in blue, and its great. Harvester 👍.

The bike takes me back in time for sure! My one issue with this build is the extra high seat pole, but that's my personal opinion. Seeing you guys work is what made me subscribe to your channel.

I miss my 87 gt performer. All cromed out. Got stolen. Such a rad bike.

Been watching your videos.You got some of the nicest bikes I've ever seen since my childhood.Nice job brother!!! That performer is sick & rare!!!!!

I bought a performer off a kid riding it down the street like it was some NEXT brand bike or something..had almost all original parts except seat and tires and sproket...this was 3 yrs ago and I still have it :) skyway mags on it too..growing up I was more DYNO fan than GT side but had mostly GT riders in my hood

That is a beautiful bike great build takes me back to when i was a lil kid

Man j remeber the power series crank on my pro series n it was a wheelie machine u know now they ride these snall sprockets i grew up on big onesvtgat u could get speed with n whheelie forever woth n sittin down wheelies were so easy now its hard with these lil sprockets

That's Beautiful. My main 2 bikes as a kid was an all chrome 85/6 Hutch (I believe a Judge, but possibly a pro star, can't recall exactly) then an '86 St. Tropaz Aerolite Street Hawk which was my fave, aqua+white with all the 'fixin's' including a set of the '86 skyway street beat freestyle handlebars with the dual top bars that were so cool looking, and my friend that got 'em from me still has them and the street hawk frame in use to this day.

man my 8 year old son is going to love your videos cause I aready do!

This is the bike I wanted desperately during junior high but could not afford it. Seeing this video sure brought back memories. But, don’t feel sad for me, though, cuz I’m gonna be putting together a Hutch ProXL this summer! It’s gonna be raaaaad!

This bike makes me feel 10 years old again

Love that orange!! So sick!! Best time to have had these was the 80s. I have a 94 GT Mach one in great shape I just recently bought, and last Friday I picked up a 1 owner 1998 black rainbow with the stealth mags performer!! It’s mint except for the layback seat post was bent. I bought a new post, did a wheelie and bent the new post 😂 too fat

GT pedals from back in the day were exact copies of shimano dx pedals, and had steel pins. Holes were drilled into the aluminum and a few pins were pushed in. They came with a little bag of pins in case you wanted to add more pins or needed any needed replaced. Real pro models didn't have open holes near the dropouts, it looked exactly like their pro racing bike.

Very awesome build I had an ATS GT performer gave to me and had all parts on it that said gt on it

Nice build again☝🏼iv just finally got one of these this week,been looking for year and a half,I’m well happy best bmx I’d say by far,day glo pink it’s going to be lol

nice build! ive got a few of those in my collection. i would have put on clear pads with the mags. other then that the bike looks killer!

Just got the 2018 Pro P, but plan on adding a bit of work into my vision of the perfect BMX.

Ohhh. I'm 12 years and I Have a GT frame. one piece cranks and old school stem. plastic wheels with a 52t chainring and a 12t freewheel. fastest thing I've ever rode. I hit 100km on the highway lol

That bike is too cold damn!

that trick star on the wall is nothing shy of complete eeeeeeeevil

Beautiful bike!

I love the old school BMX style mixed with a lil new school parts.... js

I would love to restore my black one. So many great memories on it.

I had a performer, but put a bunch of the pro performers parts on it like the three peice cranks, a few other things but it was sick!!

As far as looks go, its 100% beautiful. Now when it comes to riding it, not so much. My friend had this same exact bike back in the day. The thing was a tank.

I had an 87 also. It was the pink one with white tires and grips with spokes. It was also signed by Martin Aparijo and Eddie Fiola. I wish I had it back. I would like to build one of these myself if it came in black.

Great video mate

That bike is heavy 👌🏼😍😍

That's beautiful man😍

dream bike !! love it

That's awesome!

I had a neon pink one growing up as well as an Elf.

2:20 tears in my eyes...

Awesome bike love it

Boy, this triggered a load of memories. Thanks for Creating this video. I wanted one so bad as a kid. But being a adult now. Not getting it as a kid was the wise decision by my father. It would be like buying a BMW for your kids first car. We lived in the woods and there where no such thing as a skate park. I remember being 7 years old standing up on the seat and see how long I could do it before I fell. It was the bike that was made to look like a race car. Of course this was the 70s parents are working, free range childhood. a freaking neighbor told on me. And was told that was not the way to ride a bike and I had to stop I would get hurt. Now look at the money people are making Riding bikes. In the 80s I had never been skiing. I live in Georgia. Barley see snow. I was standing up on those old two bladed wooden ones. Someone out there may have already been snow boarding but I didn't no about either one. I feel like I created both sports. Remember no cable, no magazines. I just did what made me feel good because life was boring. I was told to stop every time. No one is going to tell me to stop anymore except GOD. Getting my grove back. This world has taken enough from me. TICK TOCK.

I loved those bikes an the dyno's, laser fast times I had that one neon green but I always wanted the gt in the blue neon I would love to hunt one of these down an rebuild it.

I love the bike super nice 👍

My Day-glo Pink GT was stolen nearly 30 years ago....to this day I'm pretty sure it was an inside job...no im not joking. Was like havin an exotic car as a kid, pretty damn cool.

Bro. I want to throw on some neon sunglasses and take this for a ride!

Very rad got to have the dice

Gorgeous

Thanks for getting back to me. D

Beautiful..

I remember seeing rad for first time

I got a rare 97 lime green performer

Sick asf! I noticed 2 things,how come you didnt use the holes in the forks for the cable routing and the ogk mags are facing the wrong way,lol.. I would had the fold up pegs in the fold the complete the build,not rhe gt stamped ones cause they are $200 plus depending abviously. I ordered a 2021 gt pro performer 20 inch in white and adding skyways tuffII's to it. I had many perfomers growing up btw.

Nice Music .

Where are you guys getting these frames? I look everywhere for them but can't find them

I remember. I had a pro performer with gt 36spoke wheels. Awesome bike. Got stolen though. 😢

Sick

Nice. Bike. Bro GT Was. My. Brand totally. When. I. Used to ride. On 1986- 1990

hi, I'm very amazed on all you're videos about oldskool bmx. Where do you buy these old bmx?

I still have my 1987 GT Performer and all the receipts where I made payments when I was kid. Tires are dry rotted and cant find any anywhere.

I had a GT Mach one

Hola amigo me gustaría que armaras una gt pro series xl 1988 estaría super gracias excelente video saludos. 👍

Bad ass!

Does any one recall what this bike cost in the 80s?? All I remember is wanting really bad and not being able to afford it. Now at 43 I need one for my son, love those 80s style and colors. You guys do great work.

Can you do some videos of the old CWs those were my favorite freestyle bikes.

I like to see a Mongoose bike being built

So there’s a place where you can just order all the parts that you need to build a bike right a way? No need to look for parts everywhere??? Awesome video 👍🏼👍🏼

Nice

I'm confused with skyway tuff wheels? I thought the mags that had that forward spin to em were made by peregrine?

The performer was always the less expensive model, never had fully welded bracing just a little piece that went across the chain stays or seat stays to mount a brake. The protour was full 4130 and basically the bmx racing bike back half with some stuff to help with tricks like extra room between the downtube and platform under the seat. So a pro freestyle tour and a pro freestyle tour team were the same bike frame, the team came as a complete bike with gt branded profile 3 piece cranks. I still have my dan's comp protour frame with albes parts like nankai pro freecoaster hub and profile cranks. No 990 mounts or 1/4 think dropouts. I tried to sell the whole thing back in the early 2000's for a couple hundred bucks but no takers. It hung out in my Moms attic for a long while and recently I got it back to battle ready status with new tires/tubes/chain/grips and learned how to adjust the rear hub with the help of youtube videos.

THAT 80'S BMX PLUS INTRO MUSIC IS SO RAD

Love these old school bikes...by far the coolest bikes ever!!!! These new bmx bike's all look the same....you knew when you spotted a mongoose,a gt,a redline,a Yorker,a haro...etc,etc ... These new bikes a couldn't tell one from the other...all spokes low bars,and seat post...plain boarding!!

I have a baby blue pro performer that my grandparents got me when I was little for $1.00 at a yard sale. When I first rode it the original white front tire tube popped when I popped it up in the air for a second. I had to throw away the tires cause they were shredded and the grips. I spray painted it black cause it looked like it said princess instead of performer lol.

Nice build. Where did you get theses parts? All Original?

Can anyone share some info on where I can purchase one of these classic GT Performer freestyle bikes?? I'd greatly appreciate it!

I grew. Up on it

I have Original 86 er gt performer all Original absolute old school.

Can't get enough of these videos! Where do you get all your parts?

my brother had a pink 87 freestyle pro tour team model...frame and parts look identical whats the difference between a pro performer and a freestyle pro tour in 1987?

What would I have to do to get an 87 performer in black with the mags?

The bike looks amazing but I probably would have put white skyway mags on it instead of the black ones

I have a 1999 GT performer in the same color orange of that bike also have the original GT black mags with orange kenda tires just wish I knew how to make repairs

I miss my gt 's

GT BMX amo de coração👍👍😀😁

Really nice guys. What was the cost of the build ?

Que bien

Where did you get all that gt stuff from?

Where do you find these 80s early 90s bikes that are brand new?? Also,,I would like to buy your 93 sport,,please!!

Awesome! Where can I purchase that setup?

Do you have a parts list used on this bike?

Would’ve killed for any GT in 85-86.

Cream of the crop

My brother had 88 black with purple but i thi k his was a vertigo n then i saved for mynown in 95 n then 96 a neighbor who raced dold ne n 85 californis mongoose expert all original hecraced it like twice had the gold tire liners that was actual aluminum to gaurd from spokes puncturing ur tube it got stolen i still miss my bikes

Nice Pro freestyle tour team model……where are the fork standers????