It's a 1983 mk1 Cromo Burner (Tange japan loop back frame same as Kuwahara Nova ). I believe it was one model down from the Pro Burner, but from what I can see, the loop back frame might be the only difference and I believe they are actually rarer?
I am the second owner of it from about 1987 onwards, and it's unchanged from the day I got it.
My dad got it second hand for me for Christmas. It was/is actually stickered up as a Skyway, and until about 15 years ago, that's what I always thought it was. It was only when I moved house and I got it out the loft I looked up the serial number that it became aparrent what it was.
You probably know more than me about them lol. I'll dig out a few more pics if your actually interested? Lol
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Wow, I don't remember that Burner at all lol. Burners actually came out before I got a bmx, and I was still ogling mates' ones while stuck with my horrible knackered (stuck in 3rd gear) Grifter.
I remember the first range vividly...
- Standard Burner (i think blue or red paint with spoke wheels)
- Super Burner (as above spec but gold metallic finish)
- Tuff Burner (like standard but with Skyway Tuff wheels)
- Ultra Burner (like Super but with Araya lightweight wheels)
- Pro Burner (I never saw one of these in real life just remember it from the brochure. It was short lived and replaced by the aero pro burner)
Loads of kids got Tuff / Super and Ultra Burners, in the 'second wave' to me of bmx ownership.... before that, early adopters near me had Team Murrays, or if you were spoilt or wealthy, a Mongoose or Diamond Back.
Exotic American beasts by makes you'd never heard of.
Meanwhile I looked on with raging jealousy, stuck on my Grifter....
But when my Dad relented, he really came up trumps... took me to a "sale bikes warehouse" to choose my B day present and there was, in among some generic rubbish bmx's (Stormer maybe?) A Kuwahara! Heavily discounted too, at £140. These should have been more like £200 which was Mongoose territory.
So no brainer, bought the Ku and loved it. Never met anyone else who had one either..
Until about a year ago, met a guy about my age who had a mini collection of classic BMX, including a Kuwahara, a Skyway freestyler, (never saw one of them either back in day. They were in the Bugatti league...) and a Mongoose. All of them mint.
They were all worth 4 figure amounts each now.
Also recently saw a restored PK Ripper (remember them? £400 in day. Another in the Rolls Royce league when a Tuff Burner was £120) - for sale in an antiques shop for £4 grand...
I've also seen Kuwahara ET edition for sale recently asking 4 or 5 grand.
Anyway if your Burner is mint, surely must be £2k+ ?