Hello all of my friends...

I would love to see any pictures or stories about anyone that rode one of my Crit Reversible Number Plates BITD.

I have missed BMX over the years and I have been having a blast here on Vintage.

So Please post them up!

Thank You!

Mike Rodrigues

Crit Reversible Number Plates
Cranston, Rhode Island

Here's a pic with some old plates I still have. You'll see an OH and NAtional Crit plate, along with one I did in black.blue.

I have many stories about my days on the Crit Plate factory team. One that comes to mind in a trip to Ashville NC NBL war of the stars in 84. I was not known on the national level yet, and smoked them all in 14 x and 14 cruiser. Winning a national riding for Crit Plate was a great joy for me. I went on to win several more riding Mike's colors. And then all but one team I was on ran Crit Plates. Won 19 nationals and 2 Grands sporting a Crit Plate. I have quite a few pictures but only a couple on this computer. This one is from BMX Plus from July of last year. They took a below the belt shot at Crit Plate which I didn't care for, but still a pix in the mag some 20 years after I quit racing.

This one is from NBL National @ Memphis in 87, sporting a national # 1 Crit Plate

Having issues posting my pictures. I down sized them and it still won't take them. Will try a differnt way.

Flemmington NJ around 85 or so, when I rode for TNT

Steve smith: Zero nines were a trend everyone followed before crit got big ,you sponsered me from 86ish on whitmans ,clear thru mcs and til i quit in 92 i ran your plates. A few local guys here and there gave me plates sometimes but a majority of my national wins were with a crit plate est.30 -40 national event wins in 5 years of top 5 ranking nationally .Wish i still had a few ,i need to dig around i may still have one [definatly do if i remember right that i have a nat'l plate made by crit in late 80s?}

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This one is NBL National @ Memphis 87 National # 1 Cruiser

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This is the whole page of the photo above in Bmx Plus

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Ok looking at chris' post i was right ,i should have 2 1986 plates in my closet #6 on 20' and #8 on 24' that year ill try and dig them up and ill run one in old school style from now on if i get a pic with it soon ill post it up for you [the indoors in town dont have good lighting !)

Are you runing at Sunbury??

Here's one of my little sister and I in our driveway after a Mass State Series Race. Early Sept of 1985. I was 13, she was 7.

Hey kmart, are those original TNT revolvers on that bike your running? That kinda looks like a GHP your on there too.

Good eye!!! That is a GHP, the TNT frame wasn't built yet. I received my first frame for the Ironman classic that year, and if memory serves those are original revolvers...

Kmart-have you been going up to the track in Sunbury. I should be there for their next race unless I go to Dayton for the Redline Cup and battle with Steve.

Same here. I think I can get away for the first race Saturday, but have a commitment the rest of the weekend that is likely happen.

I haven't made it out to the Sunbury track yet. The last time I raced was at the indoor track in Deleaware off of 42. This weekend is out, I will be back in NY visiting some friends.

here are my crit's from 84 and 85.16 expert in 84 and 17 expert in 85.glad i saved all my plates from then....probably the best memories ever from my teen year.i also had a sponsership from zeronine and put a z'nine sticker on my mass 84 plate...go figure

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[quote name='bon jovi 83' post='504925' date='Feb 27 2008, 11:22 PM']here are my crit's from 84 and 85.16 expert in 84 and 17 expert in 85.glad i saved all my plates from then....probably the best memories ever from my teen year.i also had a sponsership from zeronine and put a z'nine sticker on my mass 84 plate...go figure

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i can't get this sizing thing........i give up.oh well

Damn that's a lot of plates Chris!!

Just glad those didn't get tossed along the way. There are so many others that I'd love to know where they ended up!

I had a couple crit plates

this is one


here is another

I got a couple of plates hanging around






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Here are some from good old NY

How come most of your plates only have 1 digit? I think most of mine had 4!

That's a good one Fred!!! lol

The only number 1 plate I earned in my whole racing career (about 9 years to that point).

Alas, it was in the 17-Over Novice class, but hey...I was fastest of the slowest for that moment.

Hey a # 1 is a # 1 no matter how you look at it.

Big Daddy!

Classic race style!

Alas, it was in the 17-Over Novice class, but hey...I was fastest of the slowest for that moment.


HA HA Mike I was once the fastest of the slowest too, ,,,then one year I was 4th of the fastest

Heres mine check out the ohio hot plate from 83 one of my prize collections ! im missing a few my 89 natl #2 and my 85 #4 and #6 are long gone i used them :-But i did find 2 old usable crits for me and my son ,ill have to trim them into a mini style for his mini dk and i think i may have to trim mine for the brake cable on my cruiser, but crit will live again on a smith bike lmao!

Crit Plates just ruled, and out of respect for Mr. R and Crit Plate this topic need to stay on page one for a little while longer.!!

Thanks OZ Man...

Heres one from Orlando...

Super BMX...

Mike

Lincourt I see an first edition Crit Plate in there as well.

Mike, That's very cool 4 Crit Plates on one cover shot.

More... More... More...

Is that Mr. T ?

That sure is Mr. T!...

I always loved his #250... Total motocross... Throttle Wide Open!

Mike

Hey Oz-Man,

Do you Wanna Rock... Twisted Sister Frontman... Running a Crit Plate!

Mike

Nice one, I have seen a few pictures of him running a Crit Plate.....very cool indeed!!

Topic was at the bottom of the page again.....el bump a roonie!

Thats too cool ,i didnt know dee snyder rode bmx he looks much better with a full face helmet on lol..

LOL...that's for sure...WERE NOT GONNA TAKE IT

Yah guys he sure did... Chris at S&M Bikes made the Widow Maker frame and fork after him and his other band. (Widow Maker)

I had a chance to meet Dee two weeks ago here in RI at a local fund raiser for http://www.stationfamilyfund.org/
My next-door neighbor bar-tends at a local rock club here in RI... She helped the organizers host a back stage bash for all of the stars.
She had it all set up for me to meet Dee back stage... I was going to bring him a custom Crit Plate to have, But I didn't have enough time to prepare...

But I did see him and Twisted Sister perform at the big benefit concert the following night and they kicked [please review the site FAQs]!

You guys should check out the http://www.stationfamilyfund.org/ it is a cause we all need to get behind!

My wife Karen and I were planing on going to see Great White that night in 2003 at the Station Night Club as a celebration of our twins Kyle and Sean being a year old... (The Metal Heads that we are)

But we changed plans at the last minute and did something else instead... If we went most likely we would have perished in the fire as well!!!(100 people lost their lives that night) Karen's friend and wife died that night and we probably would have hung out with them!

That night bothers us to this day knowing that our three boys would have been without both parents!

Mike

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Mike, I'm glad that you didn't go to that concert. I remember reading about that awhile back.

bump!

Crit plates Loved em,,

The new wave crit plate if the picture loads!Click to view attachment

My helmet along with crit elbow guards.Click to view attachment

Sorry I just can't let this thread die a slow death on the 3 page.