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BMX bikes, motorcycles, and home computers — as the opening titles demonstrate, this children’s adventure series features all the hardware an 80s-era kid could want. In the first episode, Sandra, Mike and their father move into the city, arriving just in time for two jewel thieves to crash into their lives after a daring heist at Auckland Museum, and a chase through the city. Scripted by Kiwi kidult king-turned-novelist Ken Catran (Children of the Dog Star), Steel Riders was later shortened to movie length for American video release, as Young Detectives on Wheels.
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More please!
+1 Definitely want to see more of this. Would be awesome if it came out on DVD like Children of the Dog Star and Under the Mountain!
I LOVED this when I was nine, in 1987.
The BMX stunt rides Neil Salter was a legend
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Television, 1975 (Full Length)
More dramatic heists
Television, 1990 (Excerpts)
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Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)
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katherine bilton-lynn
Posted at 09.44AM - 15.04.2012
Seeing Fraser as a kid again ...what a blast!!!