Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:26 pm  

Surely we all had one back then my age late 40's now or heard about them to this day.

Reason im asking bought a Raleigh Grifter back in June and have restored it to like new again.

Think it was a middle life crisis tbh,only cost me £80 bar MK2 1979, but spent loads on it to get it back to factory settings even though it looks like a MK1 now (shorter mudguard).

Will post pictures as bought and now if anyone is interested??

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:56 pm  

Too late for me, I had a fixed wheel Raleigh which had cowhorn handlebars fitted to it, fell off it more times than I care to remember, fixed wheel bikes were never made for riding in these hilly parts.

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:29 pm  

I had a Raleigh Tomahawk , which was pretty much the same as a chopper I think??

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:56 am  

my parents were hard of hearing.

I ended up with a SHOPPER.












that s not olden, that s golden.

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:26 am  

Mable_Syrup wrote:

I had a Raleigh Tomahawk , which was pretty much the same as a chopper I think??

The tommahawk was the little kids version. Smaller with no gears. I went over the handlebars on mine and needed 10 stitches in my chin.painful when your 5

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:37 am  

I had the Tomahawk as pointed out the little kids Chopper I then got a Raleigh Striker XL which was the little version of the Grifter. The XL didn't have the hard foam seat but had a more bmx type seat and a removable pad on the handle bars. But it didn't have the plastic ends on the mudguards which could be bent inwards to make the bike sound like a motorbike well we thought it did!

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:13 pm  

This is how i bought it



And how it looks today

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:21 pm  

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:05 pm  

Bikes are not my thing – can't even ride – but that looks like a really great restoration job.

Re: Raleigh Chopper/Grifter 70's bike : Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:58 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Bikes are not my thing – can't even ride – but that looks like a really great restoration job.

Thank You took me months to finish but well happy with it,debating now wether to keep it or sell it on the bay there is one on now similar to mine and is up at £300 so far dont think it will sell though as people want to restore them themselfs but you never know