O/T Kids bike.

[Brin]

Bikes due back from powder coaters on Wednesday. Red one was finished today. Fizzy yellow being painted Monday 🙂
Hey brin. I've only gone and bought a Raleigh grifter as well. 1978 the MK1 in blue.
Lol I've got bits everywhere 🙈

Nice one. Is that one for you? 😁

[caytonmiller]

any reason?

Nice one. Is that one for you? 😁

Secretly, their all for me ��

[millersrus]

Great bikes from my childhood. Family had mki and mkii choppers and later a grifter over the years. Rose tinted specs off, the grifter was the more practical and better bike. Think there was also a smaller version of the chopper, a chipper for the youngsters.

[caytonmiller]

https://www.raleigh-katsaris.com/she...?subcat_id=231

I just typed in 'spare parts for raleigh chopper' and tere are loads of folk who can supply parts Cayton

Yeah m8. There's loads of bits about on FB, eBay, and specialist sites. Some of the prices need a 2nd look as they can be a little eeeeek. It just about getting my head around what's worth saving or replacing, what should be chrome. What should be paint.

I think It's going to be a long game getting it right and I could sell 1 or 2 of the frames to fund the others.

[caytonmiller]

Great bikes from my childhood. Family had mki and mkii choppers and later a grifter over the years. Rose tinted specs off, the grifter was the more practical and better bike. Think there was also a smaller version of the chopper, a chipper for the youngsters.

Something that did suprise me was the weight. Especially the grifter. Omg. How did we do wheelie's and jump over our mates laid under a plywood ramp?

[millersrus]

Not very well, a few got squashed.
This is now bringing back more memories. Some mates had a “tracker” similar to choppers but not Raleigh makes if I remember correctly.

[caytonmiller]

Not very well, a few got squashed.
This is now bringing back more memories. Some mates had a “tracker” similar to choppers but not Raleigh makes if I remember correctly.

I don't know what that is. Never seen one.

[caytonmiller]

what I can see I need
Brake blocks.
Cotter pins ��
Front mudguard
Rear wheel.
New cables front and rear.
Chain.

Acquired
brake blocks.
Chain
Front and rear cables
Cotter pins


Need to add the front wheel to the list as when I've had it sand blasted it's ended up with more holes in it than the millers defence.
Also a set of bottom bracket bearings plus decals

[caytonmiller]

Thought it would be a good idea to do a costing as I go

MK2 red Chopper frame £76
Mk2 yellow chopper frame £82
Tomahawk bike £60
Grifter £37
Box of chopper bits £56
Chopper Chain guards X2. £33
Decals for choppers X2 £42
Tomahawk Brake cables £13
Tomahawk Cotton pins £5
Tomahawk Bottom bracket bushes £11
Tomahawk Chain £13
Tomahawk BB circlip £8
Grifter decals £13
Welding and sand blasting on choppers £free. Thanks to a good friend and fellow miller

[millersrus]

I don't know what that is. Never seen one.

They were just chopper copies.
But one had a famous owner ....princess diana.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/6670527.stm