My Raleigh Grifter Mk1 in Steel Blue

[GRIFTER john]

first grifter in 35 years have to admit im in heaven with it, bought for £60 of the chap at the local MOT garage , he rescued it form the scrap man lots of rust but seems to be all there , apart from the stand and gear chain and cable ;D

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looks good for £60 what plans have you for it

[GRIFTER john]

ta buddy, well i was going to repaint it , and rebuild with the best parts i can find, but its kind of growing on me the way it is, im going to take it apart and and clean as much as i can , think i will even try fixing the seat and handle bar foam, as this is my first bike ,i will use it to learn from, cant believe the smile it has put on my face ;D

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[hazchoppers]

Nice project, get cleaning mate

[GRIFTER john]

yes mate, im going to enjoy it . i hope

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[leewarby]

looks like a nice project
cheap at 60

[roadace]

gorgous bike mate, just give it a minting and leave the paint as is, original is best if possible but its up nto you, whatever you decide, its still a lovely bike

[stefb78]

Yeah it's a lovely bike mate I have one in original condition to,! looks a good project

[stillakidinside]

Hi did my first resto on a blue Mk1 few months ago turned out great cost a bit tho
get some tiger seal off ebay to fix the seat its fantastic stuff
If you need any advise just ask any body on here good set of lads

[GRIFTER john]

hi pal, tiger seal sounds like a great idea , i will need lots of advice thanks gave a patch of the back wheel a slight clean. well its a start

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[stefb78]

Yeah a bit of elbow grease mate they should come up I would think

[Stokesy]

Take loads of photo's as a reference of how it all goes together. Take a part off, clean it, put it in a box, take another part off, clean it, put it in a box (repeat). Eventually you'll have a frame you can polish and bolt all the gleaming bits back on and hey presto! Buy yourself a shed load of WD40, wire wool and read every thread you can in the resto section. Need some advice, just ask. Worked for me (thanks chaps).

Oh yeah, take photo's all the way so we can see how it's coming along!

[GRIFTER john]

now thats some good advise , bit at a time pot it in a box, i really like you way of thinking cheers bud

[stefb78]

Yeah that's some great advise mate cheers !! I'm not sure if I should restore my 2 Mk1's ?? Or leave than as they are ?!

[stillakidinside]

Hi mate
I was in the same position and decided to fully restore my blue Mk1 it turned out fantastic but cost a packet
I,ve got a red Mk1 aswell and am unsure what to do I,m experimenting with the spray paint colour