Just bought a Raleigh Grifter Mk1 in Steel Blue

[steve2070]

Been after a Mk1 for a while but not seen many about, locally to me anyway.
Finally went to pick this up today. Turns out its had one lady owner and so is in pretty good nick.
Think I done alright for £73

[Stokesy]

Thats about what I paid for my red Mk1 in similar nick (although a few more parts missing). It should come up really nice without any major engineering. Do you know if the hub is ok?

[steve2070]

No I don't. The cable is not connected.
My plan is to turn it in to the red one I had as a kid.
I posted a pic of that one here raleighgrifter.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=genchat&action=display&thread=269

[leewarby]

be a shame to ruin a nice original bike
but its youre bike

[steve2070]

Hold on. Is it not the done thing to turn a blue grifter into a red grifter?
I've all ways wanted my red one back and bought this to realise that dream if you know what I mean.
I need to give it a good clean to see what it actually looks like before I make that decision now!

[hazchoppers]

The original paint looks far too good to paint red mate, looks too nice to restore to be honest

[steve2070]

I'm going to just clean it up.
Thanks for the advice. Might have to look for a red one as well now:)

[leewarby]

good man
you have got the bug
one leads to two etc

[griftershaun]

Well im having my red bike changed into candy blue think blue looks better than red tbh,but your choice just have it resprayed the same colour as it is

[leewarby]

in my eyes an original bike is always better than a restored one .
restored takes all the history away
at the end ov the day its what ever floats your boat


I think the bike will clean up great with a bit ov elbow grease

[sega]

Wish i could find one to do up a bit for £73...
so tempted now to buy something.....

[griftershaun]

Jul 14, 2013 19:31:59 GMT leewarby said:

in my eyes an original bike is always better than a restored one .
restored takes all the history away
at the end ov the day its what ever floats your boat


I think the bike will clean up great with a bit ov elbow grease

Are you serious some bikes need restoring after buying like his.Mine i would say was in the same state when i bought it,and needed some tlc. Whats the point of buying a bike if your not going to restore it to its factory settings to look like new again?
As i can see in this forum loads have done it whether they have done it themselfs but certainly paid for others to help them out ie paint/rechrome etc...

[leewarby]

Jul 14, 2013 20:50:05 GMT griftershaun said:

Jul 14, 2013 19:31:59 GMT leewarby said:

in my eyes an original bike is always better than a restored one .
restored takes all the history away
at the end ov the day its what ever floats your boat


I think the bike will clean up great with a bit ov elbow grease

Are you serious some bikes need restoring after buying like his.Mine i would say was in the same state when i bought it,and needed some tlc. Whats the point of buying a bike if your not going to restore it to its factory settings to look like new again?
As i can see in this forum loads have done it whether they have done it themselfs but certainly paid for others to help them out ie paint/rechrome etc...

buying a bike to restore is the last option for me

I think this bike will look great cleaned up
I cant see the point ov repainting a bike like that ,ok some chrome my be past it ,but I prefer original chrome anyway .

like I said some people like restored bikes ,you will never get your money back on a restored grifter

you say factory settings grifters were never powder coated ,and candy blue doesn't sound right ,Mk1 was called matallic blue or some times Steel Blue ,Mk2 horizon blue

I will look forward to seeing a pic ov your new sorry restored grifter


sorry for going off topic

[griftershaun]

Jul 14, 2013 21:35:13 GMT leewarby said:

Jul 14, 2013 20:50:05 GMT griftershaun said:

Are you serious some bikes need restoring after buying like his.Mine i would say was in the same state when i bought it,and needed some tlc. Whats the point of buying a bike if your not going to restore it to its factory settings to look like new again?
As i can see in this forum loads have done it whether they have done it themselfs but certainly paid for others to help them out ie paint/rechrome etc...

buying a bike to restore is the last option for me

I think this bike will look great cleaned up
I cant see the point ov repainting a bike like that ,ok some chrome my be past it ,but I prefer original chrome anyway .

like I said some people like restored bikes ,you will never get your money back on a restored grifter

you say factory settings grifters were never powder coated ,and candy blue doesn't sound right ,Mk1 was called matallic blue or some times Steel Blue ,Mk2 horizon blue

I will look forward to seeing a pic ov your new sorry restored grifter


sorry for going off topic

No worries mate take a look at my original cleaned up chrome in im a newbie forum and tell me what you think from page 1/3.All im having done is the frame re-done and new rechromed rims respoked,take a look at the stand how it was and how it is now

[leewarby]

Jul 14, 2013 22:08:45 GMT griftershaun said:

Jul 14, 2013 21:35:13 GMT leewarby said:

buying a bike to restore is the last option for me

I think this bike will look great cleaned up
I cant see the point ov repainting a bike like that ,ok some chrome my be past it ,but I prefer original chrome anyway .

like I said some people like restored bikes ,you will never get your money back on a restored grifter

you say factory settings grifters were never powder coated ,and candy blue doesn't sound right ,Mk1 was called matallic blue or some times Steel Blue ,Mk2 horizon blue

I will look forward to seeing a pic ov your new sorry restored grifter


sorry for going off topic

No worries mate take a look at my original cleaned up chrome in im a newbie forum and tell me what you think from page 1/3.All im having done is the frame re-done and new rechromed rims respoked,take a look at the stand how it was and how it is now

no probs matey
only havin a laugh
sounds like your doing a custom because grifters never had chrome stands