My Raleigh Grifter XL full restoration

[Richard05]

Hi I purchased this XL in August 2015, hopefully it will be ready for the 2016 vintage rally season

Damaged fork

Good quality paint stripper used

Fork welded ready to file into shape






Parts ready for two pack paint

[Richard05]

Paint applied







Heron Coated in paint ready to "wet & dry" to a finish



Parts in my electro plating tank



Some parts ready to use




Parts gone for re chroming



Seat refurbed




Will update with more progress, thanks for looking

[gingerrich76]

That's good work with excellent pic's. The XL, a bike worth saving whilst on the affordable side..
Roll on spring.

[blueboy]

Nice work! Looking good.

[raleighdaz]

Looking good :-)

[79Grifter]

Wow your putting some hours into this resto, looks great

[juss]

Brilliant

[cavboy80]

Superb work, i really like the attention to detail. Nice tip re the Heron badge

[Richard05]

Hi, after a long Easter weekend I have now finished the XL in time for our first rally this weekend. Here are some more pics.











Truing the wheels in another old XL frame.



The first finished pic but I will upload more when photographed in a better location.


Thanks for looking.

[Richard05]

Hi guys, I got so excited I forgot to post these pics in the middle of the build!


























The Wife made the new handlebar pad (Thank you Dear)

[gingerrich76]

Brilliant work... now your boss must be very easy going, allowing to build your Grifter in the office.. or are you the boss ;-)

[Richard05]

I am the Boss

[blueboy]

Top man!

[grifterste]

what an amazing job !

[gingerrich76]

I wonder if it looked this good when it left Nottingham 30 odd yrs ago??