February saw some lovely Grifters on the forum. Cotterpins tidy blue and red Mk1's,Fatvansman rare GS and carlings Blue 76 Mk1's to name but a few. But the winner for me has to be Neil68's original Pre production Grifter. A Very rare bike and a piece of Grifter history that I'd never though I would of seen.



Here's the link for more pictures of Neil68's beauty

http://raleighgrifter.aceboard.com/229420-9931-19606-0-neil68s-1976-grifter.htm  

--Last edited by supergrip on 2009-10-04 00:05:19 --

That is one wicked bike i totally love it and the fact its all original makes it even better. A very rare bike not many pre pros left.  

   i could do with one of these  

what do you mean "pre- production"?

The pre mass production grifters started out a bit different to the ones raleigh put into full production. These bikes were shown around the bikes shops,put on display to see what people though and what the dealers thought. They had mx tyres,waterslide decals,skinny handlebar foam. They are very early may 76.  

ahh that will explain the different tyre traed then

they should of kept that mx tyre pattern then it woulnt be so hard to match the tyres up today!!  (why dont they just make supergrips?) someone must have the mold somewhere!