Had one a few years back   ,  had to sell it as had no space,   now i have and decided i needed one,.    picked this up for £20!    is it  a mk1?  its met blue,  obviously tires are wrong, and its missing the SA three speed cable,   but i have a replacement.


lookin forward to joinin all you guys in the world of the grifter!

Dan

Hi, welcome and great bike, yep its a MK1 enjoy!

Welcome to the forum.
That's a really good bike - especially for the price.

welcome aboard...

looks like you've got a bargain there mate, what you got planned for it ?

Hi Dan.

It's a mk1 and looks complete. What are your plans for it. Full restoration, tidy up, yellow New York cab look.

hi retrowagan    nice mk1 mate, date will be on the back hub, and frame number on down tube, love to see blue mk ones!        let us know what year it is mate,    

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NH83124** FRAME

AND 8/80 ON THE HUB

lol   dunno what my plans are yet,  i was going to just make it a rider,   but as its complete im wondering about resto using as many of the original bits as posible?  how hard is it to get a 3 speed cable as i cant find the one i thought i had  

AAAAH! 1980, a fine year for grifters sir! if you gonna keep it original mate you can get most stuff you need on here or ebay, if you want to spray it, i think swelrose has a great paint colour match, the hardest item really is nos supergrip tyres, but im sure you will be pointed in the right direction for those by someone  

thought it went by the frame number as in nh8  the 8 being the year  (78)?  and the hub is just a rough guess as thats the date the sa was made?   burners have the same frame stamping they are dated by those numbers.

Hi and welcome to the forum mate, great looking mk1! the chrome looks to be in fine fettle!! keep us all posted with pics on your progress with the resto as we all love pics!! good luck with it!!  

Greetings my fellow grifter lover , the main thing is to enjoy it whatever you decide to do

retrowagon i'd say you were right about the frame no. i'd read it as follows :

N - Nottingham

H - june

8 - 1978

the rear wheel may have been replaced at some point.  i think the sturmey archer hubs were made at the same place and were normally matched up give or take a month or two.  

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yeah ste, you are right, i stand corrected, i have pondered and mused over my last statement and can only come to the conclusion that i was talking B------s!  chin up wagon, you have a 78,