This as another post has said is another in my flock, she is a silver or palermo grey with black detailing , the lamp holder is in great nick , as are the pedals , and the wheels by the look at , it has a supergrip on the front but a comp 3 on the back .

The front mudguard is there but the front flap has been folded with the sad same results , It needs a set of black ribbed brake cables and a new set of black handlegrips and a new saddle .
The frame is in good condition and should come up ok when given a little attention .  

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looking forward to seeing some pics steve! sounds interesting! good luck with it!  

There is a photo on general chat under dump find , it is that one  

AHH! yes i remember it now!! cool!  

after i have removed it from the car i can confirm that it is SILVER .

She is currently sat in the front room watching tv in the warm , and work will commence soon .

Today she will get a decent saddle and will be relieved of her damaged one .  

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The brake lever on the left is bent upwards so im going to swap them over in order for me to use the original ones , in that way it will be bent downwards and as such should not pose a problem in its use .

I have fitted a front brake cable and de greased the back wheel , so she is getting there

ok peeps , its got a problem , ITS STUCK IN 3RD GEAR , just cycled up to the chippy and it nearly killed me as its up hill

at least  it  made you work hard  to  burn  off  the  calories you were about to put  on  with your  chip supper

 

hey  grifters were designed to go to chip shops.

VERY TRUE

Yes indeed!! my original silver mk2 used to make many trips to the local chippy!! happy days!!  

 I think we will all have to do a run to the chippy when we have a meet either oop north or darn sarf

Anyway back to the subject in hand ,

Today i have fitted a rear brake cable as well as cleaned up the rear caliper using a great product called bug and tar remover , its the works , non abrasive and with a little effort , and i mean a little as i dont do hard work , your chrome and paintwork will come up trumps .  

All she needs now is a rear mudguard and left hand grip and we are complete .

While im at it this afternoon i am going to fit a Grifter gear cable and remove the chopper one that is on there , the cost so far on this resto is as follows

Bike £20.00

Cables £0.00

Seat £0.00

Mudguard £0.00

Bug and tar remover £3.00

So i think im on target to complete a resto for pennies almost            

Had a quick tinker with the gear cable assembly today at the rear of the bike and saw the damage that having a chopper gear cable has done to the rear forks , its taken all the paint as well as the primer off and has eroded the top layer of steel so that needs attention , while i was doing that i took out the linkage and cleaned that upand oiled the rear hub , which looking at it , has not seen oil for many a year .

Then it was all reassembled to see it that will assist in the collection of gears and no it didnt , so i either have third or a box full of neutrals    

Sounds like my prizzie project its either 1st or slipping...

Can  someone  tell  me , inside the  twist grip where the cable  is, is ther  just 1 ballbearing ?

hey, i have not had one apart since i put a cable on mine in the early 80s but if memory serves me right it is just the one, quite a biggish one i think.....don't take my word for it tho!! its under a curved bit of metal under a hole... i am having flashbacks!! comments members please for me and grifterio..    

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The reason I am asking Gaz  is last  night I noticed that  on  the  Mark I grifter you could  not  see the  slot for the colours .So I opened it  up  then  sorted  it to see the colours ,  put it back together but  during  changing  there was  no  clicking so I did think there should have  been a  ballbearing  so I looked around  the  garage  floor and  found 1 which I presume  was it.
Have  put  it back together  and its  now clicking  during  gear  change  but  just  making sure  there should only be 1.