Heres a bike ive just finished for my mates 40th birthday party surprise.
Its totally original i didnt even paint the mudguards i just stripped it down and spent hours cleaning it then rebuilding it.








I know hes going to love it  (well he better do!!!)    

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Top job wayne, it looks great, your mate will be chuffed to bits with that   you cant beat original bikes

Shouldnt this be under June bike of the month?

Am i allowed to enter it? i have stripped and cleaned it im not sure if that counts (but it is original with all its original parts intact)

I wish i could give it to you john but ive promised it to big jay (although he doesent know it yet!!!) I think it may look like a boxer once he gets on it!!!  

Beautiful mk2 stars and stripes mate wayne!!   your mate is indeed a lucky chap to have such a nice example given to him from you, what a present and what a good mate he has in you!!  

cheers gaz ive known him since we were kids infact we used to ride round on my grifter doing jumps on home made ramps till the forks bent!!! (happy days)      hes going to flip out i cant wait to see his face.  

   hope your goin to take some pics of you handing the bike over to him!! how about some ones of you both jumping the ramps together again!!    i am sure he is going to be really chuffed!!  

not sure my back could take all those jumps now gaz      but i ride around the car park with my mate will be fun      pictures on the forum soon!

another top job bet your mates made up with it (wish i had a mate like you)

As usual, a top job mate. By the way, I'll be 40 next year .

    if only i had enough bikes to go round loz  ;)

Have you given him the bike yet Wayne?

not yet mate its his birthday today but the partys not till the 20th. Im thinking of taking my stars then we can have a ride round the car park!!! Should be fun  ;)

Throwing him a party in a car park, he's a lucky guy, is it a McDonalds drive through?  

no tescos!!!     value crisps and beer all round!!!  

  at least you can park them in the mother and baby section

  sounds like a top plan and a great day out!!! beer, crisps, and lots of grifter fun as well!!! i hope my 40th is as good!! happy days...... i am so glad i went on ebay 3 years ago and typed in raleigh grifter!! i thought all these years on there would be no survivours left!! i love my bike as much as i did back then   and a bonus i found this site at the same time and made a lot of new fellow grifter fans and friends    THE ORIGINAL AND THE BEST GRIFTER FORUM!! DEFO THE NO1 GRIFTER COMMUNITY      and its the members that makes it so......

It should be a fun night (but i better give jay his bike before he gets a few beers down him!!!) I spent ages cleaning it up i dont want it smashed up on its first ride