Hi all, as some of you know already i have just bought a super grifter from raleigh mad! arrived on tuesday all very nicely boxed up, i set about rebuilding her straight away! very clean, all i had to do was sort out the coating of brownish stuff on hubs and spokes on both wheels, a good scrubbing sorted that out! i was in such a rush i did not take that many pics of rebuiding but all i can say is that this bike has not seen any use!! i have been told the original pedals were not with the bike when daz bought it but he has supplied a nice clean pair!    the tyres still have bobbles on, the metal work is mint, the brakes look like they have just come out of the box! the raleigh raincheck brake blocks are brand new with just a light black mark on all four! seat post is as brand new! all in all shes a beauty! had a quick ride earlier and you can tell its new, the twist grip has a very prominant click! 2nd and 3rd gear has the loud tick, tick tick.... i had to re-align the cable to the gear chain, i guessed the tension and all 3 gears engaged first time!! this bike likes me!! anyway, enough waffling! have a look for yourselves!  




















 
 

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Great news GaZ!... so looking forward to seeing the enlarged pictures. Not many Supergrifter's around...well not in that condition.      

Thanks john,    there is a few scratches here and there (mudguards mostly) but they will vanish with a bit of t cut and polish!! this bike is really nice, the pics dont do it justice! i am chuffed cos i have got a grifter from all the generations now! i like to think of the last of the line supers as being (dare i say it!) a kind of mk3. Different from the rest. so i lined them up in the pic as a tribute to this! mk1 far right then mk2 then the super.... gotta admit they look good together!!

very nice mate well done (it would be a crime for it to have been sold in bit's) now your only problem is which one to ride

It looks fantastic Gaz. I'm glad it's gone to a good home. will have to pop round for a gander at the lovely superness of it.  

    nice 1 gaz, looks a spanker!!!    

i want it back   it looks so cool with your other grifters mate i am so glad you like it i am glad it was not broken up for parts i could have got more for it but hey its not always about the money get those big pics up mate thanks again raleigh mad aka daz  

Well done to gaz and daz for keeping the bike together       It looks great and with its older brother and sister it looks even better (i still think you have room for more gaz!! maybe a mint blue mk1   )

Well done lads      

cheers carling it realy is a nice bike thats had very little use    

Im very sorry to say i would of nicked bits off it thats why i didnt buy it cos it would be in bits now! Im glad gaz had it mate.  

cracking supergrifter mate!  

Many thanks for all your kind comments!    And cheers again to raleigh mad (daz) and my lovely wife laura and the in laws who persuaded me to buy such a nice bike!! as i initially said no! so glad i listened and changed my mind! thanks again everyone! glad you like it!    another one saved   P.S your'e more than welcome to come round at see the how super the super is anytime andy! just pm me!    

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beatiful bike gaz
my swimming teacher has a silver super

Cheers mikey!   i owned a silver and blue super back in 83 as much as it was nice i now wish i had bought the black one! maybe, just maybe, i may have kept it.......    

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anybody want to buy a nos one only joking   just glad it went to a nice home with the   and care it needs again many thanks gaz

  pleasure mate! your're right about it going to a good home! I have just done a little t-cutting and polishing, done the seat and the handlebar pad too! i also cleaned one of those pedals up too, the old gal is looking better and better!! shes all wrapped up in a blanket now just like my silver mk2 behind her)

What happened to your Raleigh Winner? did it get evicted??? lol. Cracking work on the Supergrifter GaZ!. I am not a lover over the later Grifters but i have to admit the more i look at your super the more i appreciate it. Its had a very easy life... trouble is which one gets left at home now??? Maybe its time to retire the MK1?. I am painting a batch of MK1 reds soon if your interested in restoring her???                    You can hang her on your front room wall?....(not laura!... The grifter!!!...geesh)    

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its nice to see a happy ending!

Yes, your'e right mikey it is nice.....   i am very happy that i saved this beauty! last of the line grifters... sad, as you will all agree, but quite a nice way to end, keeping with the theme of the age at the time....  
The winner is still with me john! i started work by spraying the forks last summer but not got round to finishing the old gal, the future of this bike is undecided! i have ownded it from new (1984) and it has sentimental value to me but just does not get used anymore!
The mk1 will still get used as laura adopted her a while ago! so it will be just a matter of me deciding which mk2 to take out!!
Thanks for the offer but not only could i not afford for you to respray the mk1 laura wont let me as she prefers the "battle scars" look of the bike! besides the wheels are that badly pitted they would need to be stripped and re-chromed too...... nice thought but unfortunately is never going to happen . laura laughed when she just read your last comment!!

Well GaZ... I wasnt going to charge you... I was going to do it as a wedding present from me... Your MK1 would come back to you in fresh paint and new waterslide decals. Send the Handlebars and Mudguards along too and i will do them also. Then all you would have to do is the restoration of the other parts. The wheels are the expense, but £20-30per rim is worth it in the end. I am sure other members would help out with sourcing parts?

regards John  

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