Old raleigh can anyone identify??

collymoore

Hi guys,

I have come across an old bicycle- Raleigh.

Just wondering if anyone can identify it and also if it may be worth anything?

Cheers,
Collymoore

blorg

It looks like a Raleigh Grifter or something closely related. I doubt it would be worth anything; people do collect them but it was a very common bike in its day and that one doesn't seem in the best condition.

studiorat

http://raleighgrifter.aceboard.com/

bobbysands81

blorg wrote: »

It looks like a Raleigh Grifter or something closely related. I doubt it would be worth anything; people do collect them but it was a very common bike in its day and that one doesn't seem in the best condition.

Yup, deffo looks like a Grifter to me too.

GlennaMaddy

Looks like you were wondering where the petrol goes until you realised it was a bike and not a motorbike

OR

"I have yer bike, give me 1 millions dollars or I'll torch it by midnight"

collymoore

thanks guys

would any of you be interested in it?

RobFowl

Don't think its a Grifter, look more like a Raleigh Boxer to me.

Im Only 71Kg

could be mine!! i had one of them robbed outside the shops in 1988.

Captain Havoc

RobFowl wrote: »

Don't think its a Grifter, look more like a Raleigh Boxer to me.

+1 on Boxer, didn't the grifter have 3 gears?

J Madone

Correct
Had 3 gears on a twist grip, never managed to own one, neighbour had one.
Ah the memories

wideangle

It was the final grifter I think it was called super grifter.

wideangle

RobFowl wrote: »

Don't think its a Grifter, look more like a Raleigh Boxer to me.

Boxer had 18" wheels grifter 20" same as bmx,this is definately a grifter.

ThisRegard

You might spot it here, I had a boxer myself but that doesn't look like one, the cross bar is different than the one in this site anyway.

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/raleigh/

GlennaMaddy

collymoore wrote: »

thanks guys

would any of you be interested in it?

Never managed to pull a wheelie on a grifter, so no thanks, got any BMX's?

wideangle

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/raleigh/41097

RobFowl

wideangle wrote: »

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/raleigh/41097

Looks like it all right.
The missing gear changers (Twist-shift) and the non-original saddle put me off :rolleyes:

In response to the op in terms of worth the Grifters are nowhere near as collectable as the Burners and I reckon it would be worth little to anything. Especially one in such poor condition.

wideangle

studiorat wrote: »

http://raleighgrifter.aceboard.com/

Grifter xl according to a quick search at link above.You may get a buyer that would restore it there also.

mini 1275 gt

Hi Guys

I think this is called a Raleigh burner, it looks like it has seen some tough times.:)

collymoore

yes it's been lying up in a damp shed for probably 15 years i'd say!

gpjordanf1

collymoore wrote: »

Hi guys,

I have come across an old bicycle- Raleigh.

Just wondering if anyone can identify it and also if it may be worth anything?

Cheers,
Collymoore

Thats not even closely related to a Grifter, as I was a proud owner of one from new for many years, blue it was too. And its big spongy saddle with the rear reflecter built in. It was a twist shift 3 speed which were color coded, red yellow and blue for 1st 2nd & 3rd. When you gear change cable went it stuck in 3rd, so no going up hills in 3rd. the radr hub had the grears built in and the axle was surrounded bi it, about 2" diameter
You couldn't pull wheelies as it was just too heavy. Everything about it was chunky, this bike is flimsy in comparison.
I remember a friend had a bike that might fit the bill it was a Mongoose, remember that one, red & black too.

studiorat

here's the original no?

mk2 grifter xl.

gpjordanf1

studiorat wrote: »

here's the original no?

mk2 grifter xl.

That doesn't look much like the original to me

KOIZUMI

Raleigh grifter xl.Sought after in the grifter world.