my hobbies

[steve edwards]

i for my sins ,  i buy, play on and restore Raleigh Grifters , i partake in the Raleigh Grifter forum on the net , i currently own seven complete bikes , im doing a custom at the moment as well as a slow paced rebuild .

I never owned one as a kid as we wernt that rich so i thought last year at the age of 36 i would buy one and i then googled the word grifter and found the forum , im not sure wether its a poor attempt to regain my childhood or just me being a sad bloke .

I dont care which one , i think they are a great bike that attracts a lot of attention from young kids who are amazed when they hear that the bike im riding is 30 odd years old , Raleigh just wont ever build a bike like that again     

[Midnite]

Good luck with it m8

[dragon]

i know wot ya mean they were a top bike in there time and well built and all the kids wanted em but i had a chopper bike 

[fireblade]

grifters were great bikes ... and very strong too 

[craig]

I had a Grifter, it was great.  All my friends had BMX's, so it was much better for day to day, but a bit heavy for jumping off ramps. Although it still managed a few 

[cj1970]

I had a Grifter, it was great.  All my friends had BMX's, so it was much better for day to day, but a bit heavy for jumping off ramps. Although it still managed a few

    dunno bout that.  my mate had a grifter and he always managed to do the biggest ramps 

[craig]

You could get plenty of speed for hitting the ramps, but it was a dam heavy bike, came down with quite some force

[SHED]

no where near as good as the budgie,just lay back and wheelie

[cj1970]

       

You could get plenty of speed for hitting the ramps, but it was a dam heavy bike, came down with quite some force

          especially if you were jumping over your mates lying down 

[steve edwards]

i could always bring one along to a meet if you want , re live the old times 

[craig]

Yes, yes, yes 

[steve edwards]

ok if i remember i will bring my red stars and stripes along