MY 1980 SILVER MK2 BEFORE AND AFTER....

[gaz6739]

Hi to all, heres my 1980 silver MK2 before and after a lot of hard graft!!!





Nearly there, temporary seat fitted, chainguard needed at this stage!! new MX style supergrips fitted...




MK1 grifter seat found on ebay, unfortunately the chrome was in poor condition so was painted black, had a tip off supergrip (a fellow griter forum member) to sand it past the copper coating and back to bare metal, looks better now....

[admin]

love that pic

[carter]

i love that picture to, how did you do it, im a total computer novice so simple terms are best im wanting to recreate some of the original 70,s brochure pics using my fresh red mk1, my six year old son and some 70,s clobber (flairs, dodgy top etc) for him, not me i think you get the drift and i want to do them as a raleigh advert

[carter]

by the way gaz, you have made a beautiful job of the silver mk2, i hadnt seen the before pics until now

[gaz6739]

Cheers carter!! it was a labour of love but worth it to have a bike identical to the one i had as a kid!! the polished up pic of my bike on the beach at blackpool was taken by me but changed into the raleigh advert by fellow member SUPERGRIP, so i cant take credit for it!! and like you i am a bit of a novice! on the other hand he is not, he is a proffessional photographer, and a wizz on computers so hes your man!! if you ask him i am sure (as you are a fellow north wester!!) he will give you some pointers as hes a nice chap, with some real nice bikes!! Cheers, gaz.

[chopper]

looks nice mate

[gaz6739]

Thanks chris, just been looking at the original date i put this thread up.... nearly 3 years ago!! blimey, where does time go??

[deanosavanna]

Hi mate nice ride, I've just got a silver mk2 what paint did you use Any old silver or did you get a code ?

[mushroom]

Sorry Gaz decided to leave

[grifterlad]

that's original paint