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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 13, 2011 18:10:55 GMT
Right, Had to get up in the loft today... Moved a few bits around and remembered the mk2 ill be doing this year ... Its been unloved for many years and alot of it is very foobared. I decided to get all the parts out and write a list of required parts... but... Got a few questions for you chopper gurus... *Seats, are mk1 and 2 different? Ive got a spare and not sure what its off.., Does anyone sell replacement pans and cover kits for the seat build? Mines a bit rotten... *Year of the frame... Where is the frame no? *What colours did the mk2 come in? Not sure red is for me.... *Best place to buy bits? Cheers guys.... Heres a pic of the spares and bike i dug outa the loft  ..   |
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Post by chopperwazza on Jan 13, 2011 19:05:19 GMT
hi mate 8-)right mk2 seats are shorter than mk1s ,the one in the pic is a mk2,seat covers are on ebay or at billing in june. pic the best rear mudguard out and sell the rest they do good money £20-£35 each ish. try and buy a ladies or gents raleigh bike from the mid 70s then youl have a ll ya brakes n levers r-nuts etc etc.. frame number should be on the seat down tube at the rear. homepage.ntlworld.com/catfoodrob/choppers/models/modelsdating3.htmlas far as colours i think the yellow is the best colour. raleigh-chopper-net.tripod.com/Raleigh_Chopper_Colours.htmebay is the easiest place to get bits but not the cheapest...put a wanted add on here or just get everything at the chopper rally at billing hope this helps |
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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 13, 2011 19:52:22 GMT
Damn thats perfect... I havnt ever been to any of the billing shows, But might have to this year. Got some stuff id like to buy realy. ;D Cheers dude  As for the frame number, Ive been looking on the seat post... Cant find it  Ive sanded away the paint on the back of it and its gone back to metal but no frame number  |
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Post by chopperwazza on Jan 13, 2011 19:58:58 GMT
very very early mk2s had it on the rear l/h drop-out try there  |
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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 13, 2011 20:13:06 GMT
Ok will do cheers Also while i remember, Just been going thru ebay looking at bits and bobs.. Am i right in thinking mk2's had the one piece handlebar and stem arangement? My bars went missing, Think they accidentally got given to the scrap metal man... Not a huge deal as they were bent and rusty as hell. |
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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 15, 2011 0:46:14 GMT
Right , First off... It was on the left chain stay ;D Secondly... The number is a bit wierd. Its back to shiny metal using some sandpaper so i havnt filed a few numbers off. But the number is 1637244 Going by the raleigh chopper frame number site, That doesnt sound right? Shouldnt it have the N for nottingham letter? And if 1 is for the month, (jan) then 6 would be 76 , But they didnt put the number there after 72? |
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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 15, 2011 0:52:00 GMT
Only thing i can think is the N? is missing and its a 71 frame?
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Post by mushroom on Jan 15, 2011 8:25:37 GMT
what's the hub date on the back wheel?
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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 15, 2011 9:41:20 GMT
I never ever go by hub date, The amount of wheels that were swapped under warrenty especially on old kids bikes kinda makes it a pretty hard way to date a bike.. But for the record the wheel fittd is NOV 76. That said, Im pretty confident thats off a grifter i had as i bought the bike without a rear wheel, chainguard, And seat iirc.... Not to mention the fact they moved the frame number up to the seat tube in 72 means that its got to be a 72 or earlier doesnt it? Im crap with choppers |
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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 18, 2011 2:35:28 GMT
Any ideas guys? Seems a bit quiet round here lately... Appart from in the chatbox.
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Post by ajchopper on Jan 18, 2011 19:42:25 GMT
Its an early mk2, that number wont give you a date, i have one the same. i would say it was a 72, check the rear hub its the best way. the pedals look early aswell. If the number was on the seat post then that is easy to sort out, maybe even a mk1 frame i can have a rough guess, but these early mk2's all seem to be 72. Nobody has put up any info on the early numbers.
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Post by retrowagen1234 on Jan 18, 2011 21:55:02 GMT
Its an early mk2, that number wont give you a date, i have one the same. i would say it was a 72, check the rear hub its the best way. the pedals look early aswell. If the number was on the seat post then that is easy to sort out, maybe even a mk1 frame i can have a rough guess, but these early mk2's all seem to be 72. Nobody has put up any info on the early numbers. Oh. I was going by the 7 digit mk1 serial under the assumption its stamped as a mk1... The hub is a 76 and its off an entirely different bike haha |
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Ive sanded away the paint on the back of it and its gone back to metal but no frame number 
