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1987 Raleigh Grifter

Serial NG7: N = built at the Nottingham factory G = May 4 = 1987

This Gem was in the huge lot of stuff I picked up this summer(30 bikes in 1 haul) Shes something else has a 2 (Thats Right 2 ) Speed Grip Shift and the only thing that I think thats not Org. is the seat every thing else down to the tires are Raleigh English made RIMS are 20x2.125

Last edited by yardsaleman (2008-10-12 12:41pm)

J-TRISTEN · 2008-11-30 12:23pm

COOL MACHINE

markyp · 2008-12-01 9:27am

it was amazing that raleigh still had a market for these bitd when bmx was booming.are you sure its an 87,im no expert but my mate had one of these for his birthday in 1980,raleigh updated the grifter mid eighties im sure,it came in black with red parts and had neon type writing,kind of even more bmx looking but they were never ever gonna pass as one!

oldmetal · 2008-12-01 9:51am

Great find and very nice condition!
My first new bike in 1977 was a Grifter just like yours (blue with Union Jack graphics).

Like markyp says yours is closer to 77 than 87, it's a MK1.
The seat doesn't look original (unless it was made for an overseas market) but everything else does.

I used to fold the front mudguard under so it made a noise like a motorbike (the downside being it wore a hole through it).

J-TRISTEN · 2008-12-02 2:46pm

that one was called grifter xl with little girly shopping tray on back they also did it in black and gold

markyp wrote:
it was amazing that raleigh still had a market for these bitd when bmx was booming.are you sure its an 87,im no expert but my mate had one of these for his birthday in 1980,raleigh updated the grifter mid eighties im sure,it came in black with red parts and had neon type writing,kind of even more bmx looking but they were never ever gonna pass as one!

steve edwards · 2008-12-14 4:41pm

You may well find that its actually a 77 bike as opposed an 87, as grifters were discontinued in 84 in favour of the bmx .

The bike its self is an american spec grifter , hence the twist grip in 3 stages as opposed to 3 colours , the chain guard as oppose to a plastic chain guard .

markyp · 2008-12-15 12:17pm

steve edwards wrote:
You may well find that its actually a 77 bike as opposed an 87, as grifters were discontinued in 84 in favour of the bmx .

The bike its self is an american spec grifter , hence the twist grip in 3 stages as opposed to 3 colours , the chain guard as oppose to a plastic chain guard .

blimey you need to go out more!!lol!!

yardsaleman · 2008-12-15 7:37pm

steve edwards wrote:
You may well find that its actually a 77 bike as opposed an 87, as grifters were discontinued in 84 in favour of the bmx .

The bike its self is an american spec grifter , hence the twist grip in 3 stages as opposed to 3 colours , the chain guard as oppose to a plastic chain guard .

you know its kind of funny when I posted this bike and the ser# after I posted some put it in the 87 slot and it was not me HMMMMMMMM