![]() ![]() All in all a great find and i hope your going to restore it to its former glory? If you need any help or advice please feel free to ask. choppers here have 'Sturmey Archer' and a load of numbers stamped on the rim. The number starts with an 'N' If no number, then try the looking on the rear left dropout)) Also if you take a closer look at the wheel rims you'll probably find they're blank. (Nottingham built bikes normally have a frame number stamped at the back of the seat tube towards the top. I wonder if you've have had a look for a frame number? All the SA bikes i have don't have a frame number stamped. Don't worry though most of the parts fitted to yours are correct for a SA Chopper Mk2. The crank you see fitted on your SA mk2 is the crank type normally fitted to the Raleigh RSW. The crank also differs from the GB market. Also the SA MK2 Chopper was fitted with parts that were traditionally fitted to the Raleigh Chopper MK1, like the sissy bar for instance. Firstly you have a colour and decals that weren't available in GB. The South African Raleigh Chopper model range differs from the model range in Great britain. What you have, as you know is a MK2 Raleigh Chopper that rolled out of the "Springs" factory here in South Africa. Well Bennie, How lucky are you to own such a rare iconic bike of the 70's. The Chopper was designed in response to the Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle first manufactured in 1963.I have just got this 70's Raleigh Chopper :D and would like to know if there are other Chopper owners out there that could assist me with information on possible websites/suppliers iro spares for the complete restoration of it.Īny other info would be greatly appreciated! However, its design has sparked debate with claims made by both Tom Karen of Ogle Design and Alan Oakley of Raleigh. The Chopper was manufactured by Nottingham's Raleigh Bicycle Company and stood out because of the dragster-style handlebars and long saddle. Used Bike 1 234 km 1 600 cc MOTORCYCLE MECCA Capital Park. The bikes became a symbol of 1970s and 80s childhoods and each cost around £34 new – the equivalent of £361 today. Find new & used choppers for sale on South Africas leading bike marketplace with the largest selection of choppers for sale. Raleigh Choppers are highly collectable items and in 2020 an MK2 model which had never been ridden sold for £1,250. I hope its new owner will enjoy restoring it to its former glory." However, it has now been saved for posterity. Due to its rusty condition, it was destined for the skip. He bought it second hand from some chap."Īnd auctioneer Charles Hanson said: "This was an exceptional result for an iconic bike. "The advert featured a bike with a T-bar gear shifter but this one has a single-lever shifter. I remember seeing the Chopper advertised in Look-In, a kids' magazine at the time. "It's got the original gear shifter - not the later T-bar from those pesky safety people. READ MORE: Derbyshire couple's sorrow as premature baby girl dies hours after birth It was mine in the late 1970s and early 80s when I was nine or 10. I didn't realise it was there, just rusting slowly. The seller, aged 50, said: "It was in my dad's shed. It fetched £692 when it went under the hammer at Etwall firm Hansons Auctioneers, Staffordshire Live reports. Now the three-speed bike has sold for more than six times its estimated value of £100. It was covered in rust, its seat patched and had two flat tyres. The iconic 1970s bike, with its dragster-style handle bars, had spent 35 years in a garden shed before its owner almost threw it away during a clear out. An old and very rusty Raleigh Chopper bike saved from being thrown in a skip has sold for hundreds of pounds at auction in Derbyshire. ![]()
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