STRIKA'S WERE POPULAR

[QUADROPHENIA]

i still keep looking for a raleigh record and raleigh bomber to add to my collection

[snav69]

I still have my Budgie from way back    



 

[Stace]

This thread ROCKS     I'm gonna have to get me a Tomahawk for my littlun !

[bmxgirl]

Hunterdubber - i loved them old cortinas my dad had a red then a blue one complete with the feu orange air freshner bitd...aaaah the  memories 
I currently own :
Green strika
Black strika
Commando
Chopper
Purple Tomahawk
Boxer

[brass monkey!]

Are Raleigh Commando's worth anything ?

I saw one with the camo paintwork in our local tip during the summer, it looked okay, but I was with the wife and I knew I'd get the 3rd degree if I took it, so I left it where it was......

[JT71]

anyone wants a Strika I got a Red one.

needs tyres and tubes and there's an issue with the free wheel...it's f***ed.

£10 if you can collect from cov/banbury/Watford
(the seat is in great complete condition, same as a mkii Grifter seat, so worth £10 on it's own)

[bmxgirl]

Are Raleigh Commando's worth anything ?

I saw one with the camo paintwork in our local tip during the summer, it looked okay, but I was with the wife and I knew I'd get the 3rd degree if I took it, so I left it where it was......

Not to sure how much really ive seen  them go for varying prices on ebay...would have been worth saving tho , they've got to be pretty rare.

[Bananaman]

I had a boxer then a striker....................................

[OrgasmDonor]

i had a chipper, grifter and a bomber, the bomber forks lasted about 3 days before i bent them gettin all gnarly over a tree stump, got some straight ones made after that

[hunterdubber]

Hunterdubber - i loved them old cortinas my dad had a red then a blue one complete with the feu orange air freshner bitd...aaaah the  memories 
I currently own :
Green strika
Black strika
Commando
Chopper
Purple Tomahawk
Boxer

What a collection !!!

As for the Cortinas  my Dad has had 2 Mk1's a 1600E and a Lotus Mk2 ( in one year   ) Probably the same year he bought and sold  29 cars (3 in a week)

just his  hobby mind   , he wasn't a car trader , just got bored quick

He was like the MADDOGG of the classic car world  

[Flatcap]

Red MKI Grifter for me Chris, before that it was just a case of make your own sort of thing, raid the shed, nick some of our kids stuff and build a bike. Top laugh as well, some of the contraptions we used to make!

Daz.

[hunterdubber]

What were the differences between a mk1 and mk2 Grifter?    I've never heard of that before......

Top tube decals

This  is a MK2





This is a Mk1

[Flatcap]

Metallic paint and F&F all same colour, rear mudguard, seat was made from a different plastic that you couldn't pull chunks from, probably a few more I'm sure. 

Daz. 

[TwoBobRob]

Oh yeah. Those seats used to split in half. I went through loads of em on mine from sitting right on the back doing wheelies 

[teamsano]

i had a boxer, with a water bottle, home made steel plate number plate and mirrors. the seat was mashed as mentioned above and the stem bent 90degrees after jumping 12 barrels aged 8. 

[Jonnyboy bmx]

I do love the old choppers, my 2 are at the front of of the pic in this line up on the launch day of the MK3 chopper



Me & the mrs with MR Evil bringing up the rear