Author Topic: STRIKA'S WERE POPULAR (Read 1680 times)

hunterdubber · « **on:** November 26, 2007, 10:38 PM »

After the popular response from a recent thread in the 'For sale 'section regarding a Raliegh Strika

Lots were saying they had 'em and loved 'em

but did you have any o' these babies

Raliegh Boxer

Raliegh Tomahawk

Raliegh Chipper

Raliegh Budgie

I myself had a Mk1 Grifter

This isn't an excuse for everyone to start showing us yer Choppers

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #1 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:43 PM »

i had all of them.

boxers were good for folding the front rubber mudguard flap, under itself so it rubbed on the tyre and made a motorbike noise.

i also had a tomohawk, that me dad bought me, my first bike, already unfashionable by the time i got one, but me mate had one and i thought it was cool as fook. my dad also fixed the centre console from a mark 3 cortina to the crossbar so i could get chips fromm the chippy on it.

i ran that set up for about a year...when i took it off, it was like pedalling on air.......you didnt realise how far you had to open your legs to get round a mk3 cortina console.

now thats a line i never thought id type.....

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #2 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:46 PM »

that tomahawk is a late one. the early ones had the high back seat.

i was gutted that mine had the low back

it meant it didnt have the white strap over it thyat said this bike is not designed for passengers, which was always handy for not givin backy's as it was "illegal"

hunterdubber · « **Reply #3 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:48 PM »

The Mk3 console

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Did it have a Fag lighter an ashtray

and did you have one o' them stick on ball type compass'

and a Feu Orange

Steve P · « **Reply #4 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:49 PM »

Great memories here ... I had a Chipper, my brother had the Boxer and my sister had the Commando

Steve

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #5 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:51 PM »

feu orange.

you had to prick them with a pin.

that was the discerning mans air freshener.

on a nice gold chain too.

bmxmatt1974 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:55 PM »

someone was selling the commando at car boot couple of months ago but he wanted £60 for it so i didnt bother.
was in ok condition, how much would it be worth?

hunterdubber · « **Reply #7 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:57 PM »

BLING BLING

Zippy · « **Reply #8 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:58 PM »

My first bike was a Raleigh Chipper, followed by a Mk2 Blue Grifter.

Then the Burner arrived.

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #9 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:58 PM »

can you still buy them?

if so, thats all im gonna buy from now on.

hunterdubber · « **Reply #10 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:59 PM »

Commando's
WOW forgotten about them

hunterdubber · « **Reply #11 on:** November 26, 2007, 10:59 PM »

Quote from: Oberonspacefruit on November 26, 2007, 10:58 PM

can you still buy them?

if so, thats all im gonna buy from now on.

What MK3 Cortina centre consoles

Broggie · « **Reply #12 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:01 PM »

Quote from: Hunterdubber on November 26, 2007, 10:38 PM

This isn't an excuse for everyone to start showing us yer Choppers

Ray.

hunterdubber · « **Reply #13 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:04 PM »

JUST THE JOB PHIL

Your Dad was a genius
Lokk at the Quality Chip carrying facility

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #14 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:06 PM »

you can see how wide it was

you had to ride with your heels.....

hunterdubber · « **Reply #15 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:06 PM »

Broggie that's a BEAUT

Lovin' that Chainguard with exhausts

Broggie · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:11 PM »

Quote from: Hunterdubber on November 26, 2007, 11:06 PM

Broggie that's a BEAUT

Lovin' that Chainguard with exhausts

Why, thank you

Ray.

Steve P · « **Reply #17 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:16 PM »

Yeah, great resto job Ray ... they don't make 'em like they used to anymore

Steve

Bigplinky · « **Reply #18 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:19 PM »

Learned to jump on my sisters Striker because it was way cooler than my purple Commando. Then got a silver Grifter, what a machine

oh and then an Ultra Burner Mk1 which was pretty natty at the time.

Always hated Choppers because they were good for nowt in my eyes hard to jump and shit for wheelies

Bombers are another hateful thing while I'm on the subject.

hunterdubber · « **Reply #19 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:27 PM »

Raliegh Bummers

I seem to think the bars were a bit more like Cowhorn type than this , unless I'm wrong

Oh and I REALLY REALLY wanted one o' these,

but they were too big for me

Come to think of it they're still too big for me

bof · « **Reply #20 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:31 PM »

dubber the raleigh jpeg officianado.

hunterdubber · « **Reply #21 on:** November 26, 2007, 11:35 PM »

Quote from: bof on November 26, 2007, 11:31 PM

dubber the raleigh jpeg officianado.

More of a closet fanatic

I don't own a single Raleigh, do I

MeddlE · « **Reply #22 on:** November 27, 2007, 12:31 AM »

My first bike was a Budgie, purple it was. Then I got a Tomahawk, early one with the high back seat. About the same time I got a Yamaha TY80 and the push bikes didn't hold the same sort of appeal anymore. I was only 5 though.

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2007, 12:50 AM »

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

stuntmaster · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2007, 07:22 AM »

got a budgie here that was mine as a kid that i hardly used ,which i `m going to let my kid have a go and yep got a tommahawk here that i found 5 years ago which i still haven`t done anything with .

and as a kid i did a air on a strika on a quarter which fun and easy to jump of ,used to love the noise they made

Author Topic: STRIKA'S WERE POPULAR (Read 1680 times)

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