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Can
you HELP!!!!
Hello:
I've been
looking through most of the websites regarding Choppers and am
slightly confused. The bike I have appears to have a '70 frame
(I think) but the rear hub clearly says '69 on it. I
haven't seen a chain guard like mine anywhere on line. What's
with the roman numeral 3 after the name "Chopper"?
The flared cross decals appear to be original.
There are
some minor scratches on the paint and decals. The rear
"Chopper" label is almost non-existent and the
kickstand is missing. The bike is in such good shape because
the first owner had it packed it away in his basement since
the early 70's. Even the brake pads are barely worn. Oh, I do
have the original tire. Most of the red line is worn off of it
and all of the bike's chrome is almost spotless.
And yes
although I'm 40, I do take it for a spin.
Thanks, Doug (Chopper III)
P.S. The serial number
is 0682634. Here are a few pictures. I have more.
Lets have your
opinion , please email me here at the site, and I will add all
your emails to this page.
Gary@raleighchopper.tk
Hi Mark,
Have just seen the MET purple MK1 Chopper in the news section.
By the looks of it, the Roman
numerals are a later addition, as is the German iron Cross on
the Front Mudguard.
From looking at the chainguard, it
looks like it has been personalised/customized, but, admitedly,
i prefer it to the normal Raleigh transfer. The twin flags
with the "F", are a trade mark sign of the "Firestone"
Company.
There is just one thing that is
bothering me however, i know from experience, that some
Germans were/are proud to display the Iron cross,
On the other hand, the Iron
cross and/or swastika are/were popular with Neo Nazi's.
Apart from these minor changes, it
all seems to appear original.
Best
wishes and Happy Choppering
Yours
Faithfully
Ron
Whitmill
ronaldwhitmill@hotmail.com
R.C.O.C
Representative of North London Area
From past experiences with over
seas Chopper fanatics and watching what goes by on ebay I can
only assume that this chopper is not a Raleigh. That is to say
that it is a Raleigh but under a different name. The graphics
on the chainguard looks very much like the
"Firestone" logo, tires etc. But I have a feeling
this could be something like rolex replica watches a Fireball Chopper. In places
like Australia Raleigh bikes were sold under more commonly
known brands like Fireball and Malvern Star. The reason for
this was because in certain areas Raleigh was not a well known
brand. The same happened over here in the UK when Raleigh
marketed the Chopper Sprint as a Rudge Sprint for a while.
Assuming that people would recognise Rudge as fine builders of
racing bikes ??!! We need to see the headbadge to find out if
it is a proper Raleigh (although the heron chainring goes a
long way to confirm it is).
I dunno. Maybe those decals were a
period addition to stand out from your mates. But with a HBR
MK1 in magenta you really fake rolex didn't have to much more to stand
out from the others would you??
Ben (raleighchopper.co.uk)
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08/11/02
09:33:23 AM |
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steve |
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anyone
looked at that mk1 on the news part of this site. the f
on the c/guard is a firestone tyre sticker and the cross
on the front m/guard is a german iron cross sticker,
both probably non gen. what do u think....steve. |
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08/11/02
12:29:20 PM |
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I
agree Steve,aftermarket firestone stick-on with maltese
cross decal,but its survived very well and if thats its
original paint then its quite a rare colour.Difficult to
date it as i thought the 69's had no seat/sissy springs.It
cant be any later than 70 as it has the upside down
cleat/cable holder under the seat.Its possible that
Raleigh put an earler hub on it just to get it onto the
shop floor.I'm going for early 1970. Any advances on that. |
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08/11/02
01:07:42 PM |
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Alex |
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Just
looked at the ser no on one of my Mk1's which i know is a
70 and the ser no starts with 07,so as that MK1 of Dougs
has 06 then this could indicate that its a 69,who knows!
I'm lost,dating Mk1's is a black area! Call Niven he'd
probably know. |
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08/12/02
06:16:59 AM |
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kaiser
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that
is the tyre i need!!!!!!!
on the iron cross mark one!!!!.....i'm loving those decals
as well!
Toten Kopf Tyre Enthusiasts...............I swear its in
the post Mark! |
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08/12/02
06:44:35 PM |
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Doug
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Thanks
for the help. I didn't recognize the Firestone emblem, but
I agree. I think the decals are original because there are
four on the bike and the sizes and placement of them seem
to be too organized for aftermarket. There is a Raleigh
symbol on the front, my pic was bad so I didn't include
it. I'll take another. There seemed to be a lot of excited
response to the pictures. How rare is it?
Should I be glad it's purple? |
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