View Full Version : Anyone got a NEW Raleigh Chopper?
remember
15-03-2005, 16:49
Has anyone out there got a new Raleigh Chopper or had a go on one? WHat are they like? Are they anything like as good as the original?
Can't say I've seen one, but boy do I miss mine!!! :D
Never had one :( I used to make my bikes out of old bits, only one brake, whack on some Cow Horn handlebars etc.. Great for scrambling and wheelies :D
Tallulah
19-03-2005, 01:41
I turned my handlebars over on my racer once. Does that count?
Precious Jewels
08-04-2005, 18:45
My grandad made me a custom-made chopper bike from old parts! I loved it!!
As for the new chopper my hubby doesn't rate it!
They're too expensive for what they are really as well....wish I'd have kept mine and sold it on Ebay!!!
Snakeystew
08-04-2005, 21:13
Is that the one with the massive rear wheel that they sell in Toys R Us?
Precious Jewels
09-04-2005, 12:21
Yep..they'd be the Raleigh Chopper bikes!
Just depressed myself with how much money I could have even for my knackered old chopper - wondering if my dad might have it tucked away in the shed somewhere.....hmmmm.....
Always wanted one of these as a kid......now I've just gone and bought one! :D
Cannot wait to ride it!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t80/sf1378/mybike.jpg
sixtyten
03-05-2008, 17:38
:cool::cool::cool:
Where did they move the gears to?? handlebars?
Heather74
03-05-2008, 19:53
Where were they originally above the first P in chopper?
sixtyten
03-05-2008, 19:56
yes, a three gear shift stick,which I always thought was one of the coolest things about a Chopper. Seems silly to have remade them without it:cry:
Saddle is different too
Heather74
03-05-2008, 20:00
I just went to find out and found this you posted :) shows it perfectly.
Yeah, mine is a modern repro. So there have been a few changes to the original styling....like Daz said the ger shifts no longer on the cross beam bar, I read on some official Raleigh fans sight that the changes were made due to safety concerns i.e. coming off the bike and hurting your ahem :o crown jewels! :eek:
sixtyten
03-05-2008, 20:03
I would have thought it was so you didn't have to take a hand off the steering to change gear..bloody nanny state:rolleyes::D
Heather74
03-05-2008, 20:05
or to stop you looking down rather than ahead!
sixtyten
03-05-2008, 20:06
Why can't they leave things be, eh?:D
sixtyten
04-05-2008, 19:11
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/dagga36/asy.jpg
Stockcarfan
04-05-2008, 21:49
I have a red 1976 MkII. :cool:
sixtyten
23-09-2008, 20:20
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/dagga36/Untitled4.jpg
Mulletino
24-09-2008, 07:33
w00t! Camber Sands! :D
Used to love playing the Boot Hill machine in their foyer next to the paddle boats.
Fred Focus
27-10-2008, 10:13
I never had one of those as a kid, but I've been toying with the idea of buying one. Might buy an old one though, with the gear lever in the right place!
The MKIV is cool, but I do actually wish they hadn't changed the seat and kept the gear lever in the right place....
Worth buying a MKIV as I still get peeps cheering or reacting as I ride around on mine.....:)
Love it!
chopperwazza
05-11-2008, 19:52
somebody mention choppers
1970 coaster brake
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/1367891410_c45c7aa419_b.jpg
1971 5speed
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/523572361_38576ade17_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1158/1062557885_ce646df20f_b.jpg
1969 tallframe
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/1062582135_f88a529365_b.jpg
chopperwazza
05-11-2008, 19:56
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1243/1063426956_e09e4ae3eb_b.jpg
1971 mr ratty barnfind
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2542152453_ac69ec3281_b.jpg
raleigh fireball 1969
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/2445325032_b0afc9e349_b.jpg
tons more pics if you want just ask.:)
sixtyten
05-11-2008, 20:50
Great bikes, Great Dog:p
suzannewozere2
13-12-2008, 21:59
Bet it costs more for an old one than the repro !
chopperwazza
19-12-2008, 20:14
people pay up to £200 for a repro when you can pick up a nice mk2 for the same price if you look hard enough,:cry:
suzannewozere2
19-12-2008, 21:19
people pay up to £200 for a repro when you can pick up a nice mk2 for the same price if you look hard enough,:cry:
Not around here you can't rough ones are 3 figures at the Enfield Pageant of Motoring.
Anastassia
20-12-2008, 11:28
Remember my brother having a blue chopper..i had a smaller version called a tomahawk..anyone remember them? Mine was red..my sister had a "stowaway" bike in purple.
Tass
Yes there was (in order of size descending) the Chopper, Tomahawk, Chipper and Chippy. The Chippy had solid tyres if I remember correctly.
Personally I loved my Purple Chopper (oo err).
Regarding the price of them now I recently saw an episode of 'Cash in the Attic' or something similar and one sold for £80....the people were chuffed with that but I bet they wouldn't have been if they had known how much they go for on Ebay.
Dont like the new ones with funny seat,and a sticker for the gears.Remember my cousin having a "proper" one and even with the warning label,held on the back while on roller skates.Shes still got the scar on her chin to this day lol.
steve edwards
27-05-2009, 09:17
I too have just bought my first chopper , although its not as clean as yours and its the health and safety mans worst nightmare , its a mk1 .
But its stripped at the moment waiting to go to a paintshop to be returned to its original colour.
If anyone is interested there is the worlds biggest chopper meeting this weekend at Billing Aquadrome , retro bikers dreamland
Richard1978
27-05-2009, 09:30
I had a 2nd hand Budgie with some Chopper styling, though it had same sized tyres & no gear change.
Like many smaller bikes it only had a front brake(!) but that didn't stop me from learning to ride it without stablisers.
Hooper68
29-05-2009, 20:10
Does anyone recall the chopper sport? or at least that's what I think it was called, it had racing handlebars
Timeslipper
30-06-2009, 08:39
:eek:
Does anyone recall the chopper sport? or at least that's what I think it was called, it had racing handlebars
Yep it was a mutant looking thing called a Chopper Sprint, there was one in my local bike shop, I hated it as it was the "racing" type bikes I wanted to get away from.
But its ultra collectable now, apparently.
Here's an old photo, circa 1972, of my Mk 1 red Chopper, ooher missus, don't even mention the flag, ahem.........1612
FizzBangWallop
28-01-2010, 17:56
never forget my red chopper........and the lolly stick at the back wheel... :-)
Is this the one where health and safety went mad and put a sticker where the gear stick should be?
sixtyten
30-01-2010, 00:27
I don't remember a sticker where the gear stick used to be, just no gear stick.
As bikes go, the Chopper was always safety concious. it had a patch over the banana seat saying it wasn't designed for two passengers
I don't remember a sticker where the gear stick used to be, just no gear stick.
As bikes go, the Chopper was always safety concious. it had a patch over the banana seat saying it wasn't designed for two passengers
I think the sticker is actually a picture of the gear stick lol.And i remember the warning saying about two passangers on the original chopper,but we used to sit over that,and even drag a third kid behind wearing skates and holding on the the bar at the back
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