The Raleigh Budgie,who had one.......

[sixtyten]

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Can think what my first bike was.I must of had one during the early 70's but I can't recall.First bike of note was The Grifter, then moved on the more adult Raleigh Arena. which I had right through to adult

[danbakuk]

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Surely you mean The Boxer was a junior Grifter and The Budgie was a junior Chopper??
I always though the Tomahawk was the junior Chopper (hence the name)

Yep you are right....i must have had a brain fart while i was typing

[steve edwards]

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the chipper was the junior chopper , the boxer was the junior grifter and the budgie was the junior boxer and if that not enough , the chippy was the junior budgie

[Heather74]

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The mind boggles

[bumblelady]

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i had a shopper that folded haha

[Fatboy]

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I had a Raleigh Budgie, it was a purple one, I can remember been about six when I got it. I will always remember it to be the bike that I learnt to ride (after a bit of time) without my stabilisers.

I can remember the seat been really long and the wheels were tiny. I can't describe it but when you peddled they had a certain sound (its hard to describe) it was like a ticky/rattling sound, anyone who has had one will know what I mean. Ar happy days.

[yelever]

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Never had a Budgie but wanted one. Had to ride round on a blue girls bike with solid tires called a Nippy. A kid in out street had Budgies so I got to ride one but hassled my parents to get me one, lovely to ride. In the end they got me a Strika from the cataloge and I forgot about the Budgie plus I was the envy of our street because my Strika was different to the normal ones as it was red and a completely different seat that was black and red. Think it was a Strika GS.

[yelever]

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the chipper was the junior chopper , the boxer was the junior grifter and the budgie was the junior boxer and if that not enough , the chippy was the junior budgie

Here`s the Chipper


And here`s the Chippy

[barry21]

Do you remember?

Chopper bikes?
I had one and it was a great bike with its 3 gears. with the gear shift being in the center of the main frame.

[sixtyten]

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[Gothic]

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Here's my limited edition gold tomahawk with 5 spoke alloy wheels, concealed behind my friend is a standard red tomahawk.

[sixtyten]

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corrected exposure

[hazel49]

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I have a Budgie to restore where do I find spares - tyres/tubes/etc?

[Richard1978]

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I have a Budgie to restore where do I find spares - tyres/tubes/etc?

I remember in the 1980s my Budgie burst a tyre after I rode it over some broken glass, & my Dad bought a Michelin tyre & tube the right size to fix it with.

I don't know if they still make tyres that size still but it might be worth asking at a bike shop that's a Michelin dealer.

[NostalgiaFreak]

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I had one, but I thought it was pretty uncool though.