Meet the classic bike but with no engine. A Raleigh Chopper from the seventies

Join me as I take a trip down memory lane with a Meet the Classic Bike episode. We go on two wheels again but this time without an engine. We take a retro classic Raleigh Chopper for a spin and have a good look around this iconic piece of design from the seventies

[@TheFoxio]

I had a brand new mk 1 in orange for christmas 1970. Good times were had on it 😊

[@fluffybadger9832]

The rear stays were changed on the MK2 because they used to break on the MK1, especially when kids rode 2 up on the longer saddle!

[@markwood9755]

Just subscribed and doing a binge watch. Exactly the same back story as yourself, however I did purchase a fully restored Mk2 Fizzy Yellow, in my fifties. It sits in the front room and every time I look at it I think Yes, done it, that’s mine 😀😀😀😀

[@dealermike1331]

New sub... that mk2 is mint. Lovely bike, just in the middle of rebuilding a mk2 infa red.

[@pauldashwood2897]

Unusual colour the mk 1 ..

[@jasonclarke4633]

slightly mis informed...mk1 was 69-72 and the mk 2 72-82

[@stevezodiac491]

Looking at the mark one, it was a visually cleaner and more appealing design and being 64, the one i remember but never got.

[@nigelhall6163]

Mk2 wasn’t made till 85 last model was prismatic which was 1980-81

[@ukaypete]

Mk2 came out in ' 72, it overlapped with the last Mk1s with modded frames

[@stevezodiac491]

For all the badly done to boomers, who's father was too miserable to buy you a chopper, you can buy your own mark 2 from Raleigh on line on 20th June at midday. A snip at £950. Change the sissy bar for a longer one because the bike doesn't pass safety standards when sold with the bike, also for sale and take yourself back to your youth. All you would want then is a Johhny Seven, Space hopper, etch a sketch, super ball and a pair of clackers to go with it.

[@bagpuss998]

Great thanks 👍

[@juleesadventures7925]

Lovely bikes I’ve got a fully restored infa red mk2 and I’m in the process of doing a fizzy lemon mk2

[@SandysAutoDetailing]

I have a ultra violet mk2 unused since 76 show winning bike best of the best unrestored Nos condition forsale if anyone looking?❤