@@MartinWhite-i5u Hey Martin thanks for watching and commenting, yes they were the days weren't they, them little chippers they are quite rare now! I did have a boxer and a Strika in my collection as well, glad it brought back good memories and have a great weekend cheers 🍻
@@gingerphil Hi Phil lol 😁 yes it did didn't it, Glad you like the Grifter I love ♥️ it too handlebars are on way plus other goodies......?! Have a great weekend cheers 🥂 😎
Hey paul mate hows things im glad it was only the fence damaged for you mate and the mighty workshop still stands proud!! 😁 that mk1 grifter is looking outstanding with you mate fairplay!! 👌 and the 72 crossover is coming on lovely mate you know i love a ratty!! 😂 oh and by the way save yourself a couple of quid mate as the 2 hole seat and backplate you have is actually correct for your 72 mate the single screw is 75 onwards mate. 😁🍻👍
@@joshb9821 Hey Josh mate everything is great thanks hope you are!? That's great news about that seat back plate thanks for the info I always thought it was the other way round lol 😁 yes that poxy fence I had to stand it back up again earlier I've got someone to sort it but they can't come for 3 weeks as very busy lol 😁 and yes Josh mate the mighty workshop stood firm👍 Am very happy with the Grifter, handlebars are on way, The 72 crossover needs a few bits done but am saving all jobs up cos the mother in law is coming on Sunday for a week so I'm hiding in here (shed) and staying out of the way cos I can't take the moaning lol 😁 I absolutely love the 72 I'm hoping by the next video it will be where I want it to be 🤔, nice to hear from you as always and have a great weekend cheers 🍻
@@derekmillar318 Hi Derek well that sounds like a whole lotta fun!! Lol 😁 you may have just given me an idea 💡 there, Choppers were near enough impossible to wheelie but I had a mate who could wheelie a Grifter for miles happy days, thanks for the comment and viewing and have a great Sunday cheers 🥂 😎
I remember that too. Extended forks. We used to do it by chopping off old forks and sleeving them over the originals to extend them. Peter Fonda and Denis Hopper have a lot to answer to. 😊
@@paulmartin4971 You're very welcome. A little more detail, Find a scrapper bike, cut off the forks (it doesn't even have to be a Chopper), making sure where you cut them would sleeve over the forks on your chopper. Remove the wheel, slide them over. Sort of mini extensions, Put everything back together. We were kids at the time so welding wasn't an option. If you did it right they just locked together just right. Fun times! Thank you for the videos, Great memories!
Hey Paul bro ! I hope you can get the fence fixed up mate !! I used old scaffold poles to reinforce mine.. driven into the ground with a sledge hammer. Not the best looking fix (ha ha I'm Roger the bodger ! lol) but windproof. You've got a load of projects going on there.. superb !! Yeah WD40 is really expensive here in Poland too ! The bikes are looking great.. I think the Chopper wheels look amazing on the Grifter ! Great job adapting that wheel !! ..at 100 squids a time that's a great saving ! Raleigh made a whole load of ground breaking mountain bikes around 1989 so perhaps it came off of one of those models ?? Cheers to you my friend 🍻
@@JimTimber Hi Andy always a pleasure to hear from you, I've booked the fence in to be done but they can't come till the 18th of Dec so will have to bodge something lol 😁 funnily enough my son is a scaffolder lol 😂 yes am very pleased I've got loads of projects on the go keeps me busy and the mother in law is due a visit soon!...... Oh no!! 🙁 So will stay out of the way!! Yes I am intrigued what bike that wheel came off of but not really bothered and I forgot to tell the snapped gear chain story lol 😂 What's the temperature over there at the moment mate and how is Jimmy? Blessings to you cheers 🍻
@@paulmartin4971 Hey Paul bro ! ..that's awesome that your son is a scaffolder.. I used to be a roof tiler and slater.. so I banged my head on scaffolding all the time !! lol 😂🤣 Ha ha ! My mother in law came for a visit so I asked her - ''How long do you plan to stay?''.. 'Just until I start getting on your nerves' she replied.. ''Oh, so you won't even stay for a coffee?'' 🤣😂🤣 Jimmy is on pills mate but we will see in a couple of weeks time from blood test no.2 !! Blessings right back atcha to you and your Paul mate ! ..and cheers !! 🍻
@@JimTimber Hey Andy even how long it takes to drink a cup of coffee is too long lol 😂, I bought the mother in law one of those electric reclining chairs last year for Christmas 🤶 but when I jokingly said I messed about with the wires she refused to plug 🔌 it in....... Shame lol 😂 Hope Jimmy will be OK blessings to you both cheers 🍻
Hey dude lovely old bikes!. When I was 8 years old back in 1975 I had a chipper so thanks mate for these great memories 👍
@@MartinWhite-i5u Hey Martin thanks for watching and commenting, yes they were the days weren't they, them little chippers they are quite rare now! I did have a boxer and a Strika in my collection as well, glad it brought back good memories and have a great weekend cheers 🍻
Love that Grifter! ❤ The squeaky floor from the shed followed you outside... 😮 10:23
@@gingerphil Hi Phil lol 😁 yes it did didn't it, Glad you like the Grifter I love ♥️ it too handlebars are on way plus other goodies......?! Have a great weekend cheers 🥂 😎
@@paulmartin4971you'll have to check that garden.. squeaky mice everywhere 😮
@dealermike1331 Hi Mike the mice don't stand a chance with Norman about lol 😁 he loves catching them and throwing them about lol 😁 cheers 🍻
Hey paul mate hows things im glad it was only the fence damaged for you mate and the mighty workshop still stands proud!! 😁 that mk1 grifter is looking outstanding with you mate fairplay!! 👌 and the 72 crossover is coming on lovely mate you know i love a ratty!! 😂 oh and by the way save yourself a couple of quid mate as the 2 hole seat and backplate you have is actually correct for your 72 mate the single screw is 75 onwards mate. 😁🍻👍
@@joshb9821 Hey Josh mate everything is great thanks hope you are!? That's great news about that seat back plate thanks for the info I always thought it was the other way round lol 😁 yes that poxy fence I had to stand it back up again earlier I've got someone to sort it but they can't come for 3 weeks as very busy lol 😁 and yes Josh mate the mighty workshop stood firm👍 Am very happy with the Grifter, handlebars are on way, The 72 crossover needs a few bits done but am saving all jobs up cos the mother in law is coming on Sunday for a week so I'm hiding in here (shed) and staying out of the way cos I can't take the moaning lol 😁 I absolutely love the 72 I'm hoping by the next video it will be where I want it to be 🤔, nice to hear from you as always and have a great weekend cheers 🍻
Hi Paul...I seem to remember fitting longer forks from a Raleigh 'twenty' to my chopper...it would wheelie for miles ...Happy days...
@@derekmillar318 Hi Derek well that sounds like a whole lotta fun!! Lol 😁 you may have just given me an idea 💡 there, Choppers were near enough impossible to wheelie but I had a mate who could wheelie a Grifter for miles happy days, thanks for the comment and viewing and have a great Sunday cheers 🥂 😎
I remember that too. Extended forks. We used to do it by chopping off old forks and sleeving them over the originals to extend them.
Peter Fonda and Denis Hopper have a lot to answer to. 😊
@@ramalama9650 Hi mate that sounds very interesting and something I'm going to look into , thanks for the comment cheers 🍻
@@paulmartin4971
You're very welcome.
A little more detail, Find a scrapper bike, cut off the forks (it doesn't even have to be a Chopper), making sure where you cut them would sleeve over the forks on your chopper.
Remove the wheel, slide them over. Sort of mini extensions, Put everything back together.
We were kids at the time so welding wasn't an option. If you did it right they just locked together just right. Fun times!
Thank you for the videos, Great memories!
@@ramalama9650 Excellent thank you for the info, glad you enjoy the memories and the videos and hope you'll keep on watching!! Cheers 🍻
Hey Paul bro ! I hope you can get the fence fixed up mate !! I used old scaffold poles to reinforce mine.. driven into the ground with a sledge hammer. Not the best looking fix (ha ha I'm Roger the bodger ! lol) but windproof. You've got a load of projects going on there.. superb !! Yeah WD40 is really expensive here in Poland too ! The bikes are looking great.. I think the Chopper wheels look amazing on the Grifter ! Great job adapting that wheel !! ..at 100 squids a time that's a great saving ! Raleigh made a whole load of ground breaking mountain bikes around 1989 so perhaps it came off of one of those models ?? Cheers to you my friend 🍻
@@JimTimber Hi Andy always a pleasure to hear from you, I've booked the fence in to be done but they can't come till the 18th of Dec so will have to bodge something lol 😁 funnily enough my son is a scaffolder lol 😂 yes am very pleased I've got loads of projects on the go keeps me busy and the mother in law is due a visit soon!...... Oh no!! 🙁 So will stay out of the way!! Yes I am intrigued what bike that wheel came off of but not really bothered and I forgot to tell the snapped gear chain story lol 😂 What's the temperature over there at the moment mate and how is Jimmy? Blessings to you cheers 🍻
@@paulmartin4971 Hey Paul bro ! ..that's awesome that your son is a scaffolder.. I used to be a roof tiler and slater.. so I banged my head on scaffolding all the time !! lol 😂🤣 Ha ha !
My mother in law came for a visit so I asked her - ''How long do you plan to stay?''..
'Just until I start getting on your nerves' she replied..
''Oh, so you won't even stay for a coffee?'' 🤣😂🤣
Jimmy is on pills mate but we will see in a couple of weeks time from blood test no.2 !!
Blessings right back atcha to you and your Paul mate ! ..and cheers !! 🍻
@@JimTimber Hey Andy even how long it takes to drink a cup of coffee is too long lol 😂, I bought the mother in law one of those electric reclining chairs last year for Christmas 🤶 but when I jokingly said I messed about with the wires she refused to plug 🔌 it in....... Shame lol 😂 Hope Jimmy will be OK blessings to you both cheers 🍻