Childhood Memories of England

[evilsideracing]

my uncle used to have one of these..... and i even got to ride it once :)

[SmokeTreeAllDay]

I'll buy it! 3400

[transdetendal]

hey thats worth a fatty , im almost 40 and remember them from my child hood and wanting one my selfe damn good fun

[dothisdothat321]

great story bloke, you should consider narrating for movies or something!

[owlydog]

wow what village did live in

[tr196416]

when i was young a friend of mine had one like that called a firecat 5 spd with shifter on the bar which made it very dangerous jumping ramps made of cinder blocks and plt wood this was mid 1970's

[Pyroman1990]

Did you keep it for yourself?

[miltonkeynes1995]

1970S MY DAD HAD ONE

[Brettledotcom]

Ello Mate, howzit goin ?

I felt exactly the same. My first one was 2nd hand, resprayed matt silver, Anyway, I got a '76 Mk2 last year and put a suspension seat post on it (£20) to make the seat go Higher and Plastic ties stop the sissy bar from coming out. I ride it with flat soled trainers. I sprayed it all over, inside and out with GT85 spray and it's come up lovely. People Love it. You gotta get that one cleaned n running Mate : ) Don't take yer eyes off it for a second tho. Happy 2010

[puntup100]

I had one those Bloke, it was yellow! with the round gearstick sturmey archer 3 speed gears, handled like a pig at speed, heavy to pedal (lots of hills in Yorkshire!) Great for doing wheelies! and carrying your mates on the back but would spit you off if you touched the front brake!

Sadly had to sell it to get another bike, still got £20 for it in 1978. Probably worth £200+ now. Raleigh also made a 5 speed version with deralier gears and drop handle bars but I cant remember what i was called?

[Trance88]

Thats too bad you couldn't have one of those as a kid Bloke. If only it wasn't too small for you now.

[0cowbell0kid02]

I think mine was a Qualifier ,

I feel your pain bloke

[ATHS55]

I had one of those Huffys with the steering wheel. I have no idea what happened to it.

[snusify]

I was too small for a Raleigh Chopper, I had a tomahawk.

[discocreator76]

me too!!

[Tunerboy8732]

Great story.I know how it feels to really want something at the time.

[mikee286]

I think that bike would make a great bike to rig up with a motor like daves motorized bike.

[twocvbloke]

I used to have a chooper, bought from a 2nd hand shop in Sunderland, seat fell off it after a while... :(

pretty cool bike though... :D

[timk1764]

My mum learned to cycle on one of them ha shes from Leicester.....

[itscool1968]

as the saying goes what is one man's trash is another man's treasure

[THOMASOAKMAN]

I got me a raleigh, its a 1943 Raleigh Tourist Roadster edition. all original all the way down to the tires and tubes.

[howmanyvideos]

sweet brag bro

[THOMASOAKMAN]

huh?

[redneckratrodPat]

That the chopper junior, it's not the full sized Chooper. I had the full sized one when I was 9 back in the day. had loads of fun. I found that one in the back of the barn two years ago and hid it deeper in Dave's barn so no one would find it.. for a while...

Don't you dare ride it down sky hill....

[CrazyBritishBloke]

We found it

[redneckratrodPat]

I noticed

[sterob666]

them choppers were the bee's knee's they are worh a few quid now hope your well chris. steve uk.

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Thanks for asking mate

[robicool]

How did you end up in Canada Chris?

[CrazyBritishBloke]

thats a long story, one day I will make a video about it.

[robicool]

haha no problem. hope to make the journey out there sometime!

[wotan20]

Lovely story Chris. The told childhood disappointment sounded quite serous and worse still it amplified your lust for that bike. If I were you I'd cleaned that bike, and keep it as a long delayed childhood souvenir. Beside, it doesn't have to be perfect, because it's not for sale, yet it can be a long term project of love. If you take it apart and remove the rust, there are companies who recrome the needed parts relatively inexpensively, you just need to shop around.

[zephmont]

Sweet, I used to have 3 of those bikes but I sold them.

[yamaharules163]

nice

[PGMEagle]

I have Family is from Britian on my dad's side. My dad often talks to me about his school days and how he was cained and strapped across the hands by his head master.

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Yes school days bad cained yes lots

[spanermantim]

they are so cool. my 2 brothers and me had one each back in the day. thanks for the memory mate

[BlackTransAmdude]

I'm glad you got the bike you always wanted!

[OldTruckinFool]

Nice bike! Where did you get the shades? Nice Bike! Crazy assed shades, but nice bike, great story!

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Garbage picked

[ShuanyE]

awsome vidoe

[ryanb788]

I always wanted a BMX when I was a kid then they come out with a similar bike that had the spokes covered by plastic discs those were awsome at the time. We were poor growing up so I always got second hand bikes myself and fixed them but being poor like that and having to garbage pick taught me so much and helped me know what I know now. One mans junk is another mans treasure!

[G7PRB]

i had a tomer hawk then i had a choice chopper or grifter i went for the grifter, good old days

[73pontiac]

great story bloke! :D

[PlayDohz06]

New ones musnt be worth naything i guess the old ones are better made.

[PlayDohz06]

Dam they had those when u were 7? THey still make them the exact same as that. I seen them at canadian tire a few years ago!

[grandprismatic]

Your story is tops CBB, keep them comin mate. Maybe some pix from when you were a younger kid in England.

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Maybe

[bigblockluv]

nice i love ur story me and my dad built custom choppers we'd take 3 or 4 bikes cut them up and make stretched bikes i had one that was 16 feet long with huge ape hanger handlebars and a custom banana seat it was kool wish i still had it 2 show every one i had a drag bike 2 the front was stretched out 2 feet had 2 lean way forward it was great bing a kid thanks 4 a trip down memory lane buddy!!!!!!!!!

[CrazyBritishBloke]

My pleasure

[rikard312]

i think its a chopperbike here in sweden a boy riding on... its so low... and a moped more like o lowchopper but little shorter, and so fast and loud...

:-)

go on bloke love ur vids. ur english is so perfect. :-)

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Thanks mate

[rikard312]

so little so. i hope u go on with ur memorys we like it.... more vids from ur younger years. go on bloke....

[Edricofifrit]

Agreed, very interesting trip down memory lane. As for the bike, looks like something I would have ridden when I was a youngster.

[shepshepherd]

I had no idea that they sold Choppers in Canada! There's a bike shop down the road from me in Westcliff-on-Sea which sells Choppers. I don't know if they are new or restored, but they're nice all the same :)

[PlayDohz06]

ye man i seen them at canadian tire. New ones tho, theyre probly cheaper made.

[shepshepherd]

Really? That's pretty cool. I'm waiting for Raleigh to come out with a repro of the Grifter, which was a kind of BMX/Chopper cross-over and looked really tough :)

[Fwbs]

i knew it was going to be a raleigh chopper

[alldrunkedup]

i used to have a blue one. i was embarrassed to ride the thing with that banana seat.lol

[MrStelmer]

Iconic bike. I wanted one so bad, along with a Raleigh Vektar

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Was that like the raleigh sprint

[MrStelmer]

Don't think so looking at the pics on Google. The Vektar was the iconic 80's bike that had a speedo, gears, radio and sound effects. It's on youtube.

[jeepoffroad12345]

There so cool. Thanks Bloke

[bulldogbhd]

great bike bloke my gramps got me one of those from the tip many years ago, couple of new inner tubes and it was good as new, i spent many happy hours tearing up the neighbourhood in it

[hoooooops]

My brother had a bike like this.

The sunglasses are cool, looks like at a quizshow. lol

[alan4391]

yea i had 2 of then when i was a kid back in the late 70s to erly 80s thay where good at doing wheeles and there worth a few quid now but have to be mint to be woth anything

[CrazyBritishBloke]

You had 2

[murphylee50RS]

sweet glasses and story

[xixero303]

Lovin' the glasses! and what a great story, thanks for sharing!

[LagunaPalms]

I had the American version of that bike. I had to share it with my brothers so it was wasted in no time. We did sell it about 10 yrs ago for about $100.

[makaveli087]

hah I really thought this was leading up to one of Dave's dirt bikes. This really was a very cool story, BritishBloke. Thanks for sharing that.

[HotrodMercury84]

I had that same bike when i was younger

[scott93257]

Very cool story British Bloke.. your voice is totally cool. I do a lot of orchestral scoring and stuff...you can ask Dave about that... Would love you to do some voice over stuff...Send me a message...Yeah glasses are cool :)

[confusedsay]

That's some Bob Bitchin sunglasses! +5

[windsordrywallpro]

Great video British Bloke!!! It was awesome pounden back some beers with ya again!!!!

[halflife103]

nice shades

[deegirlshopping]

nice storey bloke love the glasses

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Me to

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Royaly shafted

[VicGord]

Great Video Enjoyed the story hope to see it fixed up

[CrazyBritishBloke]

If you like them i will

[bulldogbhd]

id also love to hear some of your storys CBB being a "Brit" myself, i'd love to hear how come you found your way to Canada

[deathkeeper5000]

nice story

[bcarbaugh]

You should get it and fix it up bloke!!!

[CrazyBritishBloke]

To much wrong with it

[peterbiltxr379]

there's never to much wrong with something if you really love it or have waited your whole life you should fix it i'm sure dave won't mind if you tell him the story

[burncy]

cool bike! I love the chopper look. Put a chainsaw engine on it!

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Its daves

[fishgut73]

Good story. I rember them too.

[MaritimerMitch]

thats nice man!

[IDIDieselJohn]

Haven't seen one of those old Bike's in a long time. I love 'em too!!! There so COOL!

[iamtwisted1]

Great story CBB, that brought back some memories for me too. :-D

[XcrazyguitarmaniacX]

Awesome story british bloke

oh, and nice sunglasses lol

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Thanks

[s30zman]

I love your story hell i won a 300$ trick bike from mouton dew LOL cool bike !

[CrazyBritishBloke]

Some win some lose

[ghettohillbilly1]

i had a homemade one of those when i was a kid