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Raleigh Mk1 pro burner. Hong Kong spec. heavy pics

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Retro Rich 78:
Hi everyone, I thought I would share my projects with you guys, but I'm a bit scared as I know some of you don't like burners. lol

They are R gusseted mk1 pro burner's in factory red dressed in gold and yellow. These are a bit of a mystery why they are red/gold as the UK spec ones are chrome/blue. I can't find any history or info on these anywhere :(

Here is a pic that the seller posted on Burnerworld that a friend of mine saw and dibbed it for me






I became friends with the seller on facebook and found some wonderful pics of himself and his Dad riding them around Hong Kong














These are pics that of what the seller was willing to sell from the 2 bikes after he split them.






This shows the condition of the 2 frames. One was really bad with heavy rusting and the other was good enough to make a great survivor.










Collecting Nos parts was not easy!






One was quickly made into a rider for a Nottingham Halloween ride.


















And the other was stripped down and sent to a very good mate Mark (oldboyburner)










To which he researched the paint for hours and came across a 1980's colour that Honda used to spray there bikes with. (100% match and sprayed in 3 layers the same as the Bmx) He proceeded to do lots of tests to get the perfect way of laying the paint on.



Sand blasted






Base coat






Silver






Candy Red






I sent the original crank, seat post and some 7x wheels I sourced off to be re-anode and chromed






Whilst waiting for other work to be done I sorted new decals and started adding parts.










Fresh parts arrived back and i proceeded with the builds



























And here they are finally finished ready for the biggest raleigh burner show. Burnerbash12 next weekend.




































Sorry to go on a bit, I'm not very good with words but I hope you've enjoyed my projects. :D

KeithyT:
Oh wow! Rich, you and Mark OBB have awesome resto skills. Will these be at the Bash next week? Can't wait to see em!  :coolsmiley:

EDIT: Oops jsut saw that they will be. Was too busy admiring the photos to read properly  :crazy2:

stfc:
Very smart indeed

Julian347:
Very nice.  :daumenhoch:

Looks proper old school.

dp and Chopper Dude:
Very nice!!  :daumenhoch:

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