I had the opportunity to purchase this December 1969 Raleigh Chopper Mk1 after 8 months of trying to conclude the deal, however there is a mystery behind it.

I bought the bike from a friend in Beaconsfield who details exotic classic cars. Funnily enough he hadn’t cleaned it for almost ten years, hence the surface rust and inch layers of dust!

I began stripping it down and every part I took off revealed more Golden Yellow paint. When the forks were taken out of the head-tube for a mechanical overhaul, you could see the original Golden yellow overspray from the factory!