Man Has Impressive Raleigh Chopper Collection Worth Over £40K

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Meet the young Raleigh Chopper fan who has an impressive collection of more than 40 original bikes - worth more than £40k

Harry potter got his first bike for Christmas when he was just 15 and now 10 years later has a haul of iconic children’s bikes.

Despite not being born until 25 years after the must have children’s wheelie were first released, the surf shop owner from Llanaber, Barmouth, is a keen collector of retro Raleigh choppers and their original designs.

Harry’s girlfriend of six years Melissa, 24, is ‘quite forgiving’ of his collection, half of which is at their home, whist the other half are displayed at his parents.



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[naeemmirza]

Mid 70’s, one Christmas I got a beautiful Purple Chopper!
What I’d do to have it back!
Great bike, great memories!
Awesome collection my friend 👏🏼

[keithrichard]

This yougfella has preserved my 80s childhood the memories I have of my red chopper with gear shift and nut buster gear 🤣🍀🇮🇪🍀

[tonypotter]

What a great collection and hobby. Good for you

[davidholmes]

I could spend hours looking at this collection. Nice job!

[frednel]

Awesome collection bro, I had a white 3 speed one while schooling and used it right up to when the Army called me up for service in 1979, it had a narrower handle bar with a cross bar from brand new, well my brother started using it against my will and it went missing, he prolly sold it for a quick buck I'm betting though he would never tell me what happened to it, I was told mine was super rare and only found in South Africa where I'm at, I don't see one like I had in your collection or anywhere els for that matter proving just how rare it was, even back in the day I seen many wide handle bar versions but never one like mine, I absolutely loved my chopper and realy miss it lol, peace from South Africa ✌

[adamoreilly]

Fantastic collection, I've never owned one but one day 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[SteveInsidious]

He's a lovely fella, i've bought some parts off him for my collection. Top man.

[KR-uspj]

My 1977 birthday - a red chopper with yellow letters. I loved that bike - special memories!

[ks-qukj]

i had the black chopper with flame design.. best bike ever❤

[trevorgilbert]

I got a mk1 for a Christmas present back in 1972 it was a mustard color with black decals wish i still had it.

[rokker]

His name is Harry Potter! ... now that's magic! 😂

[sparkyvespa]

Would anyone know who the best restoration company is and their contact details in the UK to bring a bike up to show standard please?
Many thanks!

[CORNISHmadonautos]

What a collection great condition choppers I love the orange one it looks phat

[little_fluffy_clouds]

What a lovely collection.

As a child in the late ‘70s, I remember thinking these bikes were the epitome of cool, especially because of the car-style gear stick which was a unique feature (at least I had never seen another bike like that).

When I tried one out though, I remember thinking it was rather uncomfortable to ride. I suppose it was a triumph of form over function.

[KavanOBrien]

I had a mark one when I was a kid, would like to get one again, any ideas where to go to get one now ?

[likits]

Hey man,
Very nice collection.
My first bike was a 1972 Red Chopper. The only thing I could never figure out was, my friends got 2 purple ones in 1974 but theirs were Raleigh and mine was a Hercules!

The plate at the forks said Hercules on mine and maybe you have some history on that. Please share. My dad sold it when I was 12 and Ive been looking for a replacement ever since!
Thanks in advance.

[jonnied]

Hi I’ve got the rearest chopper in the world it’s a one off special made by Raleigh it’s a mk 4 in horizon blue with blue gear knob & silver Raleigh badge at the front there’s not another one like it anywhere else !!!

[hankybostik]

Weally Wery nice Waleigh chopper collection woom!

[rokker]

Jeez .. I only want one! lol ..amazing collection!

[PatrickClacy]

My Dad bought me one in Malaysia in about 1972 - blue metallic and it had two gear levers - close together so not a separate gate - never worked out what the left hand lever did - right hand one did the 3 speeds. Never seen another with this set up - if anyone knows what it was I would love to know. Was stolen in Nigeria when we moved there - miss it now! Not the fastest bike but had street cred!