Before We Take The Bike To bits...

The night before we started dismantling the bike, all the nuts & bolts were soaked with releasing agent.

Chopper Arrives In Aberdeen

Picture of Chopper in our garage after trip to Stirling.

Delivery to Stirling

Fortunately, our good friends Mr & Mrs E.offered to pick up the bike from the vendor and transport it up the road. The plan was to meet halfway between Aberdeen & Berwickshire at Stirling.

Find a Raleigh Chopper to restore !

Let's restore a 1970's Chopper. The hunt begins to find a suitable candidate. Here's what we found on the internet, located near Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders.

It was available for sale. The next question was - how to get it transported to the North East of Scotland ?