1948 Raleigh Dawn Tourist

[bulldog1935]

I'll say it again, you can buy the original Pletscher kickstand (rather than the Greenfield copy) for about the same price.
http://www.thorusa.com/accessories/pletscher.htm
They offer great hardware, as well - check the deluxe top plate, which saves your paint

 

[SirMike1983]

Sticking with the Wald for this one. The German ESGE stands from the 60s and 70s work well on the DL1 type bikes. I have one on my DL1.

 

[bulldog1935]

Pletscher is that kickstand, and is marked ESGE

I believe they're Swiss.

The doubles are killer if you have a front-load hauler.

also really handy for changing a flatted rear

 

[SirMike1983]

This project is nearly done. I do have the original pedals, which I need to clean up and re-mount. Right now I have some post-war German pedals on it (they're pretty good).

http://bikeshedva.blogspot.com/2016/06/1948-raleigh-dawn-tourist.html

The biggest surprise of the day were the Indonesian Raleigh grips. I was expecting very cheap, thin rubber grips like the Thai ones. I was very surprised at heavy-duty and well-made the Indonesian Raleigh grips are. I also got a set of rubber Doverite-style grips. Those too were very well-made.

These pictures are from my cell phone, so hopefully I can get some better ones later.

 

[Dale Alan]

Looking good,I really like that one .I have a few with those grips,they really are good quality grip .I found a big box of them,ended up on all kinds of bikes.

 

[SirMike1983]

98% done- just a few little cosmetic items left. It's a nice riding bike.

http://bikeshedva.blogspot.com/2016/06/1948-raleigh-dawn-tourist-on-road.html

 

[SirMike1983]

 

[SirMike1983]

A little talk about vintage, Miller 'bottle' generators and traditional lights:

http://bikeshedva.blogspot.com/2016/06/miller-generator-set-and-lights.html

 

[Awhipple]

Very cool bike!

 

[neighbor]

Here's the ladies model, same year.