Morning guys/girls, I'm hoping that someone on this forum will be able to take
a bit of time to educate a beginner on the basics of a restoration. I've recently
just finished a 1960's motorbike restoration, so I'm not too bad at the basics,
but I don't really know anything about bikes. Basically I've decided to restore
my Dads old race/road bike for christmas, the only sticker/decal that is left
is 'sirocco' which is an old raleigh bike I think, although there doesn't seem to
be too much info on the web about them. On the front it has a 'sun workshop' badge
but I can't find anything on that. It's blue and white, with the bottom half of the
forks being chromed, but I think this might have been a re-paint considering that
I can't find any similar paint schemes and the chrome on the forks continues past
the paint (it comes through where the paints flaked off). So...does anyone know of
a shop that would sell new parts for this bike (original or upgrade), any information
on what this bike might have been and any advice to a complete beginner i.e how
do you get the forks/head stem out of the frame? haha Cheers for any help

Tim

(photos could be provided if that would be any help, also if more info is needed just
let me know what you need to know and I'll try to find it out.)