Originally Posted by
cudak888
The brilliance of Raleigh's marketing department here in the states (run by Huffy at the time, unsurprisingly). They smartened up in 1986 when they put proper 531 decals in place of this oddity (lasted from '83-85). The 555SL bikes were also upgraded to 531 tubing variants.
-Kurt
Interesting, I just saw a 555SL bike from this era in my building. It is some sort of hybrid; cantis, wide clearances, big gear-range etc and has some of the ugliest welds I've ever seen. When you mentioned Huffy, this clicked.