I recently came into two Raleighs:
A Racing USA Grand Prix Red and chrome and
a metalic orange Super Course.
The serial numbers have me stumped
The Grand Prix is N0750 with M something under the cable guides on the bottom
bracket housing.
The Super Course is N1F010B
It says on the seat tube "Made In Japan"
I am curious about the date of manufacture of these bikes etc.
Being new to Raleighs I would appreciate any help
Thanks,
Chuck

I'm not that good with Raleigh serial numbers, perhaps someone else will ring the bell. N could be Nottingham or Nippon (Japanese). If the headbadge has "Nottingham" on it, then it's British-built. Try
https://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalog...ialNumbers.jpg
and
https://retroraleighs.com/dating.html
which are the only Raleigh serial number sources/explanations I know of.

https://www.jaysmarine.com/bikecollection.html --Thats Kurt's website, If you can't find what your looking for there hopefully he will step in here and spread his knowledge. I have some educated guesses, However Kurt is much more knowledgeble and expirenced. (I'm curious to see how right I am though).

Chuck, a red/chrome Super Course by Raleigh USA would indicate an '84/85 model. You might want to double-check the serial number on it, for the second digit should be "4" or "5."

Now, is the Super Course orange/chrome as the USA machine, or is it just orange? Sounds like a 1981 (N stands for Nottingham, but Raleigh was shipping these frames to Japan for final assy.) by the serial convention, but there's a line of machines made during the '83-85 Huffigh years (not '86 though) that had the same paint scheme as your Super Course, but featured semi-transparent lime green and copper paint. Just want to make sure you don't have one of those, for they're unbelievably hard to pin down info on.

-Kurt

Kurt,
On the Racing USA Grand Prix, The number is partially obscured by the cable guide on the bottom bracket tube. I will double check it.
The Super Course is solid orange.
Thank you very much for the help.
I tried the only two sources for serial numbers I could find and they weren't much help. (or I just didn't understand):-(
Thanks again,
Chuck

By the way, That is a red and chrome Racing USA Grand Prix

Kurt,
I rechecked the serial number on the Racing USA Grand Prix and it
is RN0750