[1] Grahame was born at Kingstanding, Birmingham, in February 1954[2] and made his British leagues debut riding for Birmingham Brummies during the 1973 British League Division Two season.
[3] He finished runner-up to his brother Andy Grahame in the 1982 British Speedway Championship, and qualified for the Speedway World Championship Final in 1984 as reserve and scored five points from two rides.
His most successful period was riding for Cradley Heath, where he won two league championships and seven Knockout Cups from 1978 to 1993.
[7][8] At retirement he had earned 42 international caps for the England national speedway team.
[1] He died at the age of 67 on 3 October 2021, from injuries sustained in a motocross racing crash at Bromyard Moto Parc the previous month.