Saturday, 7 January 2012

First impressions

A couple of things stick out as being a bigger deal than others:

  1. The clocks, headlight & indicators are missing. This isn't so big a deal as I intend the bike to be used offroad/field to begin with. The state of the wiring, however, is a bigger concern:



  2. The battery is missing (no big deal - easy  to get another) and so is the battery case (bigger deal - c. 150 euros to replace!):

  3. The exhaust system is totally shot - no link pipe, rotten header, the silencer is held together by rust and there are no heat shields:



  4. Shocks are dead - no movement at all. Luckily, new ones are quite cheap.

  5. Some panels missing - right side, nose fairing, but over all, plastics in quite decent nick for a bike this age. Tank a bit battered, but that's to be expected for a dirt bike...


  6. So, a little bit of budgeting to do to see if it's worthwhile. No barrel/keys either. What next - battery, plug & try engine start, or strip it right down? Hmmmm.

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