Hi all,
This is my first post & build. I've used this site and honda twins as a reference for the stuff I'm unsure about (happens often haha) which makes me want to post my own progress on here. Hopefully this will provide insight/confidence for people in the same boat as me!
I bought the bike for $200, no title, no key, and not running. Everything seemed to be there, just not actually on the bike. So not really knowing what to look for/check, I loaded it up and took it home. I've had the bike now for 2 months and have learned a friggin ton already. Didn't want to post anything on here until I knew the direction I wanted to go with the bike, which I kinda do now... I'm plannin on making the bike reliable, stripped down, and and a mix between a tracker and brat style ... and the rust/corrosion is staying. I thought this was a "rat bike" but after searching rat bikes all I came up with was a bunch of bikes held together by duct tape. Not really what I'm going for so I don't know what to call it. I planned on powder coating and painting everything originally, but the more I do on it, the more I love the rust. Kinda shows her character. I want the bike to be mechanically awesome i.e all balls bearing kits for stearing and wheels, mikuni carbs, renthal bars, new cables/controls, etc... but not be super expensive. Hopefully this is in the right build section.
Anyway, with all the the parts kinda just slapped on to have a starting picture, here she is:
This is my first post & build. I've used this site and honda twins as a reference for the stuff I'm unsure about (happens often haha) which makes me want to post my own progress on here. Hopefully this will provide insight/confidence for people in the same boat as me!
I bought the bike for $200, no title, no key, and not running. Everything seemed to be there, just not actually on the bike. So not really knowing what to look for/check, I loaded it up and took it home. I've had the bike now for 2 months and have learned a friggin ton already. Didn't want to post anything on here until I knew the direction I wanted to go with the bike, which I kinda do now... I'm plannin on making the bike reliable, stripped down, and and a mix between a tracker and brat style ... and the rust/corrosion is staying. I thought this was a "rat bike" but after searching rat bikes all I came up with was a bunch of bikes held together by duct tape. Not really what I'm going for so I don't know what to call it. I planned on powder coating and painting everything originally, but the more I do on it, the more I love the rust. Kinda shows her character. I want the bike to be mechanically awesome i.e all balls bearing kits for stearing and wheels, mikuni carbs, renthal bars, new cables/controls, etc... but not be super expensive. Hopefully this is in the right build section.
Anyway, with all the the parts kinda just slapped on to have a starting picture, here she is: