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Went off to check this "2003" advertised up the road. She looked more like a babe of the 80s to me. She was in a barn in the corner stable with his wife's horses. She had been used for him to ride with her on outrides of 10-15 km over the last couple of years and he had done around a 1000 km.
She was chained up so she wouldn't wander and covered with a canvas sheet. He bought her from a tractor dealer in town. I remembered the guy and had looked at his bikes before which he did up as a hobby and a sideline, selling them unlicensed to farmers. I took a ride on the bike which kicked easily to life and had the right power.
He said he had not serviced in or topped up the oil in its time with him, but the wife says its too noisy and he should ride a horse or pedal a bicycle.
He is a teacher of classical and other guitar and did not tinker with wrenches since he had to look after hsi finger nails. It turned out once I met his wife that we had met years ago when we both lived at lower altitudes through his wife's brother who was a friend of my brother and had cut his professional teeth under my father to whom he had written to thank before getting wiped out in a tragic car accident. Luckily his daughters survived. So there was no doubt in his honesty to me and we settled on the equivalent of US$600 after I had pointed out her age, the weeping gaskets, fork seal and boots etc, and provided there was no report of her being stolen when I go to get a police clearance for licensing.
Here she is in the shed with the big bad dog who has to have dinner seperately.
She will get a wash on the weekend, so here she is as I found her.
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As you can see she's got a home made rack which can be built upon and needs to be attached to the frame rather than just the carrier bracket. While the angle makes it seem so, it doesn't protect the indicators which he broke dropping it here and there and reckons it's too heavy for him to easily pick up.
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The speedo and odo both work.
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The air filter was clean with oil having run down to the bottom and the open chain and sprocket dry but not worn and missing a protector.
There is a whine from the front that my other T-Dub does not have. Its not the wheel - test rode her on dirt. Maybe bearing or brakes?
The stainless exhaust seems to have a valve and plate set up inside it. There is some carbon on the exhaust and spark plug, but no smoke. I imagine that is because he rode her no faster than 40 km an hour. So will service her and give her a burn and see what happens. I charged the battery (2005) over night. It now lights up the tail light and speedo but no starter or indicator. I will put the other battery in over the weekend and see what happens. Otherwise she is in way better condition body and rust wise than my 95. Any ideas on how to age her exactly? The cam chain is manual adjust unlike my 95 . . .
Malcolm[/size]
She was chained up so she wouldn't wander and covered with a canvas sheet. He bought her from a tractor dealer in town. I remembered the guy and had looked at his bikes before which he did up as a hobby and a sideline, selling them unlicensed to farmers. I took a ride on the bike which kicked easily to life and had the right power.
He said he had not serviced in or topped up the oil in its time with him, but the wife says its too noisy and he should ride a horse or pedal a bicycle.
He is a teacher of classical and other guitar and did not tinker with wrenches since he had to look after hsi finger nails. It turned out once I met his wife that we had met years ago when we both lived at lower altitudes through his wife's brother who was a friend of my brother and had cut his professional teeth under my father to whom he had written to thank before getting wiped out in a tragic car accident. Luckily his daughters survived. So there was no doubt in his honesty to me and we settled on the equivalent of US$600 after I had pointed out her age, the weeping gaskets, fork seal and boots etc, and provided there was no report of her being stolen when I go to get a police clearance for licensing.
Here she is in the shed with the big bad dog who has to have dinner seperately.
She will get a wash on the weekend, so here she is as I found her.
As you can see she's got a home made rack which can be built upon and needs to be attached to the frame rather than just the carrier bracket. While the angle makes it seem so, it doesn't protect the indicators which he broke dropping it here and there and reckons it's too heavy for him to easily pick up.
The speedo and odo both work.
The air filter was clean with oil having run down to the bottom and the open chain and sprocket dry but not worn and missing a protector.
There is a whine from the front that my other T-Dub does not have. Its not the wheel - test rode her on dirt. Maybe bearing or brakes?
The stainless exhaust seems to have a valve and plate set up inside it. There is some carbon on the exhaust and spark plug, but no smoke. I imagine that is because he rode her no faster than 40 km an hour. So will service her and give her a burn and see what happens. I charged the battery (2005) over night. It now lights up the tail light and speedo but no starter or indicator. I will put the other battery in over the weekend and see what happens. Otherwise she is in way better condition body and rust wise than my 95. Any ideas on how to age her exactly? The cam chain is manual adjust unlike my 95 . . .
Malcolm[/size]
