How bad did your first bike look?

**Maha** · 24th March 2007, 08:55

Originally Posted by renegade master

RUB? 10 chars.

My thoughts only RM .....oh you have seen the Triumph aye?...at least you didnt stroke it like someone else did....

**The Pastor** · 24th March 2007, 09:00

Originally Posted by maha man

My thoughts only RM .....oh you have seen the Triumph aye?...at least you didnt stroke it like someone else did....

Rich urban biker, and yes I did stroke her sorry.

**Jorja** · 24th March 2007, 09:03

Originally Posted by bmz2

get your bike on the road and have some fun ,be safe dude

Snoopy (I didn't name it

) is sitting in the garage next to his big sister. The lady in red. Will be a week or two before Tony has it going for me I recon. But I am so excited.

Doing a BHS course sat next week so I will be able to start riding it when it is going.

**Macktheknife** · 24th March 2007, 11:36

My first bike was bought in 7 boxes, most of the parts were there, it took me about 4 months of work but it was put together and ran really well. Gave it to my brothers kids years later and they did some awesome things to it, I think it ended up in a cart before being retired.

**Ixion** · 24th March 2007, 12:46

Nice original bike. It'll clean up well, and an easy restore. Peppy little two stroke too. Excellent bike for a learner.

Nice find.

**scracha** · 24th March 2007, 13:07

Ahh..my little blue suzuki GP100. Had been fitted with a GP125 engine and it flew. Hit a whopping 76mph one day through Winchborough (with a tail wind and chin on the tank). Had no indicators and lights that worked if I wiggled the wiring loom enough. The front brake drum was more of a a "slower downer" than a brake and the rear was siezed. Quite a scary introduction to biking riding it 25 miles into Edinburgh in Novemer (it's rather cold & icy in Scotland in November) when I was 16, especially as you can't ride bikes over there till you're 17. Crashed it at 65mph on day two. Slid along a muddy field (I was a lucky barsteward). Unfortunately nobody explained to me that air cooled bike don't really get cooled when they're covered in mud so it siezed a couple of days later.

Other 2 smokes I had were another GP100 (a proper 100cc this time that was very tidy) and a bored out and rather ballsy Suzuki X5 (it @$ckin drunk petrol though).

Needless to say I don't think I'll ever buy another Suzuki or a two stroke ever again.

**Jorja** · 24th March 2007, 13:14

Originally Posted by Ixion

Nice original bike. It'll clean up well, and an easy restore. Peppy little two stroke too. Excellent bike for a learner.

Nice find.

Clean up has already begun. Have washed off all the green slim, cobb webs, leaves and spiders (of which there were quite a few). Am about to start sanding back some of the rust. 90% is just surface. Alot of the bike will need to be stripped but will have to wait till I have help for that.

It is looking a heap better already.

**fireliv** · 24th March 2007, 13:18

I just got my first bike, and I always thought that I wouldnt get a bandit, cos I don't like the front. But I took one look at her, adn new Jessie was for me! I just hope that I can get her working cos otherwise Jessie might be looking for a new owner.......

**Motu** · 24th March 2007, 13:39

You are missing the leg shields.They were a great bike,a new retro in 1988....lotsa good stuff...chrome,fully enclosed chain,leg shields big mudguards - they were made to run forever.You are off to a really good start,keep it up.

**Jorja** · 24th March 2007, 13:57

Originally Posted by Motu

You are missing the leg shields.They were a great bike,a new retro in 1988....lotsa good stuff...chrome,fully enclosed chain,leg shields big mudguards - they were made to run forever.You are off to a really good start,keep it up.

Leg shields? Would like to fully restore it if I can.

**Supertramp** · 25th March 2007, 17:47

What did it look like when i bought it or sold it lol? i had a 2nd hand fxr150 from a dealer as my first and it looked nice till i droped it (all part of learning) and again and again sooner or later i sold it and when i did it looked like crap.now my r6 is looking worse for wear after a bad call on a corner (still learning) mates girlfriend came out of it alright same with me just my baby dats not looking so good.

**CM2005** · 25th March 2007, 18:19

TS125. 100k flat out, rusted hollow swinging arm. AG175, no clutch, rusted hollw everything, 4 gears, top went clunk clunk... outran a kx125 though!

**blackkatana** · 25th March 2007, 20:48

Put the green bits in the compost, clean up the metal, plastic and rubber bits and go from there. It'll be a cracker.

**Jorja** · 25th March 2007, 20:55

Originally Posted by blackkatana

Put the green bits in the compost, clean up the metal, plastic and rubber bits and go from there. It'll be a cracker.

have washed off the slime and cobwebs, have sanded back all of the rust (just minor surface) and repainted 80% of it so far. Hooked up a new battery tonight. All of the lights and indicators work and it is turning over.
Carb has been pulled apart. 8 years of crap is being soaked off over night. Still have to replace throatle cable and the mounting block then should be able to reasemble and start him up.

Fingers crossed.