101 uses for a Dead Motorcycle

[raster]

The amount of shite I see on the T V in the corner of my house I reckon that wouldn't be too bad a thing...

True Dat..................................

[N4CR]

Instead of using the motor to make a fan... use the (watercooled only) radiator fan which is electric.

How about chopping the 'exhaust box' eg can, to be shorter and using it to hold pencils or waterproof it and clean it up and use it as a vase (for the missus.. gets you brownie points), put a false bottom in it though so the flowers etc don't dissapear into it...

Attach the foot pegs somewhere (wall by some cupboards or something) that you might need a foot ladder but cant be bothered, reverse the springs so they dont stick out.

And thats all I can think of for now.

[Waylander]

Some pretty keen bar stools could be made with the seats, part of the fram and farings and the pegs.

[ZorsT]

or de-grease the chain, loop it through a disk, and use it as bling

[Waylander]

The horn could be a new doorbell, maybe.

[Artifice]

i find this thread very morbid. makes my skin crawl it does. why not just buy the book "101 uses for a dead cat" and put that on your coffee table. mind you i dont know where youd fit it with all those tv remotes, coffee cups and old motorcycle mags allready taking up space.

[ZorsT]

sprockets could make good many ponted throwing disks....

Put the fairing on a push bike

[thehollowmen]

Oil rings and cut down chains could be popular as bracelets if fashion went that way.

My brother once had a valve stuck through his ear.

I can think of many uses for a chain

Sprockets set into cement can be boot cleaners.

Make homebrew (or pruno) in the tank.

Grow climbing plants on the frame in the garden.

Disk brakes can be used in Xena movies (someone photoshop that one)

A tyre makes a comfortable alternative for a beenbag when set on a race stand and you're reading or watching TV.

Funny.. I've only ridden for three years and I can come up with these and mroe.. how many do you need?

[Waylander]

Hmm, maybe make a mold out of the Front fairings (tank, headlight thingie and the bits that cover the engine) Then mold steel or something that can withstand a fair bit of heat for a good long while. Cut out the top of the tank and put a BBQ grill down in it from right behind the headlights to the back of the tank.

The propane goes in the engine area or if you prefer wood that's where the wood burns at...

[Waylander]

I plan on somehow useing a chain as a belt at some point. perhaps two put together to get the width and then a bit of leather at the ends that attatch the clasps to it.

[parsley]

The object is to come up with a hundred and one uses for a dead motorcycle.

A teapot. You know, for making tea in.

[mstriumph]

thinking about dead motorbikes makes me morbid - heck, i can't even go to a motor museum without sobbing

[Waylander]

Oh come on peaple... Think outside the box!!

Besides using parts of bikes that couldn't be fixed is kinda a way of paying tribute to them. Like getting a pet stuffed or something...

[myvice]

Impractical clothes hanger.
Swing arm and rear frame staple remover.
Basted taxi forks boomerang.
Petrol tank bedpans.
Katana pop up toaster.
MX tire tooth brush.
Handle bar golf club set.
Carbon fiber fearing oven trays.
Air box Tupper wear set.
Brake lever doorknocker.
Race bike foot peg tooth pick.

[Rincewind]

Ok you have the headlight on top, parts of the fairing still attached to make it look pretty. This is mounted lengthwise on top of the piston heads that have been chromed and polished. You can have them all even or stagard (sp) cause they are still mounted on the crankshaft. wich is mounted to two metal brackets on the ends that allow it to turn only when you apply force to it. and then all on another metal bracket that you can mount to a desk or a wall.

Know what I mean?

Sounds like a piece of work mate !!