Ahhh building bikes for nothing , welcome to my world !!!
It will cost some money, but you would be surprised what you can do with a bit of resourcefulness...
Cant tell you the current bike , as its top secret , and I would have to eliminate any potential leaks , but its a VMX Cr250 I did the frame, and Suspension internals , for less than I would spend at the pub
The one up on the bench next, is an Enfield chop, rigid using a SU carb AHAHAHAHA
, Ive set my self a budget 100k yen and a time limit , the custom chop show next year in Nagoya ( April )
I love this kind of a challenge, and its amazing how cheap you can get a class looking bike together .... last year I bought a complete TX650 Yamaha for I think 500 dollars , in NZ ( gave it to my old man as a thank you )
What got me all fired up was an article in an UK bike mag about these two northerners , who having no money , would buy an old bike and spending as little ( and I mean little ) they would restore these old bikes and ride them to big events such as the IOM.
Finally I must say the one good thing about living here in Japan , is they don't have this sort of culture , ( is changing though) but you can still find real bargains ,
right lets go and see if that paint is dry !!
Stephen
"Look, Madame, where we live, look how we live ... look at the life we have...The Republic has forgotten us."
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