Where can I get a trashed bike to practice workshop skills

[David Goulbourne]

At college training to be a mechanic, looking for a cheap damaged/salvaged bike that I never intend to put on the road. Just need it to practice dismantling,repairing skills. (not putting new bits on, just refitting old bits).

Any idea where I can source such a thing?
Everything on Ebay etc sites are priced high as they are repairable.
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[J4mes]

Local scrap yards?

[stinkwheel]

Just do a paddy. Lurk on the forum and offer anyone who crashes their bike, sets fire to it or has it stolen and recovered about tree fiddy for it.
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[Ste]

Local Facebook groups.

Be careful that people don't just dump their incomplete pieces of shit that stand no chance of ever working again on you.

Loads of stuff on eBay is overpriced because the sellers are delusional with crazy ideas that someone is going to pay over the odds for an incomplete half broken dodgy project bike that hasn't been worked on in years.

[Courier265]

Ask Bodytard...... he has a shit heap to practice on...

[Riejufixing]

Keep looking. Stuff does come up. Look at sold prices near you:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Vehicle-Parts-Accessories/131090/i.html?_sop=15&_from=R40&LH_ItemCondition=4&_nkw=%28scooter%2Cmoped%2Cmotorbike%2C%22motor%20bike%22%2Cmotorcycle%2C%22motor%20cycle%22%29%20%28spare%2Cspares%29%20%28repair%2Crepairs%29&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684&_pgn=1&_sadis=50&_stpos=PO1%202LA&LH_PrefLoc=99&_fspt=1


Countrywide now:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycles-scooter-grip-runner-spares-or-repair/173639217293?hash=item286db4308d:g:9lkAAOSwP6pbr6BA:rk:48:pf:0
"Grip runner scooter saleing as spears or repairs as it dont run its missing the side caseing and its not got a battery and the throttle cable as snapped the plastics are scratched i have lost the logbook and i have for got the reg number so you will have to ring DVLA for it it has the keys in need of some tlc CASH ON COLLECTION"

£55, eBay, Sutton-in-Ashfield, though.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sukida-125-scooter-4-stroke-spares-repair-LS57MLL-No-V5-Eng-turns-No-seat-carb/362462113452?hash=item54646ceeac:g:dDAAAOSwCyFbQ2lQ:rk:35:pf:0 (Aberdeen)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorbike-Spares-or-repair/173609930473?hash=item286bf54ee9:g:63AAAOSwlKlbq-Ut:rk:42:pf:0 (London)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peogeot-Speedflight-2-50cc-Motorbike-Project-Spares-Or-Repairs/163366526892?hash=item2609675fac:g:-kAAAOSwELBb3gT~:rk:44:pf:0 (Guisborugh)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jinlun-125-Motorbike-Spares-or-Repair-It-was-running-8-months-ago/253982870821?hash=item3b228f0d25:g:dAsAAOSwtQNb7a35:rk:52:pf:0 (King's Lynn !)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016-TGB-Taiwan-Golden-Bee-Delivery-125cc-Scooter-125-Cc-Moped-Spares-Repairs/192725295303?hash=item2cdf52a0c7:g:lk8AAOSwMg5b7dAE:rk:54:pf:0 (Lancashier, buy it now)

Etc.....

[Ste]

"saleing as spears or repairs"

[P.]

[stevo as b4]

Good luck with finding such a bike. I enrolled on a bike maintenance course 15years ago, and they had a fair few big, small and random bikes to work on.

Watch out for reality though. A bike that's stripped every week in class and then hurriedly thrown back together at the end of the week ready for the next class is nothing like working on a real bike with real problems like seized fasteners, stuck spindles, corroded water pumps and acres of rust.

My issue with classroom bike maintenance is that because your not going to put stuff back together like new with gaskets, shims, oil seals replaced etc and your never going to road test it, you'll never know if it really works properly.

You can't diagnose random intermittent faults and issues in a classroom, and stuff like fueling or braking issues in a classroom either.

For that reason I'd say your better off buying a cheap old bike that you want to rebuild and fix for yourself and then use it, as you'll learn much more that way.

[pepperami]

[Riejufixing]

[P.]

[David Goulbourne]

[David Goulbourne]

[pepperami]

Just getting the engine running on a bike and getting the lights working will increase a bike’s value.

For sale (bike) engine runs lights work, no MOT £ xxx.
Or.
For sale (bike) nothing works £ xx
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[David Goulbourne]

[thx1138]

I got a CG125 for £100 took it apart, failed to put it back together again properly and sold it for £125.

[Ste]

I'd go for what Paddy is selling for £300 over that biketrader £200 bike any day.

Stick the reg of the biketrader one (OU61BHD) into https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/ to get an idea of what's needing work and there'll be a lot more that needs doing than what the MOT man found last year.

The seller has already spend £19.95 on that advert, buying it sounds like a bad idea.

[Riejufixing]

[Triton Thrasher]

I learnt mechanicking by trashing good bikes.
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[garth]

What's the bike Paddy?

I have an sv650 in need of a bit of work but unsure on OPs budget.
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[David Goulbourne]

[andym]

I've got a VFR750 you can have for £400

[McHattrick]

David
Have you tried Freecycle? It's a re-cycling site, where people post any old stuff they want rid of, and you can also post requests.
https://www.freecycle.org/browse/UK
Worth a punt. You might get lucky with somebody trying to clear out an old shed or garage.
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[David Goulbourne]