a good/better project bike

yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

right, heres what i want, any suggestions;

a cheap bike to buy standard, possible a mid 80's early 90's commuter (kawasakis hold a special place for me by the way)

I want to strip the boy work down, and streetfighter it up, im looking at an initial budget of £250 macimum to buy the bike with. and thats is the engine and running gear is spot on alread, £100 max if i gotta get that sorted first.

preferably something with cheap spare bits available

any ideas?

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

While there are bikes out there for that sort of money you can bet that you are going to have to do a fair bit to get them running right for the sort of money your looking at. Most people will break a non runner and easily make a fair bit more than £100.

IMHO even if its running right other things can eat your money like the forks or rear suspension.

Best I've had is a GS550 '84 katana for £200 t&T for 8 months. Still got it after two winters and its running fine apart from drinking oil. It came completely covered in hammerite, forks without any oil left in them and more rust than chrome, and dodgy electrics.

The old suzuki's are a good place to start for a streetfighter. Even a GSXf can look pretty good.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

There is an NTV600 buried under a pile of junk at a breakers in Halifax , £400 , VGC , make a good project , except that its in great condition
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

RS in Halifax also has tons of cosmetically damaged bikes costly though , queens always has a few old bikes last one I saw there was a GPX1000 or something , typical rat black , stripped down to bare minimum, and was covered in bird crap , was £195 and came with 8 months tax to boot.
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