Stolen, Burnt, Resurrected

garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

A good mate of mines cub got nabbed about 3 weeks ago. It was one of the six that we did the road trip on in the summer, unfortunately the nicest of the lot. Crying or Very sad

Was stolen from outside his house and ragged round a field before being torched.

It wasn't in a good way when we went to pick it up. The van still stinks of burnt out rubber.

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Anyway, got it back to my house and power washed it off and ripped it apart.

The wiring loom, headlight, front plastics, battery, both tyres, battery, coil, speedo, headlight, brake and throttle cables, carb, front of the seat and other niggly bits were all buggered and had to be replaced. The legshields were (well, some still is) melted all over the engine.

One of the main pain in the arse things to do was rewiring the stator plate, but we did it okay. Just re soldered and staggered the joins.

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Starting to take shape now, wish s/h faded plastics.

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And as it stands now, a fair amount of work gone into it, all because of some thieving scumbag pikeys.

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With the new loom, some fresh oil and a secondhand carb and fuel line, it went second kick. Thumbs Up

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DrDonnyBrago · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Karma :

HAHA it will take more than some pikey scum bags to kill a C90!

I'm glad you rescued/restored it, it would have been a shame to let it die.

That_Hornet · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Karma :

TBH, surprised it didn't start when you found it. Wink

OssY · Nearly there... Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Karma :

Hi-lux of the bike world...

Swim41 · Trackday Trickster Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Karma :

Glad to see that you saved it, good work! Thumbs Up

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locked · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 22 Oct 2009 Karma :

glad you saved it, nice work Thumbs Up

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crowe · Trackday Trickster Joined: 03 Feb 2009 Karma :

I hope you lock it up better than the last one, it would be a shame to have to stolen again Sad

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ws4936 · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Sep 2009 Karma :

Bastards!

They took my CG but dropped/rested it against a wall half way down the street as they couldn't break the steering lock, no doubt would have ended up like this bike if they could.

Good job Garth! Thumbs Up

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sniff6 · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Apr 2010 Karma :

Done a nice job there lads,Get a cheap bike alarm for it Thumbs Up

pepperami · Super Spammer Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Karma :

ten out of ten for bringing it back from the brink of death Thumbs Up

Now ride out, find them, and run them over with it Smile

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aliengravy · L Plate Warrior Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Karma :

Thank you for saving another one Smile

AG from c90club.co.uk

Freaky_1 · Nova Slayer Joined: 12 May 2010 Karma :

waffles · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Karma :

The C90 road trip thread was one of the first ones that I read on here before I joined, that looked hella fun.

Glad to hear it has been revived!
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