What would you do with this?

[The Artist]

https://i.imgur.com/UlPpjoB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/wFAGqH6.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/z73ULI9.jpg

Looking for ideas.

[Tungtvann]

Cafe.

[_Iain_]

Chop the can off, add knobblies & go play in the mud
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[The Artist]

It looks like an armchair on wheels and I want to keep it that way but I have some time to do it up. Might do strip to frame and rebuild but if I do that, may as well do something radical to it. Not sure what though.

[RhynoCZ]

Long tank, short/lower front end, hard 60's seat, low cafe bars, riders pegs move to the pillion's pegs position, open intake, open exhaust, turn the right fork so the caliper is headed off the engine to get sports look, keep us posted.

EDIT: OR, clean it up, do the TAX and MOT and sell it with profit.
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[Hetzer]

Burn it.
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[yampug]

[Shaft]

[Teflon-Mike]

For what it is, and what its worth as is....
What would I do with it?
I would do bog all with it!
Maybe scrub it up a bit to improve saleability to next newbie/commuter in the queue... other wise, leave the eff-alone.
It's a pretty uninspiring little machine, but they tend to be hardy and ecconomical, and reasonably practical. Rack & top-Box looks useful... all very sensible, low-cost learner/commuter fare.
Use as is, for what it is... or flog to some-one who can use as is for what is.

Want something 'special'? That's never going to be!

So start some-where else, with something that doesn't have inflated price tag by dint of being Japanese, and Learner-Legal.... something large and unloved, you can make loveable, or something Chinky, you cant possibly make LESS valuable butchering.

I mean... if the thing has tax and test, its worth £500 at least to some-one... that would buy you a Spares or Repairs CG-Clone and leave you three or four hundred quid to lavish on e-bay bling for the thing. OR, it would buy you something like a taxed, and tested, but ratty ZZR600, or CB500 or Zephy 550 or any number of bargain basement hacks, you can adapt, butcher, dress up or generally mugger with to your hearts content... that whatever you do to them.... will at least have the saving grace you can go something aproaching 'fast' if not actually rather very fast... AND in all like, cost less to insure!

So there you are... what would I do with it?... flog it ans start a project with summat more projectable!
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[SQL]

sell it to me for £200

[DrDonnyBrago]

Ride it to work over winter and sell it in summer to a bike-curious L plater.


I wouldn't waste my time/money doing anything other than making it road worthy, or parting it out if that isn't viable.

[nowhere.elysium]

In your case, try not to destroy it. If it can be used as a tool for you to acquire a license, then that'd also be a win.
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[331X2]

Seriously, fancy selling it? Would be a good bike for my Mrs at the right money...

[garth]

I'd probably just change the oil, air filter, spark plug, set the tappets, oil the chain and ride it through winter.

I seem to have become a bit OCD about servicing lately. I suppose that's what happens when you buy Chinese stuff.

[MattWadz]

https://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/yamaha-sr500-custom.jpg
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[Moxey]

I'd see if the front end would fit my RXS for that nice (albeit grubby looking) disc brake
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[The Artist]

[stevo as b4]

Watch the front brake on them! They have a mega powerful disc stopper for a 12bhp bike, and the one I rode on CBT, was a 2fingers max brake job, or you is going down!