help me scratch this itch...

rubyhorse2 · Traffic Copper Joined: 03 Mar 2015 Karma :

i has got me an itch...

i'm after a brat style bike (dont ask why) or maybe a road scrambler style thing, kind of a project to mess about with but i need it running.

Seen this, honest thoughts?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252512714582?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

i dont want to spend a fortune really, def under a grand for a running bike.

something i can tinker with over winter etc

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

It's got electrics, a long MOT, and lots of new bits. You could do a lot, lot worse buying a custom-flat-bob-track-cafe bike off of eBay.

InB4 "shitting frog", mind.

I wonder if the reserve is nuttier than a squirrel's pension pot.
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Handle bars are in an awful position, low and pointing up and back, it'll fuck your wrists I reckon.

The rear seat unit is comically bad. The rear brake light switch looks gash too.

All things that are fixable mind.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

No rear mudguard so it'll soon be fucked by dust and shite being flung up into the carb, if it isn't already.

In fairness, it looks very like a K-series CB250 race bike the way it's been done.

If you buy it, paint it red and put the winged HM logo on the tank. Consider fitting a silver rickman fairing (and a rear mudguard, and rearsets).

https://thecrankcase.com/files/hockenheim_classics_2013_pt2/Honda_CB250_2_Classic_bike_motorcycles_tours_Hockenheim.jpg

https://poly26.com/carenage-moto-tuning-tetes-de-fourche-tete-retro-rickman-replica_18-388.html
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rubyhorse2 · Traffic Copper Joined: 03 Mar 2015 Karma :

cheers all, going to hang fire and keep looking. i do want something i can 'improve' so dont mind a bit of work, as long as its a running bike.

If anyone has any spare time and likes looking for shite, then link me some options Smile

no idea why i want something like this, i just have the urge..either this or an old Dnepr or Ural military bike Embarassed