First Project Bike

[l_jones]

Hi everyone

As you can probably tell by the title, I am looking for my first project bike! I've only been riding since June '15 and I've not had much experience with the spanners on a bike. I am however, currently in a mechanical apprenticeship, so I do have a wide range of mechanical skills. I'm looking for something that I can potentially work on whilst I wait to do my 'A' licence which is around a year and a half away so I have plenty of time! My budget is probably in the range of £1000-£1500.

Any help/guidance will be very much appreciated!

Luke

[davethekwak]

My first piece of advice would be make sure the project you get is a bike you want to own once you get your A licence. Nothing worse then spending umpteen hours working on a bike then not like it when your done.
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ZX6R G2 (1999) & ZX6R F2 (1996). I like ZX6!

[Rogerborg]

Uh... what do you want to do with it?

Butcher it into another god-awful cafe-racer? (95% complete, just needs...)

Fix up a broken one? (please leave it stock)

Strip down a working one and rebuild it?
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GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[l_jones]

[davethekwak]

[Baggyman]

[chickenstrip]

[P.]

Find an SV650.

Strip it, build it. Track day it.