Just bought a new project

[andym]

Actual pictures to follow when it's daylight, but it should look a bit like this:
https://www.motot.net/talli/kuvat/a/2/11359/330102_full.jpg

But probably looks in closer condition to this:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/111/294909173_448e7c1e3e_z.jpg?zz=1

Anyway, it's a Skyteam st150, cost 100 ponds and needs (so far):
Full fairing
Seat
Front M/C
Rear M/C (possibly just needs work)
Gear lever straightened
Side stand spring
Exhaust repaired
Air filter

The plan is to rip all the parts out/off that it doesn't need then use it for getting extremely muddy on my days off.

Will post more tomorrow

[Rogerborg]

Are you going full #BahkLayf on us?
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[pepperami]

Oh no's you've gone and bought a Chinese bike . Everybody will laugh at you at tell you how shit it is and how you should have bought old Japanese .

Is it a runner?
CMPO on teh net for spares
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[Polarbear]

If it needs all those bits it must be pretty shit Chinese or not.
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[secretagentmo...]

You will find that as far as spares go it will be cheaper to buy a second 150 and use the parts from that....

[Tracer1234]

Following very much with interest. Tempted to do a project similar.
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[linuxyeti]

[andym]

So now that it's daylight (with gale force winds around the lockups), I decided to have another look at the bike.
https://imgur.com/5dLoGJI.jpg
https://imgur.com/rwkGdTC.jpg

Lots of surface rust as expected.
Right pig to start, but I'm not used to kick starting bikes anyway.... and it does help when you turn the fuel tap on
The carb is leaking fuel, the rubber leading to the engine is cracked.
The front M/C definitely needs replaces, the rear has seized but hopefully is salvageable.
There wasn't a drop of oil in the engine, but not sure if that was just drained for transport.
Engine popping occasionally (putting that down to the carb issue).
Chain seems salvageable.
Wheels and steering turn without any stiffness or notches
Kill switch isn't working, but the wiring is in such a mess I'm not surprised.
Exhaust leaking around the silencer

So the plan is to spend as little as possible fixing it, bodge as much as I can to get it running properly, find a seat and mud guards then just leave the rest of the fairings (to aid cooling obviously).... and start a proper project thread

[SophR so good]

Dibs on taking it round the track next bbq after you've ridden the poor little sod 300 miles down the motorway
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[Tracer1234]

Looks ummmm, like it has potential. What budget have you got for it?
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[pepperami]

You stated that there was no oil in it and it's a pig to start?

Worn/oil starved crank?
Worn/oil starved cam & valves?

Fingers crossed it's not
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[Shinigami]

where's the bike? all i see is a wheelbarrow

in all seriousness though, hope it goes well
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[stevo as b4]

Erm, your definitely going to want a spares bike as said if it needs as much as it looks like it does. Are these a road legal bike when complete?

If you can get it back together and working properly, it'll probably make an ok off roader for messing around on and practising your off road skills. If your going to use it hard, I'd definitely want that spares bike to raid for bits as and when you break things.

Oh and thanks for making me feel much better about my old grotty KMX 200 project, that's going to become my scruffy off roader, once I get it all thrown back together again.

[andym]