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[Shaft]

[Rogerborg]

[NutsyUk]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

...and the tank hasn't been severely dented by the handle bars when they hit the deck, nor has said tank been blown out, filled, sanded and resprayed with paint that's not resistant to petrol...

Seriously though - the bike probably HAS been down the road, it probably HAS had some half-hearted attempts made to tart it up enough to sell on, and it probably HAS cost nearly twice as much as it should've.

Does that mean you can't make an okay bike out of it, that will be safe to ride etc. etc.? No of course not. You probably will. Only question is how much time, money and effort that's going to take. Just don't get too deep into denial about it.
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[wr6133]

It looks like a hard worked commuter. Maintained on a budget of feck all, crashed one or more times and repaired on a budget of feck all.

Do yourself a favour though and buy a set of used forks/stanchions. Your half arsed bodge ideas will end up costing just as much when you have to keep replacing seals before you finally admit defeat and end up replacing the stanchions anyway.

[NutsyUk]

[johnsmith222]

[quote="NutsyUk"]

[Islander]

[MarJay]

[NutsyUk]

[Ste]

You couldn't haggle but they lowered the price by more than 25% without you asking?

To drop the bike hard with enough force to bend the bars isn't going to happen without crashing the bike.

The tank and fairings don't matter at all right now, there's plenty which needs doing before you even think about tidying up the paint work.

[NutsyUk]

[Rogerborg]

Tell us that it's low mileage. Please, we need something.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Chain seems neither too slack nor too tight...

That's all I got. : - |
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[NutsyUk]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[MarJay]

[NutsyUk]

Well........

Not done the forks just yet. We got a front stand and I've made a peg that would fit my steering column, waiting for the parts to set. Ill be working on them tomorrow...

Today the replacement brake discs turned up... And they look great and straight... will fit them to the wheel while im doing the forks...
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Yamaha FZ8/Fazer800 (split headlight one) 2014, gingerly getting used to the massive increase in HP and not killing myself in the process! That was easy to get used to.
Kawasaki ER6F 2007 650 Gonna sell as a project bike!
Lexmoto XTR S 125 Sold!

[MarJay]

[NutsyUk]

[NutsyUk]

Little update, good news and bad news.........

Good news, The socket i fabbed together for the front stand works and the bikes happily lifted. Brake calipers are off (that wasnt easy pulling them off, they were binding and the ware on the old discs was that bad) And final bit of good news. The bearings on the front are perfectly fine. Free moving and no side wiggle... So yeah all that stiffness was just brakes binding.

Bad news................

Ive lost my 12mm alan key So it seems for now I cant actually get the wheel off.

Will keep searching but might have to order a new bit. So close... Soo sooo close to finally getting this done.
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Yamaha FZ8/Fazer800 (split headlight one) 2014, gingerly getting used to the massive increase in HP and not killing myself in the process! That was easy to get used to.
Kawasaki ER6F 2007 650 Gonna sell as a project bike!
Lexmoto XTR S 125 Sold!

[wots]

[Rogerborg]

And I'd be putting PlusGas in there now. Not into the bearing, just into whatever nuttybolts are holding the axle in place.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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

[NutsyUk]

[redeem ouzzer]