What 'project' for £100

[glade]

My g/f has just said she'll buy me a £100 ****ter of a bike to tinker with.

I'm thinking of some sort of 250cc crosser that i can get running, stick road tyres on and use for the winter. (I'd have a look myself but spooks is about to start)

Given a £100 budget what would you have??

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by glade

Given a £100 budget what would you have??

Lots of beer, a budget of a ton will buy you a grief of a bike*, the hangover/s will be less problematic.

*Not necessarily true, but far, far more common than the reverse.

Seems to me that the most likely thing to get that could be worth doing would be a crashed CBR6, though like the man says, you're more likely to get a lot of hassle.

bag of bolts



you might get a non-runner if you are willing to fix her up, but it will prob cost more to fix
at least £600 for half decent m0tor-x

i did plan on getting a honda c90 and travelling as far as i could one way on it i.e. across europe, russia, asia and russia and writing a book about it. but some scottish **** and some lardy da actor beat me to it on big bmw's.

[glade]

Originally Posted by Carsick

Seems to me that the most likely thing to get that could be worth doing would be a crashed CBR6, though like the man says, you're more likely to get a lot of hassle.

i'm sure you could come round and help carsick!!!

i think ebay might be the key here... in fairness i'm not expecting much and as an engineer i'd like to take the engine and completely strip it. Surely on single cylinder motorcross style bikes there are plenty of rebuild kits etc

the fun is in doing the work and playing with an engine!!

[Stingo]

Originally Posted by LondonLad

i did plan on getting a honda c90 and travelling as far as i could one way on it i.e. across europe, russia, asia and russia and writing a book about it. but some scottish **** and some lardy da actor beat me to it on big bmw's.

Sheer class!!

I dare say we'll spend the odd evening looking at it, both shaking our heads saying "Well, I didn't drop that bolt into the bore."

I suppose you have the advantage with a single that they're simple to work on.
I've got a gpz500 back home that needs new carbs and a new signal gen to run. Good winter hack, I just can't be arsed to get it back on the road.

Ive been watching ebay for a couple of months now for a winter hack, £100 isnt going to get you much, if anything. the CB250's are pretty cheap about £175-250. Ive still not got anything, im now looking at GPZ500 / K75's. still got a month or so to go till i dont want the SV out

[northwind]

That'd get you a GSXR wheel, you could work from there "Just needs a few parts love"