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Hello, please see my "into" thread if youre interested in what im about.
Well a few weeks ago I picked up a new project in addition to the too many I already have going on. its a mix of parts between 69-71 somewhere between a bonneville & a trophy. no title & pretty much a basketcase but has a decent looking motor without any electricals. the motor turns but i have no idea what the inners look like yet. its a 70 trophy frame with a welded bolt on hardtail. i got it from a friend for $650 which seemed like a deal since he threw in an extra oil in frame to sell and a jap fork & front wheel in addition to the ugly, way too long chopper tubed 71 triumph fork thats on the bike. its got 71 conical wheels, a 71 tank thats in great shape, he also threw in a set of drag bars in addition to the mini ape hangars and a brand new seat. so i get this heap home & start tearing it down so i can see what i got myself into since i bought it on the fly since so many other people were bugging him for it. i find that both wheels are badly dented & the rims need to be replaced. no biggie, im condifent that i can lace the hubs up to "round" rims (which i scored from another friend, very cheap), needs all the electricals, needs stock front end, the motor needs to be gone over since it hasnt run in years, needs tires, blah blah blah. so this is what i wanted - a project bike. i love building my own stuff. i didnt want one that was already complete. i like to do it my way. so this seemed like a decent price for what i wanted. well the past 2 weeks ive been into this thing hardcore. i stripped it down to the frame, i already ordered new tires, tubes & some other random parts. i polished up the new rims i will be lacing over and today i started working on the frame. this is where the wind was taken from my sails. i was busy cutting off all the random goofy stuff that was welded onto the frame by the few previous owners and was hoping to fill a bunch of the holes that were drilled in it too. well i flipped the frame over to find that the right lower tube of the hardtail is broken completely apart. whatever put the huge dent in the rear wheel also broke the frame in the process. now, the wheels were one thing - i can deal with that. the motor, i expected it needed to be torn down. the fork absolutely needed to be thrown away and replaced with a stock length or shorter one. but now im looking at replacing the frame. this wasnt supposed to be a huge project, it was just going to be a side piece while its too cold to work on the car. im really bummed about the busted frame. ive been super stoked about the project since ive got it. its all i talk about & i do nothing but search for parts & read about the old bikes to become familiar with whats what. now i dont know what i should do. should i bail & just part everything out? should i stick it out & try to fix the broken & bent frame? i may be looking at major motorwork too, ill find out next week. its just turning out to be way more that i had bargained for & im bummed. what do you guys think i should do?
Well a few weeks ago I picked up a new project in addition to the too many I already have going on. its a mix of parts between 69-71 somewhere between a bonneville & a trophy. no title & pretty much a basketcase but has a decent looking motor without any electricals. the motor turns but i have no idea what the inners look like yet. its a 70 trophy frame with a welded bolt on hardtail. i got it from a friend for $650 which seemed like a deal since he threw in an extra oil in frame to sell and a jap fork & front wheel in addition to the ugly, way too long chopper tubed 71 triumph fork thats on the bike. its got 71 conical wheels, a 71 tank thats in great shape, he also threw in a set of drag bars in addition to the mini ape hangars and a brand new seat. so i get this heap home & start tearing it down so i can see what i got myself into since i bought it on the fly since so many other people were bugging him for it. i find that both wheels are badly dented & the rims need to be replaced. no biggie, im condifent that i can lace the hubs up to "round" rims (which i scored from another friend, very cheap), needs all the electricals, needs stock front end, the motor needs to be gone over since it hasnt run in years, needs tires, blah blah blah. so this is what i wanted - a project bike. i love building my own stuff. i didnt want one that was already complete. i like to do it my way. so this seemed like a decent price for what i wanted. well the past 2 weeks ive been into this thing hardcore. i stripped it down to the frame, i already ordered new tires, tubes & some other random parts. i polished up the new rims i will be lacing over and today i started working on the frame. this is where the wind was taken from my sails. i was busy cutting off all the random goofy stuff that was welded onto the frame by the few previous owners and was hoping to fill a bunch of the holes that were drilled in it too. well i flipped the frame over to find that the right lower tube of the hardtail is broken completely apart. whatever put the huge dent in the rear wheel also broke the frame in the process. now, the wheels were one thing - i can deal with that. the motor, i expected it needed to be torn down. the fork absolutely needed to be thrown away and replaced with a stock length or shorter one. but now im looking at replacing the frame. this wasnt supposed to be a huge project, it was just going to be a side piece while its too cold to work on the car. im really bummed about the busted frame. ive been super stoked about the project since ive got it. its all i talk about & i do nothing but search for parts & read about the old bikes to become familiar with whats what. now i dont know what i should do. should i bail & just part everything out? should i stick it out & try to fix the broken & bent frame? i may be looking at major motorwork too, ill find out next week. its just turning out to be way more that i had bargained for & im bummed. what do you guys think i should do?
