Since it was fixed I've never had a problem with hills or strong winds slowing the bike down. When you get it fixed up nice and close to new again it goes like a bat out of hell.įor an old bike that spent years in a storage container it now rides like it's new. I'll admit my first impression of this bike was way off. I changed the carburetor, brake lines, exhaust, throttle cable, cleaned the entire engine inside and out and updated some of the wiring.ĭrained the tank, engine and brake resevoir and cleaned them too.Īll in all I spent £550 total on bike and parts And spent about 40 hours overhauling it myself. Which for a person who knew nothing about bikes was a good learning experience. Then spent a long weekend taking it apart and installing the new parts. I spent about £400 on original parts, Some new and some used. The only good thing about it was the seat was comfortable.Īfter taking it to a mechanic and having him look it over thoroughly. It would start and ride but the engine would frequently cut out when slowing down, it couldn't handle hills and a strong headwind would have the speed drop significantly. When I bought this bike it was in a sorry state.
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