The donor

A blind purchase from ebay - where else! It fitted the brief. Lightweight, cheap and with almost endless possibilities.

These were the original ebay listing photo's
Would you have clicked "Place Bid"?
Sadly, it lived up to my expectations - a pile of crap! The vendor's listing was pretty much spot on, so no complaints, but just once, once I'd love to find something that would live up to my hopes not my expectations.













Bit's missing, bit's broken, bit's butchered. Rust, rot, crud and grime!

I'm sure it can be saved though - and without throwing huge sum's of money at it, but I really wish it had working lights (I didn't think that one through enough)


update 13.08.2011

A few additional photo's of the stripped chassis.



There was evidence of a repair - looked like a crack, but appears solid.
Fork tubes are useless. Replacements found on ebay