BIKE (UK)

Shedtastic 2

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I have just been reading about the project bikes in the March issue. I bought a Yamaha TY125 with the intention of teaching my (then) young children to ride motorcycle­s – they are now 28 and 30 but it still isn’t finished. I guess that I’ve had it well over 20 years. Is this a record?

It was the archetypal basket case when I bought it, just a rusty pile of bike bits and bobs that smelled of turpentine and showed evidence of having been on fire.

The resto got off to a reasonable start – I repaired the rusty frame and had it powder coated, rebuilt the engine, sealed the leaking fuel tank and sourced some less rusty fork stanchions. The exhaust was in surprising­ly good condition so I painted that and pretty soon it began to look like a proper and rideable bike. And that is how it stayed for a few years while I sourced a replacemen­t carburetto­r and seat base. Not a mountain to climb.

I eventually got it running in 2019 but it still isn’t finished. I only need to fill the gearbox with oil and fit the bash guard so I don’t know why it isn’t done. The photo is from August 2015, the first time I had the bike on its wheels and out of the garage.

Mike Brown, email

 ??  ?? Below: Mike’s TY125. Possibly the longest running project in history. Unless you know better…
Below: Mike’s TY125. Possibly the longest running project in history. Unless you know better…

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