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Ok not sure if this will work but here goes, been years since i posted a thread up on a machine..
Aquired this about 3 months ago from a local chap and his wife, had been sat in a shed on their property since 1985.
Found it purely by chance after being there to do some work and mentioning I had a love of motorbikes and classic machinery. He offered to show me some old stuff he had ferreted away and amongst it I spotted this little honda twin , didnt really give it much more thought till I realised it was a 125 and therefor ridable on a CBT by me. I jokingly said that I wouldnt mind that ! and we got on with our days, few months later got a message from the chaps wife asking if my offer had been genuine as it seemed such a shame for it to be sat there going to waste.
At first sight (probably should have run a mile)
Tyres were flat and perished badly, the centre stand didnt work and was missing most of its foot on one side.
Dragged it back to work and after blowing up the tyres so it would roll I hit it with the power washer to see just how bad it was. Seat had rotted completely away and simply fell off. tank had no mounts of any sort and was just sat on bike
offside still wearing its farm dust
nearside after a blast
sat back inside and dried off with airline , seat and tank sat back on temporarily
First impressions were of a sound if not "ratty" bike, the spokes in the wheels were poor but still had a healthy ring to them, the stand was siezed on its pivot and missing one side, the front and rear mudguards were rust free, as was the frame, it had the wrong headlight, seat and bars, evidence of an accident on the tank on the right hand side of it and no indicators. It did however have paperwork and showed up on the DVLA system. I had no keys for it but knew of a man in southampton who was a whizz with keys, and had also found a good friend on facebook who is an amazing lady with four of these bikes !! and a mountain of knowledge.
Engine was oil free and still turned but with no compression to speak of (fingers in plug holes and nothing
)
hand painted tank badges in red (they are staying red) and the damage
what I think is a benly headlight? could be wrong
tried a little go with an airpowered minimop on the hand painted blackness
more to follow as i find the photos
Aquired this about 3 months ago from a local chap and his wife, had been sat in a shed on their property since 1985.
Found it purely by chance after being there to do some work and mentioning I had a love of motorbikes and classic machinery. He offered to show me some old stuff he had ferreted away and amongst it I spotted this little honda twin , didnt really give it much more thought till I realised it was a 125 and therefor ridable on a CBT by me. I jokingly said that I wouldnt mind that ! and we got on with our days, few months later got a message from the chaps wife asking if my offer had been genuine as it seemed such a shame for it to be sat there going to waste.
At first sight (probably should have run a mile)

Tyres were flat and perished badly, the centre stand didnt work and was missing most of its foot on one side.
Dragged it back to work and after blowing up the tyres so it would roll I hit it with the power washer to see just how bad it was. Seat had rotted completely away and simply fell off. tank had no mounts of any sort and was just sat on bike
offside still wearing its farm dust

nearside after a blast

sat back inside and dried off with airline , seat and tank sat back on temporarily

First impressions were of a sound if not "ratty" bike, the spokes in the wheels were poor but still had a healthy ring to them, the stand was siezed on its pivot and missing one side, the front and rear mudguards were rust free, as was the frame, it had the wrong headlight, seat and bars, evidence of an accident on the tank on the right hand side of it and no indicators. It did however have paperwork and showed up on the DVLA system. I had no keys for it but knew of a man in southampton who was a whizz with keys, and had also found a good friend on facebook who is an amazing lady with four of these bikes !! and a mountain of knowledge.
Engine was oil free and still turned but with no compression to speak of (fingers in plug holes and nothing

hand painted tank badges in red (they are staying red) and the damage

what I think is a benly headlight? could be wrong

tried a little go with an airpowered minimop on the hand painted blackness


more to follow as i find the photos