Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:39 pm
or this
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Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:40 pm
or this
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 1:26 am
I see fabio found the seat on the tank 
You will be pleased to know that these have to be one of the easiest bikes to strip down and work on. You could have that engine out and pile of bits on the floor in a day. With something like this it comes down to how much you are willing to spend considering the prices of a complete VTR. A nice blank canvas for a project though.
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You will be pleased to know that these have to be one of the easiest bikes to strip down and work on. You could have that engine out and pile of bits on the floor in a day. With something like this it comes down to how much you are willing to spend considering the prices of a complete VTR. A nice blank canvas for a project though.Welcome to the forum
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 7:19 am
;-)
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 7:57 am
That is kind of why i bought it it was cheap and it ran and i can do any thing to it , i am looking at race seats and then i can make the subframe to fit , what i don't want is a naff streetfighter look but something that looks like it came from the factoryVTRDark wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:26 am I see fabio found the seat on the tank
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Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 7:58 am
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 8:03 am
Once a turd always a turd...
You all know my opinion of 'fighters'...
Burn them all, burn them with fire lots of it !
Trouble is motojohn, throwing loads of cash at it will polish your turd but the more you strip that down the more horrors you'll find & the more ££££'s you'll have to spend...
Good luck...if it was me I'd brake it up & get me money back TBH.
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 9:27 am
you are right about chucking lots of money at it the first thing is a full service then the build will have a budget that will be quite tight and i have lots of spare parts in my workshop that can be made to fit
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 11:15 am
Same here with fighters....well, the majority of them. Unless they are done properly and to a high spec they are shite and simply cry out smashed up wreck of a bike that has been rebuilt.MacV2 wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 8:03 amOnce a turd always a turd...
You all know my opinion of 'fighters'...
Burn them all, burn them with fire lots of it !
Trouble is motojohn, throwing loads of cash at it will polish your turd but the more you strip that down the more horrors you'll find & the more ££££'s you'll have to spend...
Good luck...if it was me I'd brake it up & get me money back TBH.
The problem with this one is tht it's not even worht breaking, I mean, what's left of any value that there are not allready a dozen parts being sold on eBay. You'd struggle to sell what's left on that.
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:32 pm
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:03 pm
Reminds me off Harley engined roadsters before Buell, that had half-a chance of handling twisties.
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:59 pm
thanks for the bleak outlook but i think you are wrong , yes the bike is not worth breaking as the most popular parts on ebay are body work , but as im not going to put it back to standard its not a problem ,its a good project that will not cost me much to do as i can do most of the jobs myselfVTRDark wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 11:15 amSame here with fighters....well, the majority of them. Unless they are done properly and to a high spec they are shite and simply cry out smashed up wreck of a bike that has been rebuilt.MacV2 wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 8:03 amOnce a turd always a turd...
You all know my opinion of 'fighters'...
Burn them all, burn them with fire lots of it !
Trouble is motojohn, throwing loads of cash at it will polish your turd but the more you strip that down the more horrors you'll find & the more ££££'s you'll have to spend...
Good luck...if it was me I'd brake it up & get me money back TBH.
The problem with this one is tht it's not even worht breaking, I mean, what's left of any value that there are not allready a dozen parts being sold on eBay. You'd struggle to sell what's left on that.
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 4:30 pm
Exacty...not worth breaking you have a good canvas to do something good with there. 
Love that silver one with Red seat freeridenick has posted. Reminds me of a 1200 Thruxton.
Love that silver one with Red seat freeridenick has posted. Reminds me of a 1200 Thruxton.
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 4:35 pm
Fun bit for customisers of naked VTRs is finding a hiding place for the radiators so its V-twinnyness can be appreciated even on a hot day...
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 10:36 pm