New owner, Southport

Hey i just got a t80 blind on eBay, got a nice 8/10 hour drive to pick it up tomorrow. Don't make my life easy

Welcome!
Some pics after you pick it up?

RuffStuff wrote:Hey i just got a t80 blind on eBay,  got a nice 8/10 hour drive to pick it up tomorrow. Don't make my life easy

Go on the train and ride it back

I thought about jumping a flight but after how bad the front brake is I'm glad I didn't.

Not sure why it's cut in half. Hopefully they show up properly on a pc, I'm only on a phone.




The gimp wasn't included

It's all there, mostly surface rust, everything works off the same key.
Brake bits ordered and its all legal now

You can renew it,it has potential.

It has a front brake now, just tail light to sort now.
It needs grease, everywhere, but that'll have to wait as only so much bitter cold I can take.

welcome Ruffstuff - the bike looks as if it has potential.

how far did you have to travel to get it. one tip i will give you if you have not ridden a old bike for some time REMEMBER to put side stand up befor you ride off

Bristol, it was an absolute nightmare of traffic jams and roadworks, almost 4 hours added to the round trip.
It was so bad I came back through Wales.

The bikes all there, now with a burst shock, new ones in the post. Bit of rust sorting, maybe a respray and get a screen made for it and its happy days.

Did a bit more to it. New shocks after popping one the other day, also took the fairing off as it was fouling, I'll sort  it when I can be bothered, somethings bent.
Can't believe how cold it was, I'll sort the air filter tomorrow

It looks very good, at least a lot better than mine before I rebuild it.

If you are not looking for a job you can let it as it is now, but if you are looking for a job it has enough for you.

I wish many easy-going routes

I'm working my way through any issues I turn up, it'll probably just get hammerite thrown at it.
I've had enough of fixing broken things so got something only a little bust

How are those new shocks? are the springs the correct strength?

I've not had a chance to ride it yet, the bounce test says a little stiffer but not much, they're also about a cm longer on lowest setting.
It was a link on here that pointed me to them.

That looks great though.

looks like you have got it ready to ride just as wimter arrives

Winter never stops me, been out loads