So yea I bought a quad and now trying to decide what to do with it. My original plan was to do a no-fucks-given burnout reverse trike out of this to hoon around the SMASH fighter festival next summer, BUT as I realized upon pickup, this thing has a valid street registration, albeit the inspection has run cold a long time ago.
The reason I got this quad for peanuts is that it has suffered some fire damage due to a flooding carb conveniently positioned right next to the exhaust. It`s not extensive almost only concentrating on the electrics but should keep me busy for a couple nights to rebuild the main harness (or get a new one) But why oh why did they paint the engine green...
Oh, I managed to find the model shield, this quadbike is as I suspected a "Chongqing Astronautic Bashan Motorcycle Manufacturing Ltd" model BS200s-7 from the year 2002.
The CDi is totally fried but as far as I can tell all other damage is wiring only so shouldn`t get too expensive to fix. There`s of course an arm`s length worth of list of other stuff to swap including but not limited to the chain/sprocket combo, at least one ball joint up front, all fluids etc. I should have one battery still in decent enough condition to use in this.
The rear frame loop is bolted on so not considered a part of the frame = ditchable!
So what I`m thinking is:
OPTION 1: Quick tidy-up, flip and turn a profit
Pros: shouldn`t take TOO long, possible chance to profit, open to do sth else afterwards
Cons: Eats build time/motivation of the sth else, profit margin slim so would have to keep an extremely tight budget
OPTION 2: Full ground-up custom rebuild with possibly custom self made alu sheet fairings
Pros: To own a unique street legal quad, have a proper long-term project
Cons: Might get costly, insurances are sky high, it`s only a 200cc so not a whole lot of umph, no SMASH hoontrike.
OPTION 3: give zero fucks, return plates, trike it.
Pros: To have a project with zero limitations, do whatever the fuck you please, have an absolute blast at SMASH
Cons: Expected lifetime/use of finished product from Friday evening to Sunday morning with very little use after that. No hope of getting it re-plated after that due to extensive frame modifications.
As a side note I could always either have two sections of metal pipe cut that will fit over the rear tires, or have spacers made to temporarily fit car tires and rims at back.
Taking into account the last statement I`m personally heavily leaning towards option number 2. What do you think?