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Hi Guys & Girls,
Im Jason, 39 and feeling pretty hopeless and depressed at the moment...hope this is the right forum??? Lol
Well, been riding for a few years, but following redundancy just before xmas, I had to sell my 'normal' bike to pay bills etc and this left me without a bike for a few months which was awful.
Well this changed two weeks ago when I came across a Moto Guzzi nevada 750 (1995). Initially I was weary because of the age but the engine was as sweet as a nut so i took a chance. me being a dreamer thought i could do something with that, spend 12 months and rebuild it lah lah lah and so on.
Now the wife has started nagging me as I dont have any transport and she is fed up driving me around so.....I stripped the bike yesterday, just with the intention of giving it a basic service, now bearing in mind I don't normally even change a light bulb, once again I bit off more than I could chew.
Anyways....now the bike is in bits in the driveway, to be honest there is just too much to do to get it looking like a decent bike again, besides I don't have a workshop and the correct tools to start pulling things off and polishing them...so I have whacked a coat of engine paint on it as the previous owner had done the same but it was starting to wear off. I have changed the handle bars for some straights instead of pretend chopper ones that were on it before, now I have kinda lost direction and inspiration......and ideas.
Im going to have to spray the gurads and tank etc with a can but I need to do more to it...just don't know what I can do. I have a limited budget of about £200 but a fair bit of free time so will do all I can myself.
Can you kind people have alook and chuck me many many cheap ideas if thats possible?
HERE'S HOPING........
Regards
Jason
Im Jason, 39 and feeling pretty hopeless and depressed at the moment...hope this is the right forum??? Lol
Well, been riding for a few years, but following redundancy just before xmas, I had to sell my 'normal' bike to pay bills etc and this left me without a bike for a few months which was awful.
Well this changed two weeks ago when I came across a Moto Guzzi nevada 750 (1995). Initially I was weary because of the age but the engine was as sweet as a nut so i took a chance. me being a dreamer thought i could do something with that, spend 12 months and rebuild it lah lah lah and so on.
Now the wife has started nagging me as I dont have any transport and she is fed up driving me around so.....I stripped the bike yesterday, just with the intention of giving it a basic service, now bearing in mind I don't normally even change a light bulb, once again I bit off more than I could chew.
Anyways....now the bike is in bits in the driveway, to be honest there is just too much to do to get it looking like a decent bike again, besides I don't have a workshop and the correct tools to start pulling things off and polishing them...so I have whacked a coat of engine paint on it as the previous owner had done the same but it was starting to wear off. I have changed the handle bars for some straights instead of pretend chopper ones that were on it before, now I have kinda lost direction and inspiration......and ideas.
Im going to have to spray the gurads and tank etc with a can but I need to do more to it...just don't know what I can do. I have a limited budget of about £200 but a fair bit of free time so will do all I can myself.
Can you kind people have alook and chuck me many many cheap ideas if thats possible?
HERE'S HOPING........
Regards
Jason
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