Hi all, came across the site a few weeks ago, thought it might be a good idea to join in. I'm 64 years old, got my bike licence around 1963-4 time and have had all manner of bikes over the years. Recently bought myself, for not much money, a basket-case Superdream 250 which originally was going to just be turned into a runner, and a ride-to-work machine, but is rapidly turning into a full-on restoration.
I bought it off a young lad, an apprentice motor mechanic at a Peugeot dealership, who wanted it for much the same reasons I bought it for. The work required was a little too demanding for his skills and after 12 months he sold it to me. Everything I have stripped and examined has been defective/missing parts/full of gunge or inoperative for any amount of reasons. In spite of all that, I have really enjoyed getting stuck into it and am looking forward to making the proverbial silk purse out of a sows ear! My first trade was as a vehicle mechanic, by the way, although I suspect my apprenticeship was a little different from today's model.............That's not a criticism, there weren't the computers or the complexity back in the sixties.
