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I thought mine was tatty...

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matthewmosse:
I geuss it was worth a shot at doorstep close, I was 60 miles away but these roads are slow moving in a car. I recently bought 3 howard gem rotorvators from just outside Carmarthen.

haynes66:
had a quick inspection of the wreck last night and i can confirm that the frame is paper thin on one side, so that's being binned. engine wise, it turns over on the kickstart and the oil is just black, so there might be some hope for that. but we'll see.

matthewmosse:
Don't nesisarrily bin the frame based on rust, I assume the rear subframe is the worst bit and footpeg hangar. If you have or can get paperwork - eg logbook and intend to build a cafe racer then it is probably perfectly fixable. I have a thread somewhere on this forum detailing my fix of a well rotted cb500 sub frame. A job I have done twice now, on first 1 side then the other of my 500/4. It pulls a sidecar and did over 100000 miles after I did the first repair so strength of repair should be fine. On mine I even retained the original frame lines as I kept the bike stock, easier to modify for a cafe racer. I also know of two proffesional frame builders who might well be able to and willing to fix it, one near Aberystwyth and another in Bishops castle.

Bullit:
If it's only rotten at the rear then would be ideal for someone wanting to do a bobber conversion as all that would get cut off anyway

haynes66:
sadly, its rusted through around the right hand engine mount and footpeg area which would mean replacing tubes and so on. i'll be looking at the engine in the next month to see if its salvageable, which would then determine what i do next. no rush though, plenty to do in the meantime. :)

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