I should have known better than to buy an ex cow cockies bike but I guess its a learning curve.
Scored at reasonable price a totally original 73 TC125 for my partner to learn on with the intention of road registering it so she can maybe go to work or atleast round the shops or a legal forest ride.
Everything is there and a quick check of the barrel showed the mileage(less than 5000) to be correct as it is on the original piston and stuff all lip and minimal scoring on exhaust and all the bolts looked untouched. the cases are unscratched and even the original bars are straight.
She ran reasonably quiet but gearbox oil was being sucked in so thought it a good time to do all the seals.
How the hell do gears, shafts, forks and needles get so damn worn with so little mileage is beyond me. In short the box is not an economic repair. I think the Loch Ness Monster may have had a nest in there for awhile.
in short guys I'm after a reasonable condition bottom end for a TC preferably or a TS125 or even a complete motor.
cheers
pokey