This bike was imported from the USA along with my Hindall DT1. I bought the bike from a bloke via Marks Swapmeet as a fixer-upper to tidy up and resell. Well, I've had a chance to have a quick look at the bike and it's a pretty decent core bike, much nicer than I'd anticipated. It appears to have been raced in recent times and has undergone a rattle can resto that doesn't look too bad in photos or from 10ft away.
The wheels are in good nick with almost all of the spokes being rust free, the tyres are almost new Trackmasters. The sprockets are new and the chain is AOK. The forks are in perfect condition and are fitted with Goki air caps The handlebars are straight and there's a Swedish Gunnar Gasser fitted. The shocks are Mullholland and appear to be working just fine. The tank is straight, the fenders and side panels are good and supple with no obvious splits or cracks and the seat base and upholstery are in good condition. The pipe is a stocker and appears to be ding free-there's no muffler fitted.
That's the good stuff.....the bad stuff is that the engine appears to have very little compression and I'd factor in the motor needing a complete rebuild. The carby is in a box that accompanied the bike, along with half a dozen ignitions and a spare set of wheels. I want to keep the ignitions and the spare wheels but the bike is for sale. I had intended to sell it as a goer but due to time and space constraints I'd now prefer to sell the bike as is. The plans I had to make a quid on the bike are now gone. I just want to clear it for what it owes me....around $1500. Potential buyers are welcome to give it as good an inspection as they're capable of. If it doesn't sell here, I may keep it and restore it back to original nick a year or so down the road....it's certainly a good enough starter for such a project.
