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@BrickMan
Just bargained a little scooter thing (100cc/4s), not quite the KLR650 I was looking for but it was pretty much free! I just had to spend an evening free'ing it from the underground parking garage its been locked in for the past 3.5 years. Ground through a £££ Abus lock (so will defo be buying that lock as a replacement as took a solid 15 minutes of a 6" angle grinder on it) then took out the rotten and vandalised ignition and seat lock, put a new battery in it, pumped up the tyres and it ran just about alright.
Pushed it over to garage stuck in a tank of fresh fuel and after a few minutes was running very well. Well, as well as an 8 year old italian thing thats been left in a carpark for 3.5 years can run.
Needs rear shock (pitted stanchion + no damping action), ignition barrel, all fluids replaced, rake out the filters and cleaned up. Only has 4k on it and generally immaculate. Came with a free helmet that fits me (bought in 2010) and some new (in 2010, still in packaging) Oakley leather gloves, decent top box (also new in 2010) and rack (givi?) score!
Plan is to use it get some adventure touring done on a wholly inappropriate bike (scooters aren't really bikes, but fun maybe?) around west coast of Scotland next month after done my dissertation (the carrot I need to finish this mutha). Then sell it and use the profit to buy an actual bike, that i'll then never use...