matty
Border raider.
Just came back from viewing a Derelict Project 1993 Suzuki VS800, Its been sat around a Car spray shop for nearly 7 years. its covered in dust and lots of it are missing or in boxes. its got carbs exhausts and it did bang away with a little help from some ether, but it stopped once i stopped spraying.
Not esspecialy wanting to run it on ether very long, i am as sure as i can be (And Seller is genune lad i know a little about and he said it ran fine) engine will be ok.
Its a propper dirty filthy mess, but not rusty as such, was brought in as a Insurance buy back after a Attempted theft and subsequent Chopper project build that got abandoned at the paint shop, storage fees and Previous owner having different work done by the shop, had this bike owned by the propriotor and his idea of a chopper/ bobber build never came to fruition. and I was told about it by the chaps wife who used to work with my wife at the school.
So, here we are yet again another unloved heap and Gulible Matty , on the hook yet again for more work and heartache.
I am always up for a challenge, and i like saving worthless crap from being stripped for parts if i can, guess its an old fashioned attitude to have in this affluent stricktly monetary day and age, but i am old fashioned right enough.
Bike is less than the vallue of the sum of its parts, so getting out of it wont leave me financially embarrassed in any way, so i am game for a try.
What this thread is about is advice if you can give me any please. What are the 800 intruders like generally,. and what can i expect to find wrong with one of these things quite often if it indeed is a lemon?.
Carbs might potentialy be a mess and i am thinking might be a challenge getting parts for, and i am quite prepared for an allternative carb install if nessasary. I am thinking going down the stripped down minimalist bobber chopper route and although not usualy a cruiser sort of chap, i took on an En500 Kawasaki i bobed some years ago now and i love it. So kind of looking forward to this in a cautious sort of way.
Any input on these bikes generaly greatfcully recieved.
Not esspecialy wanting to run it on ether very long, i am as sure as i can be (And Seller is genune lad i know a little about and he said it ran fine) engine will be ok.
Its a propper dirty filthy mess, but not rusty as such, was brought in as a Insurance buy back after a Attempted theft and subsequent Chopper project build that got abandoned at the paint shop, storage fees and Previous owner having different work done by the shop, had this bike owned by the propriotor and his idea of a chopper/ bobber build never came to fruition. and I was told about it by the chaps wife who used to work with my wife at the school.
So, here we are yet again another unloved heap and Gulible Matty , on the hook yet again for more work and heartache.
I am always up for a challenge, and i like saving worthless crap from being stripped for parts if i can, guess its an old fashioned attitude to have in this affluent stricktly monetary day and age, but i am old fashioned right enough.
Bike is less than the vallue of the sum of its parts, so getting out of it wont leave me financially embarrassed in any way, so i am game for a try.
What this thread is about is advice if you can give me any please. What are the 800 intruders like generally,. and what can i expect to find wrong with one of these things quite often if it indeed is a lemon?.
Carbs might potentialy be a mess and i am thinking might be a challenge getting parts for, and i am quite prepared for an allternative carb install if nessasary. I am thinking going down the stripped down minimalist bobber chopper route and although not usualy a cruiser sort of chap, i took on an En500 Kawasaki i bobed some years ago now and i love it. So kind of looking forward to this in a cautious sort of way.
Any input on these bikes generaly greatfcully recieved.