Free if you want it.

[Thrud]

1984 VF 750

Was running when I was given it. I have started to do stuff to it but before I go too far I am going to stop and offer it to anyone that want's it.

We are moving house soon and won't have a garage and it will not do it any favours to store it outside so it's got to go.

Cheers

Rich

[minxy]

MANKYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick!

[technoboiler]

now,,,,,,,aint that nice,,,,,,free,,,,i love it
hope it goes to a deserving home..xx

[baldyshinehead]

if you were closer or i had a way to get it i would snap it off you

[Thrud]

I am waiting for the papers to come through from the shop where I got it (basically I was given it when I got a car from them) but it's all there.

I was stripping it down to rat it but I will just stop and leave it.

[baldyshinehead]

i gather it isnt able to be rode

[Thrud]

Not at the moment no, it was to be my project bike, but I am going to have to ditch that idea for the forseable future.

I thought it would make a good trike donor engine perhaps.

[manky monkey]

I hear ya Mrs Minx :)
Tell me more about this freebie Sir.
Running, as in a useable everyday bike that would do me till me trike's done?
Or stripped, as in a very large box of unidentifiable bits?
If it's MOTable without major financial hardship & legit, then I'm the very Monkey for the job. Whereabouts in this sceptered isle do you reside?

[manky monkey]

Ah -the proverbial box o' bits then. That's a shame.

[fatty]

if you were closer or i had a way to get it i would snap it off you
get it mate i hav a van as you no :D i will pick it up we you if you whant it

[Thrud]

Right...

It needs, new brake light... Got.
Brake fluid for the front brakes as I had to get a new lever for it.
Possibly clutch fluid too.
I got a choke lever from a BSA to bodge onto it some where as the choke lever has snapped off.

The battery needs topping up and charging but I have some acid to top it up with at work.

I need to get the papers through from the garage.

The milometer needs putting back on as it had been attacked... Or just rip the ugly eighties clocks off and replace with something smaller... My intended plan!

It would then need MOT-ing etc.

It does need a bit of work but it's all there and not in millions of bits. I was given it and I am not one for making money out if it with chums.

If someone is after a project bike like this or the engine etc then as long as they come and pick it from the Aber area then it's theirs.

[baldyshinehead]

if manky wants it go ahead mate, i know how desperate you are to get mobile ;)
If not and fatty is up for a trip out one day i would love it :)

[Thrud]

It's not one of the jap custum cruiser types by the way it's one of the boxy eighties tourers.

I thing it looks kind of funky in a boxy way and was going to be another matt black beast to sit next to my other matt black beasty.

[Spike]

Wish i had a bloody van !

Fair play to ya chap :)

[Thrud]

I don't do mercenary very well... :o

[shaggy696969]

interested chap , what dyu reckon itll need to run ?? yea i can get a van too. !!!

[manky monkey]

Hmm, a dilemma!
O.K Baldy, if you're seriously willing to let me snatch it out from under your nose, then YES PLEASE, I'll take it -& will reward your good nature with the MMMotors merchandise you wanted free of charge. Either see me at Billing on Sunday or PM me your address & I'll post it to you.
Thrud, YES PLEASE, I'll relieve you of it, but either you take a 100 quid -as a storage fee for hanging onto it till I can arrange transport if you like, or I send the cash via PayPal to HaggisBiker for his Siobhanathon appeal. :)

[baldyshinehead]

not a problem mate ;)
hope you get it,

[Thrud]

When I had I was assured by my mechanic mate (he who has fixed my bike :D ) that all it would need is a new front brake lever which it now has, a new tail light lens/red bit... I got a new whole tail light which should look a bit neater but who-ever has it can have that too.. The battery needs sorting or a new battery, you can have the acid to top it up if you want to try it.... And the choke lever needs fitting.

Papers, which the shop/garage is getting hold of for me.

Erm... That's it as far as I am aware, I'll be honest, I am no mechanic nor do I pretend to be, I was going to potter on this but now I need to devote myself to the new house. I would feel bad asking for money for it as it does need a bit of work to get it going but I am sure someone who is a bit more skillfull than myself would find it a piece of piss as it's not in a box in bits.

I would love to see or hear of it running and it could be ages before I got round to it. And it's only going to get into a really sorry state being stored outside the new house. It's garaged at the mo and is clean and tidy allbeit in a non-working state. I am being as honest about it as I can be.

[shaggy696969]

i cant compete with the offer to the siobhanathon ,

[Thrud]

I feel really bad now!! I know it's free an all that but what if the person who comes to take it does not like it and or can't get it to work! :o

[shaggy696969]

im sure manky can , good on him for the charity thing !!!
i was jus after a winter hack , but im sure manky will be more creative ! .

[Thrud]

Manky... If you want it then it's yours mate. I would be a crap bloke to refuse money to a good cause! :)

[manky monkey]

Oh great -now I feel bad! I can pinch it for nowt if you'd prefer!
I'm not a mechanic either. I bugger about with trikes 'n' stuff but fault finding, wiring etc -not my field of expertise, (not quite sure what is actually).
It'd take me a couple of weeks to find some way of collecting it. Probably end up having to hire a Transit or persuade my mate he wants to drive his 30 year old Landy all the way to...where are you? Wales?
Shaggy, I only want it as a Summer hack! Maybe we should do a time share?!
Yeah, I'll take it Thrud & bung the money in the appeal fund I promise, as long as there's an outside chance it'll run & scrape through an MOT without costing me 3 months wages.

[fatty]

Wish i had a bloody van !

Fair play to ya chap :)
ha its allrite now to put a bike in a van :D

[Thrud]

I can't guarantee that Manky. I have spent £45 on it so far, I can't say it will be running for bugger all or cost an arm and a leg.

Just being as honest as possible about it. All I can say is was that my mate Al at the bike shop assured me he had it running. And it did not need a fortune spending to get it running.

The engine looks fab, water cooled V-twin, shaft drive. It's got potential.

[manky monkey]

I applaud your honesty mate. Consider it sold -or given or whatever, but it'll take a couple of weeks to collect if that's O.K
If you can PM me when you've sorted out the paperwork, (no point if it ain't legit as I want it as a daily ride), I'll make the donation & arrange collection then. Thanks. :)

[Thrud]

I am going to the bike shop tomorrow as that is where my bike is being fixed at the mo. I will give them another nudge to get the paper work sorted out. I will put whats off the bike bike back onto it... Won't take long.

[manky monkey]

Okey doke. I actually passed through Aberystwyth on Sunday on my way to the Welsh National! Was tempted to stop off at the steam fair. Alright, off to bed now. Let me know when you're sorted. Thanks again. :)

[Thrud]

Will do. It is very literally is not going anywhere!!! :D

As soon as the paperwork comes through I will be shouting.

[minxy]

Cool :cool: :)

[Jonnyfp2]

ooh...
Minxy will have it, she loves hondas.. :D

[minxy]

pmsl

I am restricting my 2 wheel intake at the moment. I am! Really!

M
Back up to 4 again

[critch]

I'm not a mechanic either. I bugger about with trikes 'n' stuff

you sir are far too modest......give it to manky hes a very deserving case...

[manky monkey]

give it to manky hes a very deserving case...

I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not!
Hmm, hardtail, nice short exhaust, Sporty tank, flat drag bars, solo seat, matt Army green paint.
Hmmm....... :)
Before I start hunting for a way of collecting it, I don't suppose anyone in that neck of the Welsh woods wants to van or trailer it down here for their petrol money & something for their trouble?
Oh & thanks for the shout Minx! ;)

[critch]

give it to manky hes a very deserving case...

I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not!
Hmm, hardtail, nice short exhaust, Sporty tank, flat drag bars, solo seat, matt Army green paint.
Hmmm...

was meant to be a compliment... :o ... pity me landies lunched itself, otherwise id have trailered it down to you this weekend as im going to the bogsmashers in newbury.....

just have to go on me bike then :D

[manky monkey]

The BogSmashers do is THIS weekend?! Oh bugger! You sure?
My old man's just been taken into hospital & I've got a hire car to go & visit him on Saturday then at the Billing Aquadrome hotrod do on Sunday. Bugger.

[Crofty]

****. I'm homeless for the next 6 months (kinda) I'd av' fuckin had that off you an'all.

[critch]

The BogSmashers do is THIS weekend?! Oh bugger! You sure?
My old man's just been taken into hospital & I've got a hire car to go & visit him on Saturday then at the Billing Aquadrome hotrod do on Sunday. Bugger.

yes it was this weekend and i ended up missing it too :mad:

my ignition had "issues" at brum and i ended up getting trailered home ....

mebbe next year .... :(

[manky monkey]

Hands off -it's MINE!

Bad luck Critch. See, should've got that trike built! :)

[trikerdrew]

A GT750 fitted into my fiesta and did 80 miles-hire an estate :rolleyes: -sure they won't mind :eek: -much!!

Hope yer 'ol man is ok.

Cheers,

Drew

[manky monkey]

Yeah, me Dad's on the mend now thanks. I can hire a VW Caddy van for 40 quid a day locally. Reckon it'd fit in there?