Perhaps, but it's easier to find specific matching vehicles online - if you're cloning a silver Audi then why bother, but if you want to clone a rare bike in a rare colour it's going to be unusual to spot one on the steet.
Also, photographing vins in public might be seen as suspiscious, lol
My side stand is original as far as I can tell and is also way too short (like, it'll fall over) ... going to make up a tubular one instead, so it sits more like my Gasser (slightly more angle than a road bike, but mot much)
Looking at autotrader, ebay and other vehicle advertising sites you can see that some vehicles have their number plates blurred or covered up. All advertising sites should be compelled to publish the VIn(s) and Reg (if registered). If seller wont't supply the information advertiser should be compelled to report this to police.
That would make cloning bikes so easy, theives everywhere would love it if that were done!
I imagine that keeping the Ossets together makes herding them easier and avoids them getting under people's feet through the rest of the day, so a saving in queing over all
I bought a car with a dual-socket tow bar on for £400, it's done about 15k miles in two years and is still going fine, just sailed through it's MOT again
Avoid the NJB 'clubman' oil filled shocks, however - had some new ones on the TY when I bought it and they gave period correct performance (ie. crap by modern standards)
If you're serious you could talk to the guys at TYTrials and Yamaha Majesty to see if they would buy into it.
It's certainly something I'd be tempted to get if it were available! (though not right now as I have many other things to spend money on in my TY rebuild)
In a couple of weeks I'll hopefully start putting my TY back together (slowly); the wheels need some TLC anyway, so I'm wondering if it's worth saving up and going to alloy rims if I'm having them rebuilt anyway (?)
Also, are there any particular brand ones that need to be avoided?
I'd like to shave a little off it's stock 84Kg weight, and figured the unsprung stuff might be the best area to start in
I'm slightly lighter and taller than you, my 125 GG lugs me about no problem - plenty of power for the forseable future, but little enough to keep me from getting into too much trouble (which could have happened a few times already, lol)
I went to a 'fun trial' today and it was fantastic - why aren't there more?
For those who've not seen them before, you get sections with start and end gates but what you do between them is up to you; it gives a surprisingly greater focus than just practicing free-range, you get a bit of social time with other riders (and see how they approach things), and makes it easy for the club because you don't need observers. Some of the start or end gates can be in tricky places, but really it's up to the rider to set their own difficulty.
Theres a fab set of Aussie training videos HERE, as per what Totty said hopping isn't needed for C-class routes (at least, from what I've seen so far ...)
Also, don't spend too much time just practicing - enter a few trials. It's b*****d hard to begin with (and you will fall off lots) but you learn far faster
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That applies to most any old bike, it's mostly better to get something un-restored and do it yourself anyway IMO