adamspad5 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Today I purchased an old and unloved TY175 from a friend. He's had the bike about 18 years and back when we were young and stupid we used to ride it around his field, and occasionally on the back roads near his home. It was taken apart about 12 years ago by him and was left in the same spot until now. Its going to take me lot of time, and money but I'm hoping to get this bike looking great again and hopefully do a couple of trials on it. I'm unsure on whether to restore, modify to majesty frame or make a modern twinshock with discs at the moment but its not something I'll be rushing into just yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thats_a_five Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Good on you for saving the old gal from the crusher. I hope it came with some larges boxes of parts from when it was disassembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelly1 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 my advice would be make it a good rider if you go original it will cost you a fortune and you will be scared to drop it good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old trials fanatic Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 You certainly like a challenge good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocky Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I think I would strip it and sell it for spares. Use the money to buy something a little more complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy53 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Those comments are not very encouraging but as Yoda said '' Happy you will be when result is good, patience my friend '' Or was it someone else that said that. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 It's not unusual to need a few basket cases to make one complete bike. I have a TY250B that is made up from three bikes that were all worse than what you have there in their own way. You can always sell off the excess bits when you have a complete bike, to recover some costs I like that saying Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamspad5 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks for the comments guys, I do have another bike so I won't be rushed into building this. It does have a box of bits although I'm still missing, rear gaurd, seat, air box and carb. I'm probably looking to go down the majesty route, it's not the cheapest option but the bike practically stands me at nothing, and I'll get just as much enjoyment out of building it as I will riding, although I won't be making it do the same kinda stuff as my Scorpa does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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