Topic: pretty red bike now mine

[scunny]

It's taken 3 years but I finally managed to get my hands on this pretty red MT50.
The price was right "0" 
Was seen by a friend of mine in a barn in a isolated bay about 2 hours drive from home. Farmer decided that I could make better use of it than him, had to share a few brews with him as payment.

[toytuff]

 

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[scunny]

got a chance to give it the old tyre kicking today.
the good: motor runs and sounds good, paint in good nick, tyres will do, under years of grime and some sort of heavy clay #$%* the chrome will clean up nicely.
the bad : needs new throttle and clutch cable, a tear in the seat, needs new throttle barrel, front brake and clutch perches and levers, exhaust is toast 
all in all I'm a happy chappy.
Edit.... back tyre just blew bugger.

[brooze72]

For what you paid, still ahead, congrats!

[krusty]

They're a pretty rare beast down this way. I've never seen on in Oz. Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazine did a feature on them some time ago.