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M2, err, project...The advert of shame
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Author:  throttlepansy [ 24 Nov 2010 19:52 ]
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Ok, so there's no way of dressing this up.. Having taken my decrepit M2 to the Maz-meister for so very long overdue TLC, I have been forced to accept it was D.O.A :oooops: ... Basically it was cosmetically in such a mess, that having dis-assembled it, Maz suggested the best bet was for me to offer it as a project to someone... :cry:

Apparently the motor's in good nick internally, but basically it's a 2000 MY basket case; It's done about 30K (ODO was a replacement, think it says about 14K miles), is molten orange (the tank has a divot out of the gel-coat, courtesy of black ice), the rear body work is cracked to buggery (will need replacing), and the engine case coatings are flaked to buggery.. I won't lie, it's a mess. Also comes with AST shock (needs a little cleaning up, a-hem) Rear swinger in black powdercoat.

If anyone's interested or wants to make me an offer, please drop me a PM, 'cos I'm working in Turkey at present. If someone could breath some life back into the old devil, I'd be pleased, (and envious), and would like to see what might have been, had I had the money or the time...

Off to sulk now, but then, that's Karma, baby.... :headbang:
Author:  ferreteer [ 24 Nov 2010 23:02 ]
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PM away matey!!!!!
Author:  Maz [ 24 Nov 2010 23:44 ]
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For more info, please feel free to call me on 0161 343 3077
Author:  bueller ball breaker [ 25 Nov 2010 09:55 ]
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If the engine is O.K. and it's just the cosmetics like you say then surely it is fixable :?
You should see the state of 30 year old LC's being bought back from the dead :o from rotten frames,tanks,broken engine cases etc
Author:  Maz [ 25 Nov 2010 11:11 ]
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It's definitely fixable but at 40 quid an hour plus parts the final bill would be almost double what the bike would be worth.......that's why it's up for sale as a project :idea:

Bike is completely stripped, frame etc. ready for powder coating, crankcases are split as one of the head studs sheared (broken piece now removed)

So basically, an ideal project for someone with the time/ability.
Author:  Gee Tee [ 25 Nov 2010 13:33 ]
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Just to confirm the spec on a 2000 model M2

Would this be close to what it would have originally looked like?


http://www.thecreeper.net/buell/P0003182s.jpg
Author:  Bonzo [ 25 Nov 2010 14:05 ]
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throttlepansy wrote:
If anyone's interested or wants to make me an offer, please drop me a PM, 'cos I'm working in Turkey at present.


Well you won't always be working in Turkey y'know, just get :maz: to box it up for you and you'll have something to do when you get back. Or, if I get back before you, I'll take it off your hands :P You can't just sell it, someone will make a ch*&per out of it :o
Author:  throttlepansy [ 25 Nov 2010 16:24 ]
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Thanks for adding the background info on this debacle, Maz....

The trouble is, altho' I will have somewhere to store the bits, that's exactly what will happen... they'll just stay stored! This isn't really the outcome I wanted, but I have to realistic, and as Maz and others have pointed out, there are "summertime" M2's kicking around for ~£2-2.5K, so I might as well look down that avenue once I'm back in the land of the living....
Author:  Maz [ 25 Nov 2010 18:55 ]
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BTW, it's actually a 2001 MY ie. 8 bolt rotor, later chain tensioner and detent, later gear change mech, rear iso's, header mount, twin plug ECM with BAS, twin clocks (tacho) etc. etc.
Author:  Motorrad [ 25 Nov 2010 19:46 ]
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I'm with Mr. Monkey: :sad1:
Author:  pash [ 25 Nov 2010 19:51 ]
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It needs a loving home...

Please don't let it be a chopper...
Author:  throttlepansy [ 25 Nov 2010 20:16 ]
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Maz wrote:
BTW, it's actually a 2001 MY ie. 8 bolt rotor, later chain tensioner and detent, later gear change mech, rear iso's, header mount, twin plug ECM with BAS, twin clocks (tacho) etc. etc.


Err, yes.. that... forgot wot year I got it... :roll:
Author:  Martinwill [ 26 Nov 2010 09:37 ]
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it was on fleabay in summer 2009 in one piece, cant remember if i bid or not but ended up winning the bids on my x1 around the same time (turned out to be a nail) .
Seems a good winter project for anyone handy with the spanners and a spare 2K.
Author:  throttlepansy [ 26 Nov 2010 16:10 ]
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SOLD.. Subject to contract
Author:  Blackrag123 [ 27 Nov 2010 12:08 ]
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Let me know if contract don't work out... :yup:
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