Not sure if I got the right area or not, apologies if I haven't.
Wife finally convinced her parents to give us her old bike from when she was a kid.
It's an old 1974 Yamaha GT80. Not running. Know there's a piston issue and one of the bolts holding the carby (I think{it's the part over the piston}) has been snapped off inside the casing. Possible other engine issues, long story short am just going to rebuild the motor. Avoid any other issues.
Have stripped most other parts and am slowly replacing. Most are easily found from eBay. If anybody knows of a good place I can find some in or around Adelaide then that'd be appreciated.
To the point though, I'm not a mechanic or anything. Small things are fine, I have picked most things up but I've never played with a motor.
How hard are these things to rebuild? Am I better off sending it to a mechanic? Haven't priced it up but someone mentioned it would be well over 1K. Lot of money to splash on a little bike that's only going to be for the kids to ride around the paddock.
Wife finally convinced her parents to give us her old bike from when she was a kid.
It's an old 1974 Yamaha GT80. Not running. Know there's a piston issue and one of the bolts holding the carby (I think{it's the part over the piston}) has been snapped off inside the casing. Possible other engine issues, long story short am just going to rebuild the motor. Avoid any other issues.
Have stripped most other parts and am slowly replacing. Most are easily found from eBay. If anybody knows of a good place I can find some in or around Adelaide then that'd be appreciated.
To the point though, I'm not a mechanic or anything. Small things are fine, I have picked most things up but I've never played with a motor.
How hard are these things to rebuild? Am I better off sending it to a mechanic? Haven't priced it up but someone mentioned it would be well over 1K. Lot of money to splash on a little bike that's only going to be for the kids to ride around the paddock.