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You could always MoT it and sell it sometime down the road. Fun project nonetheless.

I doubt I will put it on the road (if I get it) it will mainly for tinkering with and tidying up

Ohh CG125 clone motored Chinky Chonky from the bad old days, hours of fun and no worse to ride than any old Honda clone 125. Should be able to get everything but trim parts for it.

The sun just came out! .......it's gone back behind the clouds now. Going to have a look at a non running Lexmoto Vixen (to tinker with)......it is free to collect....it is located only 5 miles from here..... getting it here back could be a slight problem though....

Have you tried it out ? And ?

My Mig packed up hence why I needed a new machine, I bought a nice igbt ac hf tig.

Ah !!! Second picture...lol.. I get it now...lol.

More expensive than I thought..you'd have to do some serious work to make a tool like that worth the purchase...ive got just a cheap mig at home , its basically a lincoln welder paint blue sold by Canadian tire stores...its ok ..but it splatters like hell...no gaz , just with a flex core wire..

It's the hair fucknut Like I said it was 1983

The small single phase version is about $4000, I was getting about 2mm weld penetration in 5mm steel at 60% power and I was also doing perfect aluminium welds on 1mm plate within 10 minutes of practice using pure argon. The spatter was virtually zero.

You mind explaining the joke to me .....I don't recall seeing any of those bikes in Dumb and dumber...?

Yes ive seen those , looks like they make amazing welds , not sure exactly how good they are , has ive only seen them advertised on TV and most stuff advertised on TV is mostly fake...so you had a go at one ? And it does do what they advertise ?

Funny you should mention titanium as that is why I am looking for a Tig welder, I have a project that will be using titanium. I had a play with a laser welder yesterday, if I had the money I would get one as it was amazing but it is beyond my budget.

Twat

Who knew we had a star from dumb and dumber on the site

Canadian aluminium my friend...stronger than titanium..

No, it's not Chinese aluminium like yours.

You found a Crack in your frame ..? Goose neck area ?

Some of my shafties. The XS photo was from 1983

My old XS 750. The cat had the right idea. This was 40 years ago.

I've had 2 shafties....both from '83...XJ 750 Maxim & VF 750 Sabre. Both were pretty smooth, & I found especially w/ the Maxim, that if I upshifted w/o the clutch, that chassis jacking was almost non-existent. Both were a bit heavy feeling, but the Sabre felt heavier of the two....typical Honda...lol

Tig.

I don't remember my Yam XS750 or any of my BMW's doing that. I do remember having to be mindful downshifting as they would lock up the back if you were clumsy but they is probably more a big twin thing rather than shaft. But I never really found it a problem once I was used to it.

I've only riden one shaft drive bike ...it was my cousin bike , and 83 magna v 65...it sure was a weird feeling when the rear suspension would jump up like two inches...lol. Im now sold on belt drive now...easy 100 thousand miles service life if riden property..no mess.....

Easy to adjust just press a button, I haven't found them any more messy than chain lube yet, but I will have to watch them closely during the summer when it is hotter. Shaft is the way but the problem is a heavy bike, I've had five shafties over the years but not sure I would go back to any of them, maybe my 1978 BMW R100RS but I dunno really. Know nothing about belt drive never had one, can't think of one that I would want to be honest so I am back to chains. Each to their own.