aprilia RS50 project bike

Last weekend I finished work on Saturday morning at 06:00 but instead of looking forward to a well earned sleep, I had the task of driving to Norwich to pick up a box of bits and a rolling chassis. To make matters worse, I could not leave until 09:30 as I had to drop my missus off at the hospital for a scan first. I toyed with the idea of an hours kip on the sofa but this never happened. Dropped her off and filled up with fuel. Stupidly I took the A12 and then A140 on my way there. This resulted in a journey that took nearly 3 hours due to road works and driving through villages etc. Once there I loaded up the parts and chassis and had a quick coffee and a chat. I was buying the bike from a friend and had not seen her in ages but I was too tired to stop for long. Drove back via M11 and M25. Did it in just under 2 hours. Lesson learned. I was so knackered I left it all in the car and went to bed. The next day I got up early and unloaded it all and put the rear seats back in the car. 

This was the first time I had really had a chance to inspect what I had. Long story short it all needs a ton of work. But these little bikes always do as they are ragged to shit by daft kids and maintenance is an after thought. This was part of the reason I decided to buy this bike. Even something with an mot that was being used would still need a full rebuild in my eyes and it would cost a lot more. I only paid £280 for my haul. Going to concentrate on the chassis first. Already ordered up some new parts and then I will strip and take a lot of it to the powder coaters. I should add that this is a project I am doing for my son. He turns 16 in January so I have just enough time. I gave him the option of a new Chinese scooter or this. Glad he chose well

I will add some photos soon but included is a photo of what the bike looked like new.