Boot sale find benotto 2500: gravelly buildy thingy

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Build it. Ride it. Do you like it? Yes? Strip and refinish. No? Bin (As in get rid/move on) and no money wasted.

 

[mk one]

^^^ this, if it is for you then start doing things to it over time. Plenty on here have projects sat for years just waiting for that final part.

 

[Mod-Master]

Right, I’m going to do what you guys said, build it back up, tootle around on it and see if it’s nice. Of course I’ll be doing a service on all the bearings etc but that’s given.

Also the decals arrived today

 

[Mod-Master]

So in the process of rebuilding, I found some paint that was covered up by dirt. It’s a sort of sparkly blue. So it must be like this one in the picture

And this has TT cable routing, so it must be this one but the forks aren’t original I think but I can deal with that

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

So in the process of rebuilding, I found some paint that was covered up by dirt. It’s a sort of sparkly blue. So it must be like this one in the picture
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And this has TT cable routing, so it must be this one but the forks aren’t original I think but I can deal with that
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It should be nice mate.

 

[Sir Neil d'Menture]

It should be nice mate.

What happened to the comment about a vent hole?
Not sure about that, but it certainly doesn't look like cable routing.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

What happened to the comment about a vent hole?
Not sure about that, but it certainly doesn't look like cable routing.

I removed it. Don't think that was the point of the pic. It is a vent hole, stop gas build up during assy.

 

[Sir Neil d'Menture]

Yup. It certainly ain't cable routing.

 

[novocaine]

You need an endoscope through that vent hole to check for internal cable routing.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

You need an endoscope through that vent hole to check for internal cable routing.

Might be easier/cheaper just strip the paint on the top tube to see if any repairs are there.