The bloke only wanted $40 for it, so in the back of the car it went.
It had been sitting in the weather for a long time. Plenty of corrosion around, and no spark plug in the engine meant it was toast.
Completely stripped it down, cleaned up and rust converted the frame before painting it black. I didn't like the original grey/silver frame colour.
One of the things I read about these is that the pipes are pretty bad. A common mod is to cut 4" from the header pipe and add it to the belly. Some of them also have catalytic converters in them. I decided to check things out for myself, so I cut it open.
Definitely no cat in this one, but a very strange end can. It's not really a muffler. It's just got some weird cap in the end with holes punched in it. I guess this is their pressure bleed.
I'm going to cut that out and make a proper silencer. I will cut the can off and remove that weird cap.
I've worked out I need about a 13mm stinger (based on the 22mm header pipe). Not sure where I will get 13mm pipe from yet. I will run the stinger into the belly to quieten it down, and I will put some perforated tube and exhaust packing in the can.
After buying some replacement bits, here's how it looks now:
