Fanticpost 1

We have a new project on the go......

I had been thinking about a twinshock for a while and was thinking about the common Majesty or TLR 250 route, however the prices seem to be getting silly for a tatty bike, let alone the 3-4K that sorted bikes seem to be fetching.

So I asked around and there seemed to be a general feeling that the 240 Fantic was still sensible money for an investment and were quite well sorted in standard trim.

I looked at a few and finally settled on this one off ebay. Although it looks a little tatty, this is merely cosmetic and the engine actually runs very well with no rattles and knocks and has bags of power (in fact, I think it may need some work doing to actually soften it down a little as it feels like riding a motocross bike after the docile engine in the Sprite)

So, of course my dad has something to do now to keep him off the streets and it's already stripped down and work has started on the restoration along with the odd jobs that I wanted doing like moving the footrest position, altering the bar clamps on the top yokes etc etc...

I had thought of making it look very different with an alloy tank, small seat and different coloured frame etc. but I think that it should really have the original appearance to retain it's value so it will be restored to original appearance wherever possible.

Will keep the site updated as the bike takes shape..