Dan_Q

great stuff mate, nice story i've done a bit on the moped- forks are apart, wheel and caliper removed, brace cleaned and painted, broken bolts drilled out and re-tapped, and i've shot some rattle can paint on the front wheel but thats about it- car project is taking massive priority at the moment as that has a deadline and a to do list as long as my arm. i promise i'll get some pics at some point though

ha ha!! great cars, one of the best chassis i've ever driven, tell him to enjoy it good stuff glad its going well with the ybr

lovely old bike mate, enjoy

awesome- looks great! hope it handles as well as that mk1 mx5 I spot in the background

what a lovely rd! I'm new here too, welcome

aww thanks for the warm welcome people, appreciate it feliks> its nice to know I'm not on my own as a late starter! although I think that buying a basket case proves I'm trying to put it off as long as possible! at first my plan is just to use my little popper out on the backlanes, see if I enjoy it and go from there. I'm not sure if an aircooled 50 built by me would last the 12 mile trip to work anyhow!! sacha> thanks bud. I may do a project thread but I have lost my garage camera recently and I'm fed up of getting told off on the car forums for having no pics in my build thread! we'll see, its not a popular model but I fancied one of these most when looking what was out there! doodlefool> see, you've done it the right way- I'm still too scared! get out there and enjoy

Thanks for the welcome mate i'm already enjoying it, need shares in WD40 though! only had the bike 3 days! Ohh how come CBT before spring, are they moving the goalposts again? I can ride a restricted 50 on my full moped license (came free with any car license before 2001) because I'm such an old get but naturally i'm interested in doing a CBT anyway. Thanks buddy, that makes me feel much better about asking cheers

Hello All, Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Dan, 33 from Lancs. I've never ridden a bike! I've always been interested in bikes but my petrolhead route has always been cars since I got my first one when I was 16 years old. My main bike interest was the motorsport side of it- until recently when I've been helping out a mate do a few jobs on his laid up GSF600. I rather enjoyed that, and started learning all about different bikes off my mate and friends at work, so I had a look into mopeds and I've got myself a project! Its an RD 50, absolute mess and incomplete, looks like it's been at the bottom of a swamp for the last 20 years- the idea for the moment is to just learn and have a play pulling (what's left of it) apart and refurbish bits etc. Of course if the need to ride becomes too much before the end of the project, i'll probably just itch the scratch and buy one with tax and ticket. I've no doubt i'll have a few questions- quite possibly daft ones- throughout the build, so please bear with me and treat me as if I'm a 14 year old building up his first moped ready for his 16th birthday! Great site by the way everyone, some good info has already been found on here already during my tinterweb searches. Peace Dan