Derbi—The Red Power: Shattered Dreams
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 3:39 pm
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My buddy Paul contacted me letting me know that he had found some Derbi parts lingering in his garage. He was actively doing Fall cleaning.
He asked if I was interested in them, so yesterday I went over, and picked them up.
The parts were from two bikes. One bike that I had bought previously from Dan, and the other was a failed conversion project. Someone had the bright idea to put a 250 engine into a GPR.
He did quite a bit of work, and suprizingly for this sort of train wreck the welding was actually pretty decent. But as most of these conversions go it was never completed, and we end up with yet another destroyed GPR.
I really don't understand the mentality of people do this shit. If you want a 250 then just get a 250.
Obviously many of the parts on this bike were messed up. The few plastic pieces left have lots of cracks. The faux tank looks pretty good so that will probably get donated to Jimmy’s bike. The other bits will find homes on various other projects—so it wont be a total waste.
As for the frame if there’s someone out there that wants it let me know—I don’t plan on keeping it.
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He asked if I was interested in them, so yesterday I went over, and picked them up.
The parts were from two bikes. One bike that I had bought previously from Dan, and the other was a failed conversion project. Someone had the bright idea to put a 250 engine into a GPR.
He did quite a bit of work, and suprizingly for this sort of train wreck the welding was actually pretty decent. But as most of these conversions go it was never completed, and we end up with yet another destroyed GPR.
I really don't understand the mentality of people do this shit. If you want a 250 then just get a 250.
Obviously many of the parts on this bike were messed up. The few plastic pieces left have lots of cracks. The faux tank looks pretty good so that will probably get donated to Jimmy’s bike. The other bits will find homes on various other projects—so it wont be a total waste.
As for the frame if there’s someone out there that wants it let me know—I don’t plan on keeping it.
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