Hi all; new member here.
As customary on all good forums, an introduction is polite before posting in other sections I presume.
Anyhow;
I saw some old footage of a TDM being chucked about on a twisty road some time last winter.
Was quite impressed at the time,it looked interesting, so started pricing them up.
Even in December the prices seemed above what I was prepared to pay. Idea abandoned !
Fast forward to last week;
Whilst picking up some items from a local engineering/fabrication/motorcycle repair shop I saw an old and tatty 850 Mk.1 lying outside and was  told it had just been sold.
Got a message 3 days later;buyer had pulled out,did I want it circa £350 ?
So here I am.!
Picked up on Friday,got it running Sat. morning,took stock of the state of it and started with the "to do list" and commenced stripdown.
It came with some usable spares but quite a bit is missing/junk or to be upgraded on the bike itself.
Thats about it;do you do build threads and like pics. on here ?
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![[Image: DSCF1017_zps552f81f9.jpg]](http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p626/willandrip/TDM/DSCF1017_zps552f81f9.jpg)
As customary on all good forums, an introduction is polite before posting in other sections I presume.
Anyhow;
I saw some old footage of a TDM being chucked about on a twisty road some time last winter.
Was quite impressed at the time,it looked interesting, so started pricing them up.
Even in December the prices seemed above what I was prepared to pay. Idea abandoned !
Fast forward to last week;
Whilst picking up some items from a local engineering/fabrication/motorcycle repair shop I saw an old and tatty 850 Mk.1 lying outside and was  told it had just been sold.
Got a message 3 days later;buyer had pulled out,did I want it circa £350 ?
So here I am.!
Picked up on Friday,got it running Sat. morning,took stock of the state of it and started with the "to do list" and commenced stripdown.
It came with some usable spares but quite a bit is missing/junk or to be upgraded on the bike itself.
Thats about it;do you do build threads and like pics. on here ?
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![[Image: DSCF1017_zps552f81f9.jpg]](http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p626/willandrip/TDM/DSCF1017_zps552f81f9.jpg)
Don't come preaching to me;you'll get chased down the road wiff a pitchfork.

