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Pieces are long gone. I'm buying the bike and just trying to figure out repair issues.

A broken chain trashed the case leaving a 2 inch hole. What is a reasonable repair or can I just plug the hole?

Thanks all, but I have one located, I'm just unsure as to costs of repair. I have heard that the top end is very expensive, although I do know someone who has had some luck honing "unhonable" cylinders. Anyone know if other jugs/pistons are compatible?

Back in the day, (that's the way old f**ts start a story) while learning to ride on a BSA Goldstar, my friend had me rolling through the dirt course and was standing by this 2' "jump". As I made one of the circuits, he told me to give it full throttle when my front wheel hit the bottom of the jump. And I did. What he had failed to convey, was I should be on the pegs, not on my butt AND to keep the throttle open. Naturally, being young and dumb, when my front wheel cleared, I shut it down. The resultant deceleration slammed the front wheel down and promptly launched me in the air.........still hanging on to bars and throttle. When I descended, I was stretched out across the saddle and rear fender, with the throttle still wide open..... Somewere across the flats I decided that me and bike must part company, so I just threw her away. Luckily she went right and I did a beautiful full gainer to a two point landing on nose and forehead. Well, blood flowing from nose and running down my 15 year old cheeks and full of testestosterone and machismo (not to mention being totally embarrassed), I jumped up grabbed the bike and jumped on the crank....only to discover that the bike was still in gear. For the uninformed, those old Goldstars had a safety built in so that it wouldn't start in gear, it would simply ratchet through. This naturally resulted in a bleeding, embarrassed teenager promptly twisting his ankle! My bud was laughing so hard he couldn't walk. After the proper instructions, I tried it again and it went so well I did again and again and.................I limped for awhile.

Hello all, I'm having no luck with the search option, so I apologize in advance for posing this question. I have found a Fantic 307 for a reasonable price, but am concerned about secondary costs(parts, etc.) What are the recommendations? Are there better buys out there? I'm in the San Diego area and am primarily buying a trials bike to give my MX racing grandson a chance to try trials. I have always wanted a go myself, ever since watching Malcomb Smith in "On Any Sunday" all those many years ago. Are you ever too old?