I'm determined to actually get this 325 model92 going again, I've had it for 11 years and not a lot has got done to it.

I'm in need of a fair few parts for it, I half wonder whether to abandon it and get a complete one. In reality it shoudlve been scrapped years ago! Its good points are the motor is excellent, its road reg, and tax exempt!

I need:

Exhaust

Front wheel

Swingarm spindle

Seat for slimline tank

brake pedal

gear lever

Chain guard

chain tensioner

Any pointers on breakers? I dont have time to trawl ebay. Or does anyone here have any of the above surplus?

I'll post some photos of it tommorrow.

Thanks

Might help if we knew where you are located.

I'm determined to actually get this 325 model92 going again, I've had it for 11 years and not a lot has got done to it.

I'm in need of a fair few parts for it, I half wonder whether to abandon it and get a complete one. In reality it shoudlve been scrapped years ago! Its good points are the motor is excellent, its road reg, and tax exempt!

I need:

Exhaust

Front wheel

Swingarm spindle

Seat for slimline tank

brake pedal

gear lever

Chain guard

chain tensioner

Any pointers on breakers? I dont have time to trawl ebay. Or does anyone here have any of the above surplus?

I'll post some photos of it tommorrow.

Thanks

The good news is that all the parts you listed are most likely available new, and also used.

Chain guards are for sissies. Take that one off the list.

As long as the frame and engine are there, you have most of the bike. The rest just hang off the frame.

Looking forward to photos to see how dire the situation is.

Location, given the reference to road reg. and tax exempt is going to be UK.

Bultaco is the easiest of the twinshocks to restore as virtually everything is available off the shelf from a dealer or specialist somewhere.

Of the stuff you have listed the exhaust will be the most difficult to source. On the 92 the front pipe anf silencer weren't all in one like later models, they have a chrome front pipe and seperate silencer connected with a rubber hose and then a triangular spark arrestor inbetween the shock and frame tube (not required and usually missing anyway) No-one makes aftermarket front pipes or silencers for the 92 yet (decent ones anyway, forget the Miller versions which are awful quality and appearance) so you will have to trawl ebay USA for those if you can't find them here, they come up faily often. If you're just interested in getting it up and running to ride and not obsessed with originality then you can also use an exhaust from a type 125 or (I think) 191 and also use a banana or clubfoot rear silencer which quietens it down and just requires a mounting bracket welded to the rear frame loop. I've done this on mine. The earlier bikes without a rear silencer can be a bit noisy. Or you can also use an exhaust plus flange from a later square barrel 250 as they have the same exhaust port size as the early 325. Later 325 from model 159 (maybe 191, can't remember) have a larger exhaust port so won't fit the earlier 325.

The only other items on the list you may have trouble getting are the seat and chain guard. For the seat, a Miller replacement used to be available, not sure if they still are, don't fit quite so snugly as the original but perfectly acceptable in appearance. Original chainguards are big ugly things, you may be better off making a smaller one from alloy. As much as I hate chainguards they are needed here in the UK really as they help keep mud from clogging around the final drive.

The other stuff should be no problem. For parts, new or used, there are Bultaco UK, JC Motorcycles Port Talbot (John Collins, ACU Official who posts on here) or Sammy Millers

Give the rebuild a go, finding a good running type 92 in the UK is difficult and even if you find one you may end up spending a lot of money on it too once you get it home and get into it, so you could end up worse off. At least with this one you know what you've got already.

The good news is that all the parts you listed are most likely available new, and also used.

Chain guards are for sissies. Take that one off the list.

As long as the frame and engine are there, you have most of the bike. The rest just hang off the frame.

Looking forward to photos to see how dire the situation is.

Dave, a chain guard is a legal requirement for any road going motorcycles in the UK

Sorry, yes I`m in the UK

A lot of the bike is totally worn out, I think it had a hard life.

It did have a later exhaust fitted when I got it, totally rotten off a model 199 as the bike came with a spare set of forks from a 199 still with the headstock attached, obviously easier to lop it off than unbolt it! I`m not worried about originality on the exhaust front, I actually prefer the later one peice one. The bike never had a silencer when I got it and the bracket has been removed so I was intending to use it as is

As well as the 199 exhaust it has an earlier front wheel with rear mounted brake lever, and it also had an earlier rear wheel with smaller diameter spindle. I think these wheels came from a model 27 as it came with a M27 250 top end in a box spare. I bought a proper 92 back wheel years ago for it but I guess I could just use the older front wheel.

I have the slimline seat base but no foam or cover, I guess I could make a foam and cover?

I`ll sort photos out later!

I tried to make a seat base... once.

I gave up. I bought a really nice seat from Mobley's for $125. He might have another. Not sure.

Foam and covers are available, but the whole seat was just a little bit more than those two parts.

I always forget you guys ride these things on the road. Ours go in the back of the pickup with the dogs.

Edited January 12, 200917 yr by swooshdave

There is a pretty original model 92 on ebay USA at the moment with decent pictures if you want some reference points

Item number 220343089293

Chainguards are a legal requirement for road use only if its a twinseater and has rear footrests , single seaters do not require a guard for MOT purposes

Dave

The regs must have changed since I did MOTs then

After having a chain snap on a 440 Maico and hit me on the ass I'd rather have one anyway!

The regs must have changed since I did MOTs then

After having a chain snap on a 440 Maico and hit me on the ass I'd rather have one anyway!

A 440 Maico will tend to do that.