Falco frame

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sabestian · #1 Post by **sabestian** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:57 pm

Hi, I just saw this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/APRILIA-FALCO-SL- ... 286.c0.m14

And an idea came to my mind. Perhaps it would be a good idea for a forum group buy. The frame would be bought with UK forumers money, it would be stored in a certain place like one's garage in case of something happening to someone's bike.

My way of thinking is: once you crack the frame in a spill, the bike is totalled. But if there is a frame readily available for say, 200 quid, well, that means the bike is saved. I saw a Falco engine with a few thousand miles on it going for a hundred quid...

We could even establish some sort of a bank of spare parts for Falcos, some things, like this frame are ultra rare, and definitely unaccessible in the time when you need them.

I have a spare rear subframe that I don't need, I bought it from the other forum member who didn't need it etc. It just keeps on traveling around and Royal Post is making money...You get my point by now.

The main problem is obviously a storage place and organizing the thing.

Unfortunately I probably need to declare myself out straight away as I moving back to Poland as you know, so I just wanted to plant the seed here for you to think about it.

Nooj · #2 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:49 pm

Between all of us, could we use all our collective spare parts to build a complete bike and flog it on e-bay?

I've got a full stock exhaust system, stock swingarm, screen, airbox and wheels and a spare seat.

sabestian · #3 Post by **sabestian** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:08 pm

You/we should do the opposite: buy a complete bike and feed on it.

paddyz1 · #4 Post by **paddyz1** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:35 pm

We got the parts but not the fittings

Should only cost about a grand for all the nuts and bolts nobody has.

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:13 pm

Do we have to use ALL of the spare bits and pieces we all have hanging about ?

We present Falcostein :

1 base Cat C write-off Falco ... a club-together ebay purchase

Equipped with our cast-off bits and pieces - comprising:

24 Blue-Spring Sachs shocks

12 Standard screens

64 Standard Exhausts

28 Standard Sidestands

20 Standard Clipons

25 Of those funny mouldings that go beneath the fairing around the oil cooler

84 Standard Indicators

40 pairs of MEZ3 tyres

10 pairs of Brembo Wheels

3 Falco oil tanks

15 Standard Swingarms

97 Air-Box restrictor bungs

29 Number Plate holders

and .....

37 standard red tail lights

..... mmmm ..... I'm not as convinced about this project as I was at first .....

Nooj · #6 Post by **Nooj** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:21 pm

paddyz1 wrote:We got the parts but not the fittings

Should only cost about a grand for all the nuts and bolts nobody has.

One of us must work for an engineering comany so it should be easy enough to 'aquire' the relevent parts. Failing that, there's always cable-ties and gaffer tape "Oh yeah, that's a special WSB mod to allow some extra flex into the frame, it's the next big thing you'll be seeing at all the track days, guv."

40 pairs of MEZ3 tyres

What? People still have them? Mine went in the bin.

#7 Post by **mangocrazy** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:36 pm

Off-topic(ish) I know, but I'd be interested in a standard Falco swingarm in good nick, as I'd like to get the swingarm powder-coated black to match the frame on my '05 model, but would prefer to keep the original one as backup/insurance/security blanket.

Anyone interested in offloading one?

Nooj · #8 Post by **Nooj** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:26 pm

I have one as it happens. £40 inc postage sound OK?

paddyz1 · #9 Post by **paddyz1** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:30 pm

Nooj wrote:I have one as it happens. £40 inc postage sound OK?

Give him it you minge

Nooj · #10 Post by **Nooj** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:45 pm

Need the readies to pay for the Bulldog Bash tickets. Besides, this isn't my original one, it's one I bought a while ago, also to powder coat, so I'd like to get some of that cost back if I can.

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:13 pm

You can get one off a Mille for close to that - probably with the addition of dent-feature-upgrade

paddyz1 · #12 Post by **paddyz1** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:06 am

Nooj wrote:Need the readies to pay for the Bulldog Bash tickets. Besides, this isn't my original one, it's one I bought a while ago, also to powder coat, so I'd like to get some of that cost back if I can.

No need to explain ther nooj. I was just extracting the micheal

Nooj · #13 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:53 am

I know you were taking the wee wee, just thought I'd explain why I'm trying to sell it rather than giving it away. Makes conversation dunnit.

sabestian · #14 Post by **sabestian** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:03 am

Back on the subject (too far from me plus no garage

):
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/APRILIA-SL1000-FA ... .m14.l1318

Nooj · #15 Post by **Nooj** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:54 am

I've got the storage space, but no way of collecting it.