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Yamaha Townmate T80 (Modified Fieldbike)
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I purchaised my townmate as a mot failure for around 40quid. The backend was totaly rusted but still usuable. I made some tempory plates to hold it up just for off road use.
Had 2 years out of it till my over sized bruv put to much strain on the poor old chap and it collaped!, and it layed up the top shed for over a year till i recently got bored and decided to get creative! see below
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The bike is totally standard apart from the rust, it has a 80cc engine 4 gears (good runner) and back and front knobblies for that extra off road performance.
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Me jumping the townmate before the backend fell through.
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Reconstuction of the backend frame
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I decided to start a fresh and cut the backend off(due to the rust) and make a hole new backend. Quite an undertaking for me, but i had a rough idea what i wonted to do and i had alot of metal lieing around.
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I used the original rod that holds on the suspension and built a support up around it. I first bolted all the strip steal to the bike and prepared it for welding (3months in total). It took a while to cut/shape all the strips to the bike and drill the holes to bolt it together.
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The finished beast
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After welding the subframe to the bike I painted it to prevent rust(not to fussed aboat the colour (hardly matches). I used a sheet of rubber and cut it to shape the underneath of the mud guard to prevent any further corosion. I also cut the original seat to fit the new frame.
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Well the backend is absolutly solid now, no fat kid will destroy this field bike again!
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Found these pic's on ebay, couldnt believe my eye's someones actually made a moto'crunch with a monoshock conversion(the text with it said the swinging arm+monoshock is off a DR125 and the front forks are off a KX80) well its insired me to find some for me 90!
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