{"id":379,"date":"2021-04-18T16:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T16:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/?p=379"},"modified":"2021-05-15T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T17:49:39","slug":"the-parts-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/04\/18\/the-parts-box\/","title":{"rendered":"The Parts Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have realised that i have been referring to “The Parts Box” on many occasions, and it behooves me to explain exactly what this is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after rescuing this project bike, (from under a leaky tarpaulin in someones front garden), for the fist time in about 1984, I recognised that said donor bike was missing a number of parts, and many parts that were on it were not reusable. (not dissimilar to the experience this time around)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While chatting about this in the pub, (as you do), a friend of a friend offered me another project. A TZ racing frame, 2 LC engines, and 3 tea chests of LC parts, for \u00a3200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After snapping his hand off, metaphorically speaking, these parts have kept various LC bikes and projects running for the past 35 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Parts Box” is what is left of these 3 tea chests, plus whatever other parts have built up over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. the TZ project was started, deemed to be too expensive, and indefinitely put on hold.
The TZ frame, seat, the, (not a TZ), shock and tank were sold in 2005 for many, many times the cost of the original deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n