Some years ago a mate of mine re-built a Honda Monkey bike BUT he also grafted a 110cc top end onto it. A fair bit of machining was necessary. He also had everything resprayed "flourescent pink" and white.

Come the TT he rode up to Heysham from Longridge (Preston), in torrential ran and gale force winds and with all his gear, packed into a big rucksack on his back, the bike was so light on the front it was wandering all over motorway.

After he got to the Island and dumped his gear he reckoned he got well over 70mph down Bray, "on a monkey bike" !........'No thankyou'.

He spent ten days in the Isle of Man rode it back to Preston on less than three quids worth of petrol in total.

I think I missed the point of this thread to start with.