Andy wrote:

Considering breaking Frank M's Fortuna MC21.

The bike nipped up and messed up the barrel, as it has been plated and repaired 3 times already i dont really want to use it. Have tried to get a barrell for it but have had no joy.

Therefore if you are interested in anything off it drop me a line on the site or brendan@findyouroldmotor.com and make an offer and i will see what it all adds up to...

...will prob make more breaking so not interested in selling whole bike...

This has to be an early April Fools surely? Not really but was hoping for a bit of a response and maybe the offer of a barrell Break a bike like that for want of a barrel? Ridiculous. If you read my mail it says that i dont want to break the bike, but and this is the point i cant get a barell for it. I put a wanted on the site and got one response - from australia. I cant believe that no one knows of a barrell for sale and yet not one was availabe, I have looked on e bay since last year and still none available.
This is the problem with nice bikes going to people with too much money who don't appreciate them for what they are. Not sure if you are saying i ve got too much money if so i think you might have that a bit wrong, i am just a normal working bloke. I do appreciate what i have got - thats why i bought it, a lot of people on the site said they would buy it - when it was last on e bay - but did n't. I want to use the bike not leave it in the garage and polish it - where can i get a barell for it, One less perfectly good (almost magazine competition winning) NSR in the world once it's broken. What a waste. It's not even as if it's a rat-bike. The Forum Racer is hardly a show winning bike, but it was kept complete, revived, and prepared for racing for only a few hundred quid. Again where can i get a barrell to revive it.
To make matters worse, offers to buy the bike complete are even being refused. Offers refused because as i said i do not want to sell!!!!
Criminal.

Bit of a strong e mail Andy