Absolutely loved my Yamaha as a cruiser, but loving it 100x more as a cafe racer after my first build, learnt a lot during this and absolutely love the outcome
Gave in to the rust, all the spokes popped out and the wheel completely collapsed whilst i was travelling 65mph, it was all so quick- crashed at the same speed too and feel lucky to have walked away,
Always check these things
PSA for if you buy a bike off someone, check for things like this,
I had been told no information regarding this but the wheel had been major rusted, the spokes especially, and it had been covered up with paint,
I was having a nice 65mph ride yesterday and the wheel gave in