I was in that boat once i had to have a lathe, now i have 5 of them. You didn't give a location where you live and lathes are cheaper on the east side of the Mississippi than out west plus there are more of them. But you said "pounds and motorbike" so you may not be in the US. I would look for a South Bend 9" or 10" The 10" can be a light "K" or heavy 10R or 10L but the latter being the most desireable. All of my lathes were under $600.00 and i had to buy tooling extra. Now you can buy a new one from Grizzly, Jet or a lot of other selling places and get lots of tooling with it thats up to you. Plus a new one will run right out of the crate without much fiddling with it...Bob
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