Last time he rode it was 1988. Put it away after riding to the store. One thing drove another out of his mind and next thing you know, it's summer of 2011. I'm at his house for a party and he says "someday I should fix that up and get it on the road....but..."
We talked...I offered to buy...he said "you can just have it." So...long story short, after much cleaning it runs great. Had to redo the carbs and gas tank as he parked the bike with gas in it....sigh...
New tires to replace the dry-rotted originals. He had Jardine racing pipes on there but they were too loud for my tastes. When I start the bike at 6am to ride to work....and she is cold...tends to run about 3500 rpm for a few minutes. Yeeeahhh...with the racing pipes on and living in the middle of the woods....it was ugly. Put a 4into1 Vance&Hines on there and sounds much better.
Put about 350 miles on her this fall before I parked her for the winter. Got my buddy to buy a bike too so next year we are going to ride around the state, trying to stick to the shoreline of the lakes as much as possible.
Will
We talked...I offered to buy...he said "you can just have it." So...long story short, after much cleaning it runs great. Had to redo the carbs and gas tank as he parked the bike with gas in it....sigh...
New tires to replace the dry-rotted originals. He had Jardine racing pipes on there but they were too loud for my tastes. When I start the bike at 6am to ride to work....and she is cold...tends to run about 3500 rpm for a few minutes. Yeeeahhh...with the racing pipes on and living in the middle of the woods....it was ugly. Put a 4into1 Vance&Hines on there and sounds much better.
Put about 350 miles on her this fall before I parked her for the winter. Got my buddy to buy a bike too so next year we are going to ride around the state, trying to stick to the shoreline of the lakes as much as possible.
Will