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She's a grand old girl!
My (not asked for) advice is don't attempt to restore it. Service and clean then keep in standard condition.
IMHO that will firstly show respect to your grandfather and secondly make it more valuable. They're only original once, the world is full of over restored show ponies.
 
gasket said:
She's a grand old girl!
My (not asked for) advice is don't attempt to restore it. Service and clean then keep in standard condition.
IMHO that will firstly show respect to your grandfather and secondly make it more valuable. They're only original once, the world is full of over restored show ponies.
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That is my plan, change all the fluids, get it running and make it safe. The biggest restoration will be nothing more than polishing the old girl up!
 
Sp8ctre said:
That is my plan, change all the fluids, get it running and make it safe. The biggest restoration will be nothing more than polishing the old girl up!
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Carefully check (better still, change) the wheel bearings, particularly the front wheel.
When they've been sitting a long time pitting etc can end in locking up followed by an instant crash. Grand-pop wouldn't like that.
 
They are way past cool. Around that time I chased one up I79 north to Erie PA. I wanted to get a better look but never even got close. They are great and congrats.
 
Sp8ctre said:
When the bike gets here I'll try and convince my wife to pose on the bike holding a guitar...
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You can get some one to do it if she's goes no on you. I'm just in PA and get some to take a spin over' 43 44 but 45 zip is too far
 
Sp8ctre said:
I take it was too slow...
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It was fine, at the time. Plenty of torque, great backroads bike. But they were, at the time, described as agricultural. And it was fitting; very slow to rev, stump pulling torque, long throw gearbox, unsophisticated yet effective.

It had untamed shaft effect. It had linked brakes, with most of the front brake power applied by the rear brake pedal. It was as different feeling a motorcycle as I have ever experienced. Throttle on to turn right, throttle off to turn left (due to the shaft effect). I likened it to driving a forklift, as it raised several inches on its suspension with throttle on, and it sat down on its suspension, throttle off. It also steered right when I tried to wheelie it; shaft effect again.

It was my buddy's bike. I was on a Ducati 900SS in those days. We would trade rides regularly.
 
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