Purchased as an import, having spent its first forty years in Minnesota this will need to be UK registered, the first step is an MOT, which it passed first time last week. Apparently its a relatively simple process... But I think I've heard that before somewhere!
Pretty much all we did was clean out the fuel tank & tap & replace the carb & battery. The battery was inevitable, but the carb had almost "dissolved" inside the float chamber... The first time I'd seen anything like it! A new carb came with another project, so that was fitted & it runs fine.
August '13
An added, & rather unfortunate twist to this one... It was stolen recently during a garage burglary... Infuriating given its age & rarity, we never expected to see it again, or at least not in a useable state. Fortunately it was recovered with minimal damage, the only significant losses were the plastic side covers, not easy things to replace as they are no longer made for this bike, but at least it will ride again!
