Evenin all

[CCC1]

Been quite for a while, well a few years LOL, but not in the bike dept

The lastest finished project





at least you will hear me coming, from about Purden i think

[fj1200]

Looks good. Would appear that all that time was well spent.

[CCC1]

Thanks, ive done a few more,



l enjoyed this one, a sympathetic resto after getting from a guy in Regina, its gone now though, has a new lover. Got a couple more on the go. Smokers.

[Hortons Heroes]

those are some really clean looking bikes. Inspiring work.

[madmac74]

 I'm speeceless, Well done , ....finding everything

MAC

[CCC1]

 ...........................for example, 4 months to find the right chainguard, $160 usd from a breaker in Colorado, i winced a bit until i saw one go on evilbay a couple of weeks later $360USD and change, same guy got $550 for a pair of fork ears, fork ears FFS

[Dennis]

There's a big difference between restoring old bikes and using them as donors for custom bikes.  Fork ears is a perfect example. I did the restore  approach on a CB350 years ago (well, the front of it anyways).  I ended up with 3 pairs from which I was able to find one good set; all needed work and none were cheap. 

I don't restore anything and have probably thrown some pristine collector parts in the bin because I have no plans to ever use them, and I'm not going to hold them forever.  First thing to go is air boxes, followed quickly by signal lights and gauges.

Its a good thing I got rid of my 1958 BSA M21 when I did.  It was a fairly complete barn find, but all I could see was a cool flat head engine, and how it would look in a chopper.

Peace & Grease, Dennis