Looking good Rat!! And by the way, I refuse to keep a running total of the money. I don't do it for my home repairs and sure as hell ain't gonna do it for this motorcycle. I don't care about the money. Or the time. It may get to that point one day. But not now.
For now I am doing exactly what Stew said: fix what needs fixing, get the general cafe type shape I want out of the thing and have the wife back on two wheels.
Today I ordered fork springs and seals. Just a new break cable and I'll be ready to rebuild the front end. Eventually I'll have to settle on a new headlight bucket and a tach/speedo (hopefully tucked into the bucket) but that will be later.
After that it will be new sprockets and chain. Then a valve adjustment and some new gaskets and (he says overly optimistically) it should be road worthy.
THEN I will start getting the final design together, gathering parts, fabricating some custom bits and planning my own demise. I suspect I will be found huddled in a corner, sobbing loudly while beating myself in the head with a crescent wrench.
Had another offer for free welding work from a guy who is doing a lot of decorative iron work for me at the moment. Also a moto enthusiast ho just bought himself an early sixties bmw. For those who catch the reference I offer this:
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