Sorry for my lack of posting the past few days….I had a lot of things that I’ve been promising my daughter I’d do. Anyway, it was excellent to see some posting in my absence.
I’ll try to get some pictures of the exhaust headers that I started working on while I wait to get this bike picked up and over to the shop for some engine diagnostics/repair beyond my current abilities. The apparent elbow grease required to get these back into shape reminded me of something important…my budget and plan for this project.
My budget and plan are this: I have no budget. By that I don’t mean “unlimited.” I mean that I’m scraping for funds for this and the plan is to (1) just get it running right, (2) clean and reburbish anything that I can by myself, and finally (3) when it’s all done, I’ll start slowly getting things rechromed where necessary.
It just kind of cracks me up to see projects on TV. They are just nothing like what we normal people go through to restore an old classic. I mean, I didn’t start off with a budget of a month’s salary and at this stage, I just don’t see manufacturers donating thousands of dollars in parts to me in order to help me not blow my budget. I love when they say, “…this should only set you back about $800.” What? ONLY?
Yeah, I guess my strategy is a slow de-aging process, rather than a major all-at-once visit to the fountain of youth.
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