Hope everyone out there is taking the opportunity to get out and ride their vintage iron while the weathers still nice. My bike is kinda unique being none of the previous owners made a cafe racer out of it. It was previously my dads back in 1988 before he passed away from cancer, he left it to a friend of his who said he’d give it to me when I was old enough. That guys widow called me in 2001 and said she had found an envelope with my name on it and the bikes title in it while going through her late husbands posessions and decided to call me and let me know she had found that and that I could come get the bike whenever. I picked it up and brought it home where I slowly rewired it where it had previously had a electrical meltdown. It finally started and idled for the first time in July of 2009. I took all the painted parts off, brought them into where I work and striped and powdercoated them. Then I made a custom exhaust from what was left of the aftermarket pipes it had modafied it then brought it in and ceramakoted it. Recently added saddle bags, fork tool bag, new mirrors, highway pegs, and a maltese cross tail light. Origional never opened engine with only 35,000 miles. It’s taken a long time but I think even my father would smile if he seen it now.

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