Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Apache: out of the shadows!

In case you think you’ve missed something, yes, there has been a hiccup in the sequencing of the TS400K project. We’ve had several master classes from Ferret on the bike’s wiring which were, hopefully, hugely valuable to all the home mechanics who hate electrics. We’re now back on the tools going through the Apache, carrying out sanity and safety checks.

The Apache made its way to rural Bedfordshire thanks to my good mate Andy Kirkwood who, if anything, is even more bike mad than me. His company, Global Robots, sponsors the likes of TT and Macau GP winner Peter Hickman so I knew the crate would be in good hands.

Andy’s van driver and sometime bike courier Neil Milson picked up the crate from Southampton and was excitedly ripping it all apart by the time I got there so, sorry, no decrating shots… apologies.

Back at base, the

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