Classic Dirt Bike

Just a little thing…

Anyone who has ever been daft enough to take on a project will know the big bits are fairly easy to sort and it is the little bits which cause the most frustration and bother. I suppose we all already know this yet still we tackle projects with lots either damaged or missing and we’re certain the problems will be minor and easily sorted. They never are but it doesn’t stop us taking them on.

The Yamaha IT465 which came our way some years ago… way too many years really… was in a really bad state, having been abused by a previous owner somewhere in the US. By the time it came to us the problems were masked and it was only later

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