The Classic MotorCycle

F for frustration…

The realisation that anything and everything relating to working on old motorcycle takes longer than envisaged (or have put aside the time for) and brings up a load of frustration shouldn’t surprise me anymore. But, of course, it always does.

The plan was simple. The Project Viper, which has languished for a couple of years, was going to be finished off and fired up, while my MAC-engined Viper was going to be treated to a new petrol tank, bought from India and largely for explorative purposes, but which also

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