Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

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When the TR fired up I was naturally all excited. Immediately I was in my head thinking dates for the trip to BDK and a rolling road session. Once that was done, I could then concentrate on the last elements of the build and final assembly. That was early 2022.

Well, as you know from last time the water leaks put me massively behind, time wise. It was not only that. To be honest a lot of my time and money had to be directed elsewhere and a couple of physical problems emerged which slowed me up more than I would have liked. Life got in the way of playtime! I have also a Suzuki GT500 project which was close to being finished (Bertie promises that you’ll read about that in these pages at some point) and I wanted to get that boxed

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