Oh dear I can already hear the anguished shouts of the restoration bean counters... what is he up to?
Well, the bottom line is, it’s my bike and I’ll do whatever I want to it, plus I lean more to modification than restoration. Okay, it’s not quite that simple so bear with me and I’ll explain.
Many moons ago I could see the way prices were going with Japanese twostrokes and they are what I cut my teeth on as a teenager. Although I had no real ‘spare’ money, every now and then when I could I bought mainly projects (wrecks). The plan was to do these bikes up as part of my retirement/pension plan and sell on. What I know now is there is no money in it if a bike is done properly. There may be in a few
