August 10th, 2025
Here I am catching up on the bike and the events over July.
I started by stripping down
you can see that I removed the Gas tank, seat and the cover over the Battery compartment. The Gas tank was not fully mounted and was an easy lift off while the battery cover had just the one bolt.
The seat is another story as it certainly had not foam inside and when tilted back and forth it sounded like rust moving back and forth. I was somewhat concerned it was the seat pan, but of course that looked reasonably ok from the bottom. I would have to take the cover off and see what it was like inside.
I was not going to strip it down too much at this point as this was the beginning of my restore and I had at least a rough idea of my plan.
Step 1. I wanted to get the bike engine running as a first step.
Step 2. Remove the drive train (engine) from the frame and then start the methodical restore.
Step 3. Put it back together
Step 4. Get registered legally (plated) and enjoy