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Thank you Gents, this is a crowd that knows its machinery so the praise is certainly appreciated.

Like the Winchester House, the construction will continue! This bike needs tires: the Shinko's on it now are eleven years old, and while they still display the molding sprue and aren't dry-rotted, I just don't do eleven year old tires. A set of Metzeler Block C in 3.25 and 4.00 x 18 with Heidenau tubes is in the mail.

Then there is the matter of the swing arm boot which is cracked. This will necessitate removing the rear wheel and swing arm. The swing arm itself should get cerakote and the final drive seal was leaking diff oil onto the rear tire this winter when the temps were low. And the neutral switch will finally get fixed.

I was going to tackle all these items but it would have meant going even deeper at a time when I was already pretty deep in the bike. As it was, this took half a day to disassemble and the better part of four solid days spread over three months to put back together.

The good news is I have joined a bike club here in town that has a proper lift, tools, wash rack etc., and a community of like-minded enthusiasts to urge me along. . .