The acquisition
Pictures of my latest find... its a garage find... obviously stored for a long time. Seems that someone has been fiddling as the carb cover is off (missing) and the wiring exposed. I agreed a price "unseen" and honoured it although the bike was rather worse than expected. It was filthy and seemed to have been stored outside. There is clearly a transmission fault as the wheels lock up with some sort of clutch problem. If the bike is pushed it resists moving, although the motor doesn't turn. I think it is probably siezed and only moves through clutch slip! Adjustment might help, but the pedals aren't turning anything either so obviously the transmission needs looking at. Id always expected to rebuild the motor so all of that can be sorted in the process. The choke cable is missing... this should have a moulded plug that fits into the frame headstock down tube. These are discontinued, and in keeping with other spares Ive checked, only available at an inflated price. I ...