Lets face it, an old motorcycle is going to have some missing or broken items. It’s also going to need some worn out things replaced. Rubber things especially, as they loose flexibility and turn into a strange sort of plasti-crete. This bike has a few broken items, the fork bridge and the clutch side mirror mount. This type metal can’t be repaired so I contacted Bike Boneyard with a parts request. I also included the missing kickstart lever. They had all three at much cheaper prices than I would pay on Ebay.
Fork Bridge showing break
Note the broken mirror mount
So the Boneyard is sending me some stuff. There will be some other parts orders to make – fork seals, gaskets, missing bolts, rear brake switch, battery, etc. Small parts like this don’t cost much, but just like Ebay shopping, the shipping charges can add up if you order each item from a different place. Common sense here saves dollars.
While I had the handlebars out for the above photo I also took another shot showing how you must deal with the wiring harness. (some folks call it a loom) You must tag and number each connection before you take it apart. I like the blue painters tape as it sticks well, ink marks don’t wipe off, and when you remove it there is no glue residue.
Handlebar Wiring
Casey showed up late last night with a chord of wood and bitchin’ that the folks refused to let him unload and he had to have an empty truck today. You just don’t take a loaded truck to the weekly “truck pull”… Don’t make no sense.
He knew I’d buy the wood but he also brought a few pounds of deer steaks to sweeten the deal. He and his dad process deer for the local hunters and always have some guys that just dump the carcasses on them. By law it cannot be sold, so I luck into some. Deer steak and eggs for breakfast today.
