Mean, cruel, heartless, and uncalled for!
(And, given it did the last 40-odd years without, I'm hoping the next twenty will be less of a hurdle, for the bike at least)
Current state of play
About 3pm this afternoon.
about half six this evening.
Spent the afternoon removing bits, the seat assy & fairing are now in my son’s bedroom, as he’s still away at Uni, I have several buckets of oily greasy screws & stuff, and hopefully enough photos to reassemble it in the right order. An old pal, who coincidentally is a bit of a Guzzisto too, turned up at just the right moment for splitting the frame and parking it out of the way, and helping to lift the engine & gearbox onto the workmate. He’s got one to do too, so I’ll repay the favour.
Would have been finished a bit earlier but the cat was due an MOT, and I’ve converted it to DCC, well, it’s been chipped, anyway.
I’ll split the box from the engine tomorrow and then strip the engine.
then I’ve got to reassess all the bits I’ve taken off and see if anything else needs replacing, and decide whether to strip other bits to clean or replace them. Hopefully, by Sunday, I’ll have a shopping list.
I really didn’t want to go here, but I’m quite enjoying myself
I’m reasonably optimistic that the bike can be ready for the Mandello trip in September, I’m less confident that Covid restrictions will permit it.
cheers
Simon