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Well I picked this bike up 2 weeks ago. Right now I refer to it as Crusty the BeeterMW. I paid the princely sum of $1400 for it. In retrospect it was a purely emotional purchase and I'm positive I overpaid but at least it was not the asking price.It was kind of like going going to the dog pound and falling in love with that 3 legged 1 eye thing. PO was obviously an abusive owner but I felt Crusty deserved better and may actually flourish in a new home with an attentive owner. Since Crusty has been at his new home I decided he needed to go on a diet and I shaved his coat to see what was really going on under there.
I'm happy we decided to check out Crusty's overall health before letting him run wild in the streets.
What we found so far are;
No bolts attaching the upper subframe.
Heavy corrosion on the engine covers.
Seepage coming out of his bottom end.
Pitted Chrome generously spread throughout the body.
Pocked and Rusted frame-thankfully only surface rust.
1 operating petcock-no wonder why he wasn't sounding right.
No functioning brake on the front
Questionable rear brakes.
Busted Rusted and useless centerstand
Dead Battery
and a host of other screwy and "I can't believe someone did thats!"
So far all the bags, racks, and fairing have been removed--Probably never going back on either--If anyone wants to trade for some of this stuff shoot me a line.
Make no qualms-Crusty is going to run in the streets again but a total restore is not in his near future-perhaps a few years out.
My goal is to arrest all possible decay, get him running predictably, fix all of his safety issues, and then perhaps taking him on walks around the neighborhood until he gets his health and confidence back up.
I'll keep people posted on Crusty's condition as his health improves.
Forgot to mention Crusty is a 1974 R75/6 --my birth year perhaps thats why he's so special to me.
Another dog rescued from euthanasia
I'm happy we decided to check out Crusty's overall health before letting him run wild in the streets.
What we found so far are;
No bolts attaching the upper subframe.
Heavy corrosion on the engine covers.
Seepage coming out of his bottom end.
Pitted Chrome generously spread throughout the body.
Pocked and Rusted frame-thankfully only surface rust.
1 operating petcock-no wonder why he wasn't sounding right.
No functioning brake on the front
Questionable rear brakes.
Busted Rusted and useless centerstand
Dead Battery
and a host of other screwy and "I can't believe someone did thats!"
So far all the bags, racks, and fairing have been removed--Probably never going back on either--If anyone wants to trade for some of this stuff shoot me a line.
Make no qualms-Crusty is going to run in the streets again but a total restore is not in his near future-perhaps a few years out.
My goal is to arrest all possible decay, get him running predictably, fix all of his safety issues, and then perhaps taking him on walks around the neighborhood until he gets his health and confidence back up.
I'll keep people posted on Crusty's condition as his health improves.
Forgot to mention Crusty is a 1974 R75/6 --my birth year perhaps thats why he's so special to me.
Another dog rescued from euthanasia