Well I am now an offical brickster. I bought this 1987 K75S 10,000 miles with new tires, brakes, battery, fillters and all fluids changed with in the past 400 miles. The only flaw is the fork seals leak like a sieve.
These are the before photos. I will keep you advised of my resotraton process. Other than spit and polish she's gonna get a new coat of pain Sergaent Seat and progressive shorter shock.
Wish me luck.
VERY COOL!!!
Welcome to the gang.
When you were saying "seafoam green", I thought YUK! But that's Columbia Silver, a very good looking original color.
Other than the tank, the rest of the paint looks to be in nice shape. You might want to REALLY consider just having the tank painted to match. That will save you probably $800 on painting and won't shout repaint.
For bringing out the luster of the original paint, I've had great results with a cleaner polish called WET PAINT.
http://www.wetpaintglaze.com/detailing.html
This stuff is absolutely incredible!! It really does give the paint that wet deep shine.
I've bought several body panels off e-bay where the paint was VERY sun faded. After some buffing with this stuff (VERY easy), the paint looks brand new!
I never wash my bikes anymore (unless they get caught in the rain) I just give them a quick wipe with this stuff and it looks like I've just spent the whole day washing and waxing.