This is one of those bikes you come across once in a blue moon. I bought it of a mate who needed some cash and he had inherited this bike from an uncle. when i went to collect it (I bought it in good faith but without seeing it) It was in the back of an old shed covered in a thick grimmey muddy oily like coating. which later i found to have been an old war time rust proofer recipe my mates uncle had used to protect the bike obviousley with the intention of riding it at a later date.

 

 

When I got the bike back to my lock up I needed to hose it down before putting it away as the oily gunge covering it was getting everywhere.

As I was hosing it down I could see glimmers of very shiny chrome and loads of it and by the time I had finished hosing I could see the metal work and engine were in very good nick with high quality chrome on the cylinder heads, carb tops , forks, gear lever, oil filter cover, water transfer pipe and clutch cover.

I spent the next few weeks cleaning out the carbs, petrol tank giving it a good clean and full service including the breaks and a new battery and new fork seals  and plugs then lo and behold it fired up and ticked over lovely , the original paint work didn't survive as well as the chrome work and I have given it a quick (but respectable) respray which looks fine and is petrol proof but is not a professional job.

The old boy who owned it also kept a meticulous log of every thing he ever did to the bike which also seems to include an engine change, iv scanned some of the info and it can be seen by clicking maintainance record page