Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

BLACK GOLD!

We always welcome stories from CMM readers about how they’ve gotten involved in other people’s restorations. Often we find that fact is stranger than fiction!

What we have here is a story separated (as is often the case) by many years of the bike in question being left to rot under a tarpaulin, only to be brought back from the brink: this time by reader Kenneth Turnock. Don’t forget, if you have a story then let us know. You’ll find our contact details at the front of the mag. Over to you, Ken!

The story of this bike starts (for me at least) a year after it was manufactured: 1984…

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