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Y'know, I respect that guy more than all of the ones who get their 6-figure Ferrari and park it on blocks as an investment. If I had lottery money I'd have a much nicer car than I do now...and I'd drive it everywhere.

I guess like my dad said... "Getting old sucks...but it beats the alternative."

It was Made in Taiwan by the Red Baron Co., Ltd...which until 2004 was the Yamaha Auto Center Co. At least that's what's on the box. It does have a lot of details, and weighs a couple of pounds because it's solid brass. I have no idea how old the model is -- newer than 2004 at least, but the...

Okay, this may be really loosely "bike related," but check out what my son got me for a birthday present this year! I don't know HOW far into the Internet he had to explore to find this, but I think it's really cool.

That make sense. I have a Standard and the clutch cable runs down the right side. I wasn't thinking about the Special bars.

I went out in the garage and took dark pics of what I'll call the factory routing, since I got this bike from the original owner and I've never changed it. It's basically what @Raymond says. From the clutch handle cross the front of the bike and down. route down under the reflector mount and...

Oh, way south of that. We're between Lansing and Grand Rapids.

Baby steps, right? Today's a weirdly sunny, 80 degree day in Michigan. So I taped off the carb inlets, put the sidecovers and seat on and wheeled it out into the driveway for a wash. Side note, the tires I bought in '94 held air when I pumped them up. I mean, the sidewalls are dry-rotted and...

Hey, that's the bike! Zephyrs are nice looking bikes, I have to say.

I was looking through our old photo chest for something else and found these, from 2000 or early 2001. (Forgive the old-guy cliché of taking-a-pic-of-a-pic.) Man I used to keep it shiny. I'm calling them Incentive to Finish The Bike. :) Or maybe just Incentive to Wash The Bike. 😁...

Okay, step one done. I made a new top out of a leftover piece of OSB for the old Harbor Freight workstand... the reason why is sitting on it. The old top was made from compressed cardboard, I think. Now between that and the other stand in the pic, I can hold up a sheet of plywood and make shelves.

I feel that! A couple of years ago I had a project in Salinas, CA and my hotel was in Monterey. My commute took me past ALL the vegetable fields -- it's a unique experience to have the morning air smell like celery. I looked it up and the Salinas Valley produces something like 65% of the...

I'm ready to start finagling the carbs off of it and seeing if I can disassemble them carefully enough to re-use the gaskets, as suggested here. I think I've run into a snag -- a garage-related one. We've lived in this house for five years now, and the garage is piled up with everything that...

That's preeettttttyyyyyy! And likewise -- original tires?? Yow.

Actually, what I should've said is that at it's BEST, this bike has never started that easy when it was cold. There's no way it was ever going to light off with no battery and one blip of the starter button after 17 years of sitting. 😂🤣

I know, that's the plan. I wanted to see if it would blip the starter, that's all.

I had a chance to go out in the garage and tinker after dinner. Only one mouse house, in the empty battery box. Removed airboxes, they're clear. Gas tank is about half full... and shiny down there. I felt inside the tank with my finger and only felt a little surface dusty rust. :D I hooked...

I certainly hope so!

Very nice!