Hey Everybody, new member intro

[OdysseusXS]

Here goes, I'm an Aussie who has been lucky enough to pick up an '82 Heritage Special about a fortnight ago. It is still being registered/complianced so I won't get to take her home for another week or two. I am absolutely blown away by the amount of interest in these robust motorbikes. I'll be posting pics in an album as soon as I get to spend some quality time in the shed with the bike, a few soft rags and a bottle of 'purple' polish (and some autosol for the tricky bits). As it stands, the bike only has 19,000 miles on the clock and is in a very well-preserved state (imagine the scenario; bike was imported from Chicago and must have been driven once in a blue moon by a very careful rider, then wrapped up in a blanket and stored away lovingly in a garage). Even the plastics on this bike are in amazing shape, brake fluid reservoir has not gone brittle or cloudy. I've been riding for about two years now and can't wait to go for a ride on my new obsession. I'm keen to learn from the considerable wisdom (technical and otherwise) present in this forum. I'm a newbie but I'm eager to learn.

 

[Paulrxs650]

Welcome!
Ill be keen to see pics!

 

[Sonnylynnvick75]

Welcome! best of luck to you on your new labor of love

 

[OdysseusXS]

Thanks mate, can't wait to be in a position where I can take some time to take some decent shots of the bike, at the moment it's sitting in a warehouse waiting to be unleashed on the back roads of the Adelaide Hills (google earth "Chain of Ponds Adelaide"). Thanks again for the welcome, hope I can become a useful contributor to the forum.

 

[Paulrxs650]

Thats some good looking riding!! Very jealous!

 

[OdysseusXS]

Yup, so much fun, even on my old bike 'The red rattler' an old SRX250 single. It had a slippy clutch and the suspension was reminiscent of Elvis on acid (never quite knew what it would do or where it would go). Quite a few members of the blue menace lay in wait up there though, so you have to pick and choose the bits where you exceed the posted limits. Can't wait to have a careful run through on the new beast, even dead stock standard it should be a hoot!

 

[OdysseusXS]

Here she is, '82 Heritage Special. I'm only about 1/3 of the way through the first detail, coming up nicely though Let me know what you think of her...