Here’s a few more photos from my initial inspection.
When I first went to look at the bike I thought it actually might have been a road worthy bike and I could ride it home ( less than 20 miles )
Yeah I soon realized that wasn’t happening.
The chrome on the bike is all in very good shape with no rust. Here I chose a couple spots and just took some Windex and paper towels. You can see before and after.
Those are chromed steel wheels, not aluminum.
The underside of the mufflers are not rusted out and are structurally sound.
Rear drum is very clean.
Can’t recall if I’ve mentioned this, the front brake doesn’t work, not even a little. Master cylinder is leaking, it’ll be a total overhaul top to bottom. As well as the rear drum.
The clear coat shouldn’t be too hard to remove, it’s literally curling off the cases.
Right now I’ve been thrashing away on my gas tank. It was completely unusable when I got the bike. Rust never sleeps! Cue Neil Young!
This will be the subject of its own soon. But I’m working to alleviate this rust situation.
“It’s better to burn out, than fade away!”