refurbish

My wife's grandfather passed away recently and I have been told I am going to inherit his 650 special. They don't know much about it until lawyers give the release of the title and such. Would anyone help me identify what model/year it is? Here is an album of some photos I took...

A few vintages ago I bought this bike from a guy in Montana. I lived in Seattle at the time and his sister lived nearby and was getting married soon so he brought it to me. "Ran when I parked it." So I parked it in my garage for awhile. Finally, I flushed the tank, cleaned the carbs, put new...

I have been working on my '78 Standard for a couple of months now. I have it apart as far as I'm going to go and I thought you could follow along as I get it put back together. This refurbishment is a classic case of Project Creep. When I started, I only wanted to do one thing. By the time I...