Hot Legs!

Waiting for engine parts is a bind for down-under Jeff. So, what’s to do, mate?

G’day! Four weeks on and I’m still waiting on backorder parts for my RG500 engine, so although I hoped to have it running by now, I will have to wait for that sweet smoke and crackling note. In the meantime, I’ve started on the chassis.

Keeping it in mind that this is not a restoration as such but more of a procedure to bring a bike out of a 17-year hibernation and return it to the streets with original patina as much as possible (while ensuring the bike is mechanically reliable and running sweetly), I am not trying to make the bike look new so as you will see in some images, I’m leaving stains and blemishes on alloy parts and not replacing every fastener with a new shiny stainless steel one.