Boring stuff about your boring life.
I've attacked the exhaust with a steel brush, and it's come up pretty good. Next step will be to use a wire wheel and give it a really good clean, then sand it back to a paint finish, then it'll get a nice UHT matt black paint on it. It looks to me like a 1990s vintage Cycleworks 4 into 1 in damn good nick. I've got some new packing stuff for the 'zorst and as soon as I can work out how to get the slip cover off I'll repack it.
Hmmm. This one's in better nick. Just have to negotiate a price for it and drag it back from the Wairarapa. What would I do with TWO katanas though? And this one's owned by an old workmate so there's a possibility it could be a ridiculously cheap price too... I'm feeling a bit like a right jammy bastard at the moment. Successfully negotiated a good price with Bryce for some replacement forks - the stanchions on the bike really are rubbish ...