Well after getting most of the paper work together it seems the old girl hasn't seen much time out of a shed in the last 27yrs.
Looks as if it was brought into NZ & 1st reg'd by Pacific Motorcycles in Dec 89, 1st private owner took purchase Nov 90 and rode it for just over 3yrs then parked up & plates wiped 2yrs later.
So roughly 22yrs in the dark without proper steps being taken for a long-term park up it's survived pretty well.
Had reasonable plans for the wk/end just gone but got nailed by a evil dose of the flu that started Friday pre dawn tossing my breakfast at my car before work & it was all down hill from there; only managed 1 solid meal all wk/end so things haven't been great.
Sunday out of desperation I stripped the bodywork off & wrestled it into it's new abode (or will be for a while anyhow)....bloody 240kgs of dead weight is bloody handful in a tight spot when your crook.
Here a couple of up date pics
1) A bit scary seeing this, inside the carbs could be interesting. Had a nosy down the plug holes & each cylinder looks clean with no scores etc.
2)Some of the parts...was only really after the badges but discretion is the better part of valor so the CDI, coils, solenoid, were clamped down on.
3)A lot of work ahead; dealt to worse in the past so time to roll back the sleeves
4) A view from top side, dirty as buggery but least it's easy to get at. Nifty wee gizmos they thought of back then, headlight over-ride relay if 1 filament blows it kicks the other into action automatically; It's also got auto cancelling turn signals
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