Okay when I found it the engine was still in the frame.

Yeah Baby this is what I like! A big ole thumper with stump pulling torque & enough grunt to get the front wheel off the ground without using the the clutch at all. To bad it had a shattered piston in the cases with the transmission and had been sitting under a tree for several years.

Fortunately this junkyard dog story had a happy ending as I wound up stripping it down to a bare frame and a set of engine cases and then rebuilt it wit a Wiseco 520cc piston kit. Yeehaa!

I also built several bespoke parts for it just because I could, the muffler, rear rack, hand guards & gas cap were all products of my own handiwork.

after I restored it

Temporary tattoos can be great decals for a couple of years.

I rode the snot out of it for 10 years afterward and it was a little bit raggedy around the edges and starting to get weak again when I sold it to a very happy man who was planning to restore it again and ride it some more!

Sometimes I wish I had kept it but at the time I was fresh out of a wheelchair and was not sure if I’d ever ride again.

Peace Y’all