Bimbling on the SL125

The donor SL I bought came with a set of brand new, boxed, indicators,
so I've just bolted them on and started on the engine casings with
Loyblox and Solvol, as they haven't seen a polish in decades, I reckon.

Coo, this bike is coming up a treat, so I went for a 15-mile bimble this
afternoon, just burning petrol with no particular place to go. Well, I
had a jar of honey to deliver to a mate and bummed a cuppa while I was
there.

The SL whirrs along at 50-55, and will just about top 60 sitting up. Now
I've got the spare wheels, I'll get the rebuilt with the new rims, and
add the brand new forks I've also got waiting to go on.

And, as luck would have it, someone out there is trying to sell a
US-import SL with no papers barring the import receipts (so with luck
it'll go cheap) and I have, lurking in the Chateau, an SL frame for
which I can get a logbook....

It's the CB500T syndrome all over again, only with a bike rather more
fun and desirable. I like dirt bikes, I do.

 

So do the local scrotes. Please don't tempt me^H^Hthem again, okay?

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Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

I know, I know.

I'd love to use it to trundle around London, shopping hack, etc, but
it's a dirt bike and we both know what that means.....

As does BRC, of course.

But it's just *gorgeous*. Runs like a watch, all of 17k miles from new
(1974 model!), and a neat little rack on the back. I did swallow my fear
of the local pikeys and take it down to Morrisons for a quick shop, this
afternoon.

 

I _said_ "please don't tempt me"! <twitch> <twitch> <twitch>...

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

It ain't for sale, anyway. So you're safe.