Rescued vehicle back on the road ...

[Pete-MJL]

Hey all,

Been a long while since posting here and because this " Photography Discussion " forum is a bit sleeping these days, I thought I' d post some pictures of one of my vehicles

As mentioned in "Rescued Vehicle" about 1,5 years ago, one of those rescued machines was a motorcycle.
An ex- British army 1967 350cc BSA B40 to be precise, that came to me in a pretty sorry state.

The bike was owned by a friend of mine who phoned me - about 23 years ago - to have a look at a motorcycle he got, because it was not a runner. One hour later, I got it working and had a ride around the block, but it wasn' t running smoothly.
When the owner took over, the engine stalled and refused to start again, due to a very mixed up wiring.
I advised him to dismantle the bike completely and restore it, because there was too much wrong with it.
And that' s exactly what he did: taking it apart and put it in a damp shed for 20 years ...

Anyway, in the summer of 2005 ( sounds like a song ) he phoned me once more and asked me if I remembered that little BSA he owned.
Of course I did and next thing he said was : " If you come to collect it within 15 minutes it' s yours, otherwise I' ll bring it to the scrap ! "

Needless to say I was there within 15 minutes ...

Now almost 2 years and a lot of headaches later, the bike is finally finished.
This morning I went to collect a new license plate and took the little BSA for a spin - the first one it had in 23 years and funny enough, the same guy at the handlebars ...

The "before"- pictures are taken the day the bike arrived at my home.
As you can see, it needed a bit of tidying up ...
Hope you like it,

Peter

[Catlin]

Wow good job on that,looks really slick now nice and new looking,but what ever happened to the car?

[Pete-MJL]

Thanks Catlin,

The car is still waiting ...
Due to the terrible state of the bike - there wasn' t a single item that didn' t need attention - and too much other work, I didn' t have time to get to the car.
I hope to start working on it soon though...

Peter

[Icekid84]

I know this is OLD.. but I'm making my rounds (for the first time in a long time) that does my heart good I like seeing old things salavaged and put to good use. Its much like the same as going to the pound and picking up a dog, then buying a puppy at a fancy store.