My Dad Bought this bike for his brother some 30 years ago for his birthday, and his brother didn't want it!!
So it sat in my garage until I was about 10 when my dad and my brother pulled it out and started using it. It was now a candy apple red from the original lime green. So they painted it purple and did a horrible restoration on it.
Now I pulled it out today, about 8 years later. All i remember is my brother blew the clutch in it. I know the clutch grabs, but it slips. I'm hoping its not the gears..
The bike will definitely start and run, but i remember i messed up the carb a little bit back then, maybe some polishing and adjusting inside it will change the binding problems.
I think it also needs a new coil... unless we put a new one in but i don't think so.
By now it probably needs brakes.
And I would like to put new rings in it and a head gasket, but i can't until i find a parts source which may be impossible with this Italian beauty.
The motor always ran strong, the brakes always worked, but I know this thing is going to need parts.
I'm going to send the frame out for a sandblasting and powdercoating as soon as I get it apart. And I have a home powder coater in my basement that works perfectly!! So I am going to do all the smaller parts that can fit in the oven that I use.
I am going to get pictures up of the bike this afternoon, but hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction of getting parts and help with anything else.
So it sat in my garage until I was about 10 when my dad and my brother pulled it out and started using it. It was now a candy apple red from the original lime green. So they painted it purple and did a horrible restoration on it.
Now I pulled it out today, about 8 years later. All i remember is my brother blew the clutch in it. I know the clutch grabs, but it slips. I'm hoping its not the gears..
The bike will definitely start and run, but i remember i messed up the carb a little bit back then, maybe some polishing and adjusting inside it will change the binding problems.
I think it also needs a new coil... unless we put a new one in but i don't think so.
By now it probably needs brakes.
And I would like to put new rings in it and a head gasket, but i can't until i find a parts source which may be impossible with this Italian beauty.
The motor always ran strong, the brakes always worked, but I know this thing is going to need parts.
I'm going to send the frame out for a sandblasting and powdercoating as soon as I get it apart. And I have a home powder coater in my basement that works perfectly!! So I am going to do all the smaller parts that can fit in the oven that I use.
I am going to get pictures up of the bike this afternoon, but hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction of getting parts and help with anything else.