I fell in love with an eBay listing, then went to have a look and my heart went pitter patter! After much nail biting as I was at work when the auction ended, on the phone to my wife getting a running commentary on the bidding which stopped £6.66 under my max!

The sharp eyed amoungst you might notice the additional engine breather?

And the brute that did this?

  The anti syphon valve behind the oil pump went walk about, never found any trace of it! This allowed the oil to pump straight into the sump and back into the tank, big end seized and con rod went bang! Very very bad for the previous owner, you can see how much money's been spent on the bike in the past, total, I mean TOTAL restoration 13 years ago and only done 2,300 miles since.

  However................ good news for me as I was able to buy her (at a price that I could afford the bank loan payments). I managed to mig weld the case up and re-built the engine, now running her in (very tedious!) Having had to do the re-build means she's my bike, except for grinding the crank it's all my own work. I've got very intimate with her! If I'd bought something nice but up and running it wouldn't be mine.

  Corny video but it was only intended for a few friends.

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 Colin