a new challenge

*note* our hard drive crashed and we're saving money for a new computer which explains why I've gone so long without posting.

Someone in my faith community asked me Sunday if I was a motorcycle enthusiast. After pleading "guilty as charged" this person said she had a motorcycle that she was trying to get rid of and did I know anyone who might be interested. Said motorcycle hadn't been started in about 20 to 30 years.

I mentioned some motorcycle junkyards but then she mentioned that it was a 1967 Suzuki 125 and my interest began to stir. Then she said it would be free to whoever wanted it because she just wanted to get it out of her garage. My interest stirred a bit more. A small, simple, vintage, motorcycle to bring back to life could be interesting. I said I'd stop by and look at it. The next evening I was pushing it up a ramp into the back of my pick-up truck.

When I saw it I just couldn't resist. It is such a cute little motorcycle. It will never be super pretty but I think it is very nice.

The gas tank and lines are really gunked up but I think it has compression, and most of the parts are there, and the moving parts seem to be moving. It was in running condition when it was parked, in a barn, in perhaps the 1980's...so here we go.