New member from Scotland

[Gram]

Hi, I came across this site a couple of weeks ago and have been hooked since.

I'm just starting a cafe build with what's left of a GS400. The last time I rode the bike was over 20 years ago just after i bought it for £50 off a mate who had found it dumped in the woods.

Since then Its been stuck at the end of the garden until a couple weeks ago when I dug it out of the hedge.

Surprisingly it's not in as bad a condition as it should be and only took an hour or so to completely dismantle.

The plan is to repair and reuse as much as possible, polish everything polishable and paint the rest, keeping only what's needed to make it legal.

Hopefully it should be on the road for summer.

Cheers, Gram

 

[VonYinzer]

Welcome to DTT Gram! Lets see some pictures of this machine!

 

[Magnus]

Welcome Gram !!!,,, im new too, and like yourself ,, im Hooked on DTT website. I have to say im a bit curious to see your project as well !!!,, lets see some pics. !!! Take Care .

 

[teazer]

Hi Gram, Where are you from? I lived in Perth for years and later worked in Glasgow and uni in Edinburgh. That was a few decades ago though.

 

[Gram]

Thanks for the welcome.

Teazer, i've moved about a bit but i'm currently near a little village called Scone just outside Perth.

There's not much to show on the project yet apart from a pile of bits. But here's a couple of photos.

 

[teazer]

How small is the world? I used to know Scone pretty well - what there was of it. My brother in Law used to the groundsman at Scone Palace or whatever the correct name of it is - at least I think that's where he worked - that was a while ago.

Hard to believe now that Scone used to be the capital of Scotland. Lot of history around there.

 

[Gram]

Small world indeed!

Most of the locals still believe it is the Capital. It's a nice spot and some fantastic roads.

We actually moved from the west coast to benefit from the dryer climate on the East but it has hardly stopped raining for the last 3 years.

Where are you now Teazer?

 

[swan]

Welcome to our weird little corner of the world. Keep the images coming.

 

[Gram]

Cheers Swan,

I'll start a build thread in the specials section.

 

[teazer]

Small world indeed!

Most of the locals still believe it is the Capital. It's a nice spot and some fantastic roads.

We actually moved from the west coast to benefit from the dryer climate on the East but it has hardly stopped raining for the last 3 years.

Where are you now Teazer?

That's too funny. After I graduated, I moved to the west coast for work and it was so wet and miserable I moved to Australia and from there to the US in Illinois.

 

[Magnus]

Awesome Gram !!!!,, 8)