Topic: SCORE!!!...

[mick750F]

   So I'm working on my bike today and a friend drops in to see me. We've worked a lot of jobs together in the past and we also go back about 35 years. He wants me to take a ride with him to check out his next project, a house he has just picked up at auction. As added inticement he says to me..."You're not going to believe what's in the garage...a Supersport." So off we go, me expecting at the very least to pick up a parts bike for mine, a '78 750F, or better yet my next project. The house is huge and not in bad shape, just seriously neglected. It will be a nice project.
   After checking out the house we head out to the garage. It's full of crap. Old furniture, skis, boxes of paperwork, doors etc., etc. All of it water damaged dumpster fodder. There in the back corner I spot the bike...a 400F! I can't believe it! It is a total mess. Lots of rust and corrosion but pretty much all there from what I could see. The light was poor, the rain was coming in and it was kind of buried. He says it's mine for the taking once the property is officially in his name. We may take it out of there before that. My next project! To top it off he's already talking about letting me take over the garage as a shop space, which I need badly. Some days it pays to get up.

Mike

[dusterdude]

wayt to go mike!!!

[Bob Wessner]

It's full of crap. Old furniture, skis, boxes of paperwork, doors etc.

Hey, you peeked in my basement last week, didn't you?  Gone now though, that was one of my chores this past week. 

[mick750F]

It's full of crap. Old furniture, skis, boxes of paperwork, doors etc.

Hey, you peeked in my basement last week, didn't you?  Gone now though, that was one of my chores this past week. 

   I know what you mean Bob but this stuff had been rained/snowed on for years. Critters have been living in there, chewing away at things and doing all sorts of critter things. As a proudly admitted dumpster diver I found the contents of the garage to be pretty disappointing except for the bike. And that will need a TON of work to be brought back to life if it's even possible/feasible. I couldn't get a great look at it, but it has it's original sexy 4 into 1 pipes. Rusty, but they seemed solid where I could knock on them. I'm excited about the bike but maybe more excited about the prospect of getting shop space that's about triple the size of what I have now.

Mike

[chrometank]

Why dont these things happen to me ! must be bad karma Good luck with the project you lucky bastard!
cheers