It's time I started a build thread to document my progress and establish a background for this project.
I've been enjoying my first '78k for a couple years now, and really diggin this site for almost as long.
I bought the first one as a rider, it only needed oil changes and riding since the day I got it.
I bought it for a bike to work on, but was too afraid to do much because I had no knowledge to work with. It isn't pretty, but its not too ugly either, so I cleaned it with rags, rode the heck out of it and started looking for "parts bikes". I bought all the '77/'78 k's I could find. None were running, a couple had titles, and I was bitten bad by the "bug"
I still didn't know "jack", but I was learning the names of the parts, how to take them apart, and the importance of labeling what I thought it was and putting it in a bag with the label.
Last fall I started putting all the parts together that I had learned about and put together one complete bike that had all systems working and I could ride it around the street in front of my house.
I was getting to know "jack" and this is to be the story of Jack's restoration into a fun bike to ride and be proud of. I plan a low budget build, with as many custom parts as I can create with my own new skills and tools I am acquiring. This is the childhood hobby I wanted to have many years ago!
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