The mileage is estimated, I believe the mileage.
It is a 1 owner bike.
When I first laid eyes in it was the end of 74, and it had 68, 000 miles on it, At that time it got dropped damaging the speedo. I think he never ran the speedo since.
Around that time he put a 812 kit in it and Yoshi cam. The topend came off a couple more times, to re-ring it. Bottom end is UNTOUCHED.
So today the bike has been sitting a few years, missing a few bits, but he fifures it still runs. I went to see it last Wed, it is stored in a fairly dry environment out of the weather.
I personally probably rode around 5-10 K beside or with this bike, so I know it well. It was his only road bike until around the 90s, and he rode it a lot, and tried to keep track of mileagebased on where he went and how much he used it.
It started as a Candy Garnet Brown bike, at the end of 74 it had extended forks and dual Cibie type lights and Z bars,custom seat, and 16 inch rear. Shortened the front end after that. Ran a fibremold tank after that, then a NOS turquoise tank, then a red original one. Since I have known it it had the Trippe A header on it bit the megahone/baffle had rotted off, It has finned covers and Webco tappet covers. Back in the 70s he put a dual disc F fork on it. Then added a Morris mag on the front.. still has that. Ran a 18 inch Mirris on the back for a while I think, but it was too skinny, so the 16 went back on..
I really like this bike, it is like an old friend to me. It is no, missing tank, guages, muffler.
It was nice to see it again after not seeing it a few decades. I have quite a few 'back in the day" pics of it.
His brother has a 72 that he bought less than a year old with almost the same mileage on it as well.
These 2 bikes and my own, cemented the idea in my head as to how long lived these can be.. that and the mikes I put on some of mine..
