No riding.

Went (drove) to Morton’s to get the R 60/2 cleaned up for Vintage Day tomorrow. I got some waterless (i.e. no bucket) cleaner and microfiber rags from Autozone (or the other one, I forget, they’re essentially the same). What should have taken a half an hour max took MUCH longer.

All the bolts holding the seat on were SAE, missing or mismatched – or some combination of the first & last. Morton’s definitely doesn’t have the selection of random nuts & bolts George had BUT what they do have was pretty well organized. I found a nut to hold the front mount to the crosspiece. I found four matching bolts and nylock nuts to hold the side mounts (of the seat) in place – but one side is bent, which is probably why the seat wasn’t mounted when I bought the bike.

I put a “please do not sit on this motorcycle” sign on it for tomorrow – not because it’s special, but because it’s not stable. I don’t want anybody to try to mount it and fall off because the seat’s not secure.

One of the bolts mounting the rear fender to the frame was missing. Getting that installed was a giant, time-consuming pain in the ass. One side is easy, but that wasn’t the side that was missing OF COURSE. Because of the offset of the rear wheel, the other side – the missing side – was way harder, just from the angle. It took a while and some banging to get the 10mm socket OFF the bolt once it was tight. Wow.

But the bike is all clean and shiny. The stainless steel bolt kit came in, so I can start on that whenever I want to.

George is coming to Morton’s to help with the swing arm boot replacement & video on Tuesday. If that goes well, I’ll do the fluids on Wednesday. G will check out the kick start lever, too. It might be nothing but it might be an indicator the transmission needs rebuilt. I’m sure which it will be – the more expensive option.