When I moved to Exmouth in 1980, we had a couple of young boys 2 &3 and the wife had just had the third (she is in the pram), there wasn't any TV up there in 1980.
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Well back then money was paramount, that's what we up there for, so I saw this old motorbike on its side in a paddock in the industrial area, with its guts hanging out.
So as I had been into motor bikes since I was a kid, I thought there has to be money in that, if I can fix it.
So in I go and offer them $50 for it and walk away with a BSA 650 basket case, I didn't have a shed (it was a State housing commission rental) so all the work had to be done outside.
There wasn't an internet, or a motorbike shop, so most bits had to be made by hand, including the finishing touches.
8 months later and a lot of hard work and there was $US2k profit, I sold it to a yank who took it back to the U.S.
Now all I have to do is fix up the BMW basket case, I bought to keep me busy in retirement, it's a shame the wife is more interested in cruising, than me restoring motorbikes.
Hey
@Smurf1976 see the Black and Decker drill made in Australia, with an alloy gearbox, ah the good old days, when we walked the walk. Lol
Full strip down, clean, repair or refabricate and rebuild, in the front yard and there wasn't even fences.
Back then there was a strange thing call trust and leaving the other people's $**** alone.
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