Back to business, Luke's disassy.

Here ya go, just some samples to show how Luke started documenting how things came apart, where wires go and the condition of things at disassembly. Remember that if you click on these pictures you can get the full size picture with a lot more detail.
There is no official list yet but the assumptions are that the frame and misc needs to be blasted and painted so that no more Barney is visible, something needs to be done about the tank, fenders and seat (more on that in the next blog), new bearings in wheels, steering stem, etc., all new cables, ... that is just the start.

I confess that I stole the peanut head rocker box covers from this bike and put them on Gilera. Hence the Black /7 head covers here.

Worn, but acceptable.

Sept. 28, 2007 (Luke tears it up, Paul ships out)

We had a day when Paul was supposed to be packing up and leaving for AZ but he was spending his time putting the Atlas back together instead. Luke was out there with him and he got a lot done on the disassembly. I was pleased to see him making good use of the digital camera to document things as they came apart, especially wiring for color codes and stuff like that.

Somewhere along the line I found another under $2000 BMW. This one came from the owners of Beemer Hill. It is a little R60 that I kept for just a short while; long enough to realize that I was overextended. I made some very small repairs and adjustments to it; essentially spent nothing on it and sold it for $200 more than I paid for it. I never had an R60 before. The experience taught/reminded me of 2 things:

1. A pushrod 600cc engine in 1974 didn't have a lot of horses and a few of those horses died since.



2. oops, that pinging noise is because you are not burning leaded high-octane in this poor engine.

None the less, having this Duetsch, the German bike, provided us with a couple of historic moments. One was when Paul and I rode Gilera and Duetsch to Morrie's Place in Richmond IL to get some Norton parts. The other was when Luke on Duetsch, Paul on Gilera and myself on Sharona went out to breakfast and took a very short putt around. My first rides with my grown up boys!!

Duetsch, the "German bike" 1974 R60/6 600cc

Norton guy dancing at Morrie's Place.

R60/6 and R100 at Dog n Suds.

Sept. 11, 2007 (disassembly begins)

After I finished up Gilera's repairs (wheel bearings, steering stem bearings, shaft drive spring, final drive rebuild, new tires, brakes, etc. etc. etc.) she gave up the lift for this project to begin. I have since purchased a motorcycle jack, I will prolly never afford a lift unless I build one my self, so for the time being this rigging from the rafters worked better than lying on the concrete. Hey, it works so just shut up yer laughing.

Paul was busy with finishing up his Norton Atlas project and preparing to move to AZ but Luke showed some interest in getting in on this. We talked about a wait and see, let's see how this goes, cooperation on this project. He has since put some hours in on disassembly and some eBay parts and we figure that towards the end of this project we will have some options for me to buy him out, him to buy me out or develop a joint ownership.