Oliver has loaded!

This begins my attempt to restore my father's 1968 Honda CL 350. Oliver was loaded onto the back of a truck today, and should be arriving here in (not currently so sunny) Los Angeles next week.

This is the end of one project, and the start of a new one. Over the last decade or so I have tried to convince pops to fix the bike, let me fix the bike, fix it together, etc. Last summer I delivered a challenge: get the bike running in 6 months, or hand it over to me! He failed on his end, and now I get a crack at it.

Here is the bike (named Oliver, courtesy of Richard Hammond and the Botswana Special):




We put the parts together, and now it looks like a functioning motorcycle. Dad even polished it up a bit after I got some of the parts back on.




Oliver has been in parts and on blocks for fifteen years. Time to see if he can clean up!