Gene,
Funny thing, but, the Olds sits in the shop all winter, I put the battery in, crank the engine until the oil light goes out, set the choke, and the damn thing lights up. Every, single, time, for about thirty years, the thing just starts, and runs. It is, by far, the most reliable car in the stable, and always has been. Only gets driven in the summer, but, sitting around is just as hard on them as running them all day long.
The motorcycles I’ve owned were Japanese, with CDI boxes and digital ignitions, and, save a bad ground cable on a 1995 750 GSXR, have all been pretty bulletproof as well.
The English stuff that interests me, old bicycles and double guns are about the same, although, I had a run in with a Holland pre Royal with a single trigger that taught me some hard lessons. I don’t own any English guns at the moment, but, that could change again at any time.
A friend was going to duplicate a ride up the east coast he took when he graduated from high school, in 1965, on his restored Triumph. He got about 200 miles, and told his son where to meet him with the pickup-with the ZX7R loaded in the back.
Old dreams die hard, but, when they die, it is usually for good reason. The Kawasaki did the trip with aplomb.
Best,
Ted
