Dk,
SHe is looking about road worthy....is that a leaky gas can NEXT to your tombstone welder (is that why they call themb tombstones??
It seems like your bike project is a little more practical than mine. 10 years ago I bouhgt a beat up old Kawi Police bike for $500 and rode around for a year or so in that condition(down to san deigo even). Then the timing chain started slapping, so what to do? Push the bike over the bank and say that was a good $500 investment for a year of riding?....Go to auction a pick up another in better shape for $1000 ????.....Nah
Pull apart my old motor and go to town, which I did 3 times. Now it has a weisco high domes big bore kit, a machined head and a balanced crank....
oh and new "cop" paint and silly stuff like that. I think I put $4500 in a bike worth about $1500. Oh well....I still have it though but I dont ride it like I did when I lived in Oregon (something about ICE on the roads here) oh and having kids....and building a house.....
Oh yeah, and running my tractor!