Hi! And thanks for coming to check out my website "The Bike Saver"! I started this website because I love old motorcycles and wanted to share my experiences bringing these old bikes back from the grave...or garage, or basement, or shed, or wherever! Feel free to wander around and check it out! 

Let me start by saying up front, I am no mechanic. I am not professionally certified - although some would say ‘certifiable’ (most probably my wife), because there’s always other stuff to spend money on, silly crap like bills…and food…and living indoors…”and none of them run!”

Yes, I have issues too. Except now they all DO run, so…Nyeh!

I am in no way professionally trained, and everything in here I’m going to write about I have had personal experience with on my journey to resurrecting motorcycle history, starting with my very first bike, a 1985 Yamaha Virago XV700N that you can see third from the left in the above photo. 

 

As an Honorable Mention, bikes that I have worked on, resurrected and/or sold, are my

1981 Yamaha Virago 750 - project bike, currently out back leaning against my shed wall; my Mount Everest. To quote Hunter S. Thompson, "Too weird to live, too rare to die." 

1978 Honda CX500 - sold, to a friend, for WAAAYYYY less than it was worth. Never should have done that; never will again. Awesome bike.

1964 Honda Dream 305 - project/parts bike.

1967 Puch Compact scooter - in the garage. 

1968 Puch Compact scooter- in the garage - Neither of these Puchs needs a battery, they're powered by a magneto, a First for me!

1984 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 - sold, rather quickly. The carbs are a nightmare lesson in patience and understanding. 

1981 Honda CB125 - sold; kickstart only - a great workout if the timing is off.

1981 Honda Twinstar CM185 - returned to the original owner, nothing done. He wanted it back.

 

All of these bikes I resurrected with nothing more than hand-tools and patience; LOTS of patience…and money, when I had it…and time…and you can too! Also, a big shout-out to Harbor Freight Tools, which I can’t go into without buying SOMEthing I can’t live without.

So there you have it. I’ll be writing about a lot of stuff encountered in the resurrection of these bikes, I do hope you enjoy it - bonus points if your spouse is cool with it!

Like I said. I understand.