Just a quick before and after of the right-side mirror. I hand-polished it using some Mothers polish. Just wanted to see how effective it’d be against some of the more severe pitting.

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Actually worked pretty well for ten minutes work!

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Now that I have my multimeter, I figured I’d also look at the charging system a bit. I know the battery has to be totally dead, but hey.

Well, step one is to fill any low cells with distilled water. So, I needed to pull the battery. On this bike. that means removing a couple of big ole frame bolts. Turns out one of them was cross-threaded. Instead of loosening, it snapped.

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Well, the battery is confirmed dead, and I need new fuel lines and the pesky bolt and nut.

Time to start a shopping list…