Nearly 20 years ago, me, my parents, and my siblings embarked on a journey to restore a classic 1963 VW Bug. I learned a lot about the restoration process, and that car really boosted my interest in anything that had an engine.
Long story short, today, May 4, 2024, we brought home my FIL's 1980 Honda XR500 motorcycle. It's a 500cc "thumper" competition dirt bike that has sat for 16 years in the back of a shed. It's in pretty rough shape, and may need a new carburetor to even get it started. But we'll get into that later.
For now, here it is in all its busted-up glory:
We had to get creative in order to get it home. Here we have it stuffed into the back of the family minivan:
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