Restoration Opportunity

I think thats the point.. I really just want to do it.. Im not bothered if it takes 5 or 10 years or I never really ride it,

Talked it over with the wife last night, she is happy for me to have it if my dads cool with it all, once the ducati is gone.

After a bit of research I beleieve its an A65

taken from wiki

A65L Lightning / Rocket 650cc 1964 1972 Twin carburettors. From 1971 had oil-bearing frame

as I know its got twin carbs and I know its a 650 twin and I know it an oil bearing frame, I recall the last tax disk being circa 1972 but he is over for dinner on sunday so I will speak to him more about it then..

Happy days

Calculating restoration costs is easy. You add up the sum of everything you need to buy and what work needs to be done by others, then treble it. That brings you to a figure that's about what it actually costs.

Calculating the time it will take to restore is roughly the same. Work it out properly, and again you treble it to bring you to a date you will be finishing the last fiddly bits.

Depressingly expensive sounding isn't it - Lozzo probably isn't far off.

One of our directors at work has restored a Triumph 3TA, a couple of old Velocettes and restored/retro'd a recentish Royal Enfield. My only suggestion would be this:

Ignore what it is worth now and may be worth in some mythical future. If you just add cost price + new parts + labour cost you WILL lose money. See it as a fun way to spend your weekends and only buy new bits when you've got a bit of spare cash and you will have a fairly inexpensive hobby. And at the end of it, you should have a bike to be proud of.