While you are working on it, clean up the rust and paint it so it does not keep eating away your frame.
It's on the list. Possibly before the world series :deal: If the bike ever decides to stop having electrical and mechanical issues she'll get her nails painted. In the 20 months I've had it I can't remember riding for more than 2 or 3 weeks without something to deal with. "who turned off all the lights?", dice roll starts, bad load shed, bad starter relay, bad starter brushes, frayed wires, vacuum issues, injector issues, brake issues, leaks, rattles, fuel pump issues, damper dissolved to mush, routine maintenance, tires. And sitting in the on deck circle is the water/oil pump seal, rear main, and a timing chain slapping around. This machine has established itself.
Other than that she's a real beaut. Has been a nice hobby, good meditation time, and my transportation for almost 2 years, so I can't complain; but it hasn't won my trust yet, and I doubt this particular engine will. I also live a block from the pacific. Once it begins, the only cure for surface rust is a serious repaint, or just buy a new bike.
