I still cannot fathom how wonderful the thou' looks. It's a little sacrilege to do that to such a historical bike, but the result is a total mind-blow. At least the swing arm was donated to a good home.... I'm green with envy.
Oh, my....... What sweet memories. I worked as many shifts as possible, for months and months, to buy one of these. Even second hand, they cost an arm and a leg, back in the 80's.