I was looking for a fall project, and decided to take on resurrecting a 1972 Honda SL125 that had been sitting in storage for 18 years. The bike had been stored near some swimming pool chemicals and fertilizer, and every metal surface was either rusted (steel) or oxidized (aluminum). The bike would not have been a suitable candidate for restoring to original, but was a good candidate for "resurrecting" as a rider.The good news was that the motor and transmission was in good shape, with 9,000 miles on the odometer. The clutch plates were stuck, but about an hour of rocking the bike back and forth with the bike in gear and the clutch lever pulled finally broke them free.
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