First Deuce
I've spent the last three years reading here and waiting for a great deal on a deuce. Got it at auction for a hair under $6000. "Turnkey" with 5200 miles on the meter and nubs on all the tires still. Paperwork says 1990, but it's apparent that was the year it was rebuilt at Tooele Army Depot in Utah. Looks like a mid-70's. Non-whistler turbo.
Rode from Boise to Centralia, WA on my motorcycle to pick it up. Ride out took 7.5 hours. Put the bike in the bed at a loading dock. The drive home took 15-hours.
It's apparent the last owner, a Native American Reservation marshal's office, kept it well. It was under a very large tarp with almost no rust anywhere. They replaced the starter switch with one from Radio Shack, God bless em'. Turns out the switch wasn't a momentary like the original. It was a cycle switch (push on, then push again for off). Took me way too long to realize that. So I've replaced the main wires, the batteries, the starter switch, and the starter. New starter came with solenoid and slave solenoid.
Without this forum I'd have no idea what I was doing or even if it was possible. I can't thank everyone enough for all the great threads and the TM's that have helped me get to here. I'm sure I'll need it even more as I plan to drive this cherry deuce all the time.
Starts and runs like a dream now. I love this deuce!!
(last pic is me with this Navy kid, Marcus a few weeks ago. He's a pretty cool guy.
