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Free wood is more plentiful than you might think. The tractor dealership I work for pays to have scrap pallets and shipping lumber hauled away by the 30-yard dumpster. 2x4, 2x6, 4x4, 4x6 and sometimes 6x6 or bigger free for the asking.

A lift and an ultrasonic cleaner; that being said, a table can be built inexpensively along the lines of the bench Chris described in lieu of a lift.
High-end hand tools are nice, but Craftsman, Husky etc. have the same warranty for less $$. If you break a wrench, they replace it...but Harbor Freight often will hand you a new SET of wrenches, as they have no use for an open set of anything.
Garage and yard sales can be a great source of inexpensive tools; I work out of a MAC stacked toolbox that retailed for $3200 that I picked up for $400. It had several hundred dollars of miscellaneous tools inside. People like to haggle, and you can often find free stuff.

And a great story

SOMEONE is filling up his garage quite nicely. Cool finds!

I'm not gonna look. Had a CX650C very briefly, before I turned it. Shall we say...:"uninspiring"?

All the more reason (when this 'kin pandemic is behind us) to TRAVEL, go see these places! The Barber museum, the NSU museum, your local club race... all this great stuff is temporary, as is our time here, so experience it, make a memory of something besides the couch.

Hell, yeah. Silicone, rivets and a slab of plastic...go riding!

25,000 miles on a motorcycle in a year? That alone is quite a recommendation!

Ta-da!

http://www.caferacingparts.com/contact.html

Check out:

https://www.airtech-streamlining.com/yamaha-fairings-seats-fenders-parts/RD3501973-79.htm

and there's a place in Oregon that makes some sweet stuff as well; hey Jim! What's the fiberglass place in Oregon? (I'll look for it)

There are fiberglass options, if you've some $$ to spend.

I think 4K is a bargain. Were it on this side of the country, I might incur the wife's wrath...how long could she stay mad? "Baby, it's a TRIPLE!"

it's beautiful right now, let's get on it! Friday afternoon tuning

Anything is better than nothing! I wore leather work gloves for years as a callow youth.

Mark, that made me laugh out loud; thanks!
Jim: