Now What?

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With garage-mate Red Pepe off to pastures new this morning it leaves Suzi back in the same position as it was 29 years ago.

I had been forced to sell the Cavalcade and was left only with Suzi, although back then there was no name for bikes!  And here we are again.

So what does the future hold. I have got this far with Suzi and intended her to be a the weekend bike to go to breakfast meets and to bike days/nights plus maybe, as I have proposed, the occasional special event around the country and maybe across to nearby Europe.

Here they both are together for the last time before Pepe was sold.

Technically, after all the engine work, new wheels etc Suzuki should be in better mechanical condition that she was back in 1992 when I set off for the Czech Republic! So much of the bike has been rebuilt with modern made parts, not stuff made 45 or more years ago.

I guess we'll have to see?

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