Jerry - I also wanted to mention..... No matter what you decide to do with your motorcycle, I, for one, hope that you stick around this forum.  

You always have some insightful opinions that I enjoy reading, and besides, the combined IQ of the forum would drop in half without you.  

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O-5 is the easiest Bingo square!

Too bad you aren't any closer to the "Pathetic Northwet". Someone on Sauvie Island Oregon is selling an older Brit convertible. Looked a lot like Dr Mallard's Morgan in NCIS...

My stepson Robert (the same one who obliterated my bike a couple years ago) has a 1954 Squire, the wagon version of the Ford Thames panel. Thank all the deities it was a studio car, converted to Datsun running gear. Even then I had to completely rewire it and throw in "modern" Ford starter solenoid and a Chevy 1 wire alternator. It has a swapped in Hillman IFS in place of the stock struts. Last I heard it was rotting away behind his buddy's parents' garage... Apparently 1974 only 210 coupe points are unobtanium...

If the Savage isn't any fun anymore, get rid of it. I'm giving mine until the end of the month, and if I haven't tracked down the latest Lucas style electrical glitch, the engine is getting fed a 16 gauge shotgun slug and good riddance. I'm not going to go crazy over a metric throw-away. I've got my 1949 and 1969 Dodges and the 1957 Panhead to keep my hands busy. All in all, I'd rather go fishing, to the clothing optional beach, shoot myself...