The perfect 100 point Restoration of the Legendary

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Part 3: Work Space and Tools

Half the success in any restoration or even normal maintenance on any bike or car is your work space environment and tools. You are only as good as the tools you use. We aren’t talking about a whole lot of money here either. If you have the basics and some specialty motorcycle tools, good shop manuals for the bike, a parts manual for the bike (this is the bible for any bike in my opinion) both an automotive and a motorcycle jack, and best of all, a motorcycle lift, then you can tackle any level of motorcycle restoration that you want. I also have a 20 gallon parts cleaner with real industrial solvent, not the crap you buy at the auto parts store. You should have an organized and clean garage or shop to do a good job. If you have to spend the first week of your project getting it that way, you will re-gain that lost time and then some, and the bike will turn out better. Cost wise for all of this is probably in the neighborhood of a couple of grand maybe. I spent $1000.00 on a motorcycle lift, 100.00 on a parts cleaner, 100.00 on a motorcycle jack (craftsman) and various other tools etc.

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