Got started wrenching on motorcycles around 2011. So far, I've resurrected 10 non-runners. A few came home in boxes - project bikes someone else had abandoned. Generally, I aim to restore each bike to daily driver condition as close to stock as I can afford. Here's a 1979 Honda CB650A I finished last year.
Bikes I've resurrected: 1982 Honda CB900 Custom, 1985 Honda Shadow 500, 1985 Honda Spree, 1979 Honda GL1000, 1981 Yamaha XS400 Special (two of them), 1981 Yamaha XS850 Special, 1982 Yamaha XS650 Heritage Special, 1979 Honda CB650A, 1979 Honda CM400T.
I was blessed to grow up in a construction contractor family with access to tools and shop space. Got started wrenching with repairs on the company vehicles, then rebuilt a few rust-bucket Triumph cars during high school and college. Been maintaining my own vehicles ever since (40 years). As I explain to my friends, I enjoy motorcycle work much more than vehicle work because I don't have to crawl under the bike to do the job. I can put the whole thing on the bench and work in comfort.
As I'm new to Kawasaki bikes, I'll have a few questions soon. Looks like this is a good forum for serious mechanics. I'm eager to glean some wisdom from these pages.
Todd