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My 1971 2002 came my way in a roundabout, heartbreaking, way. But it has inspired me in ways I'm just beginning to explore, as a first-time restorer and long-time storyteller. The first thing I've been discovering about this process is how much it revolves around connecting with people. I hope to learn and grow from the restoration process and the communities it nurtures and sustains.

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A Clean Machine Emerges From a 20-Year Dirt Nap

With an unseasonably warm March Sunday approaching last week, I got ready to capture the first wash of the '71 roundie I've christened Phaedrus (pronounced feedrus, I had to look it up) after almost two decades in storage.  I landed on that name in homage to the narrator's alter-ego in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which I revisited for the first time since college as an audiobook during the off-season, part of my research for the book project I'm working on about this restoration,

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