On my last trip to Europe I finally parted out a crusty HJ61 that I had sitting there for a while already . This Cruiser came out of France where it was used around a horse ranch for most of it's life until it got parked many years ago in a stable and they kinda forgot about it. By the time I bought it the original owner passed away and the family could not find the paperwork so it became a good parts donor. It has only 220 k km on it or about 137 k miles , after sitting for many years I installed a set of batteries in it , primed the fuel ,checked oil and water and fired it up . It started right up but unfortunately the brakes failed and the clutch refused to work also so besides driving it for 10 minutes in a field I have not driven it. Sounds good and no abnormal smoke or noises , this one does need a good bath as some critters have build there nests around it in the stables.
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