I threw a spare battery into the outfit this afternoon, put the choke on, pressed the button and after about 2 or 3 cranks of the engine it fired up. If that shocked me I was even more shocked when it didn't keep stalling and just sat there chugging away on tickover until it had warmed up nicely and the smoke had cleared. I've waved a hosepipe over it to clear off all the cobwebs and cat fur (1) so it looks slightly less manky, moved it from it's last resting place so it can be shifted out onto the drive and it's going tomorrow morning. The guy buying it's convinced it'll fit into the back of his mates van (2) so they're leaving Rochdale at 6am with the aim of getting home early enough to start 'having a look at it'. I don't know whether I should come clean about the fact that German plod are probably still looking out for it but as long as he has the V5 proving he only bought it this year he should be ok when he goes to the Elefant next year. (1) One of the cats used to sleep under the bike cover if she was locked out in the daytime. It was obviously a nice comfortable seat and the cover kept her dry so it was better than the nearest bush. (2) We might need to remove the sidecar mudguard and the RH mirror pod to achieve this.
