the fork legs were bent. as was the radiator.
While I had the forks at the shop, I got them to also rebuild and re-valve the shock.
Bit of a balancing act on the center stand lol.
Carbs were out for jetting, and new inlet rubbers, as they had gone hard.

I bought the bike for $1500 with 17000km on the clock.
Little did I know how much time and money it would swallow :/

Still, if your gonna start a project, you may as well finish it.

 

Yeh I know it doesn't seem like it yet but that's the fun of rebuild, I'm sure when the time comes that these connectors will stand out, reason that made me think it was a 87-91 harness was the Parking Light connector , (Brown and Green) and that the 87 had 2 headlight connectors as opposed to 1 on the F3, just carry on the build everything will become apparent

 

thanks for the motivation

I think the best thing I could do now, is fit the exhaust and radiator, and fire it up.
If everything is still working properly....well, then what am I worrying about lol

 

Let the dance begin