Stripped to bare frame

New fork covers, originals were unfixable

1969 cover had side reflectors, 68 didn't

Made hole fillers

Welded in

Original fender was bobbed due to it cracking so had to ebay another one

Replacement fender had cracks also, more welding

Repairs on both sides

Bobbed fender meant missing taillight, another ebay find

Back side and it had the wrong light bucket, back to the internet

Bent right side foot peg

Bent kickstand

Straightened and cutting off worn down feet

Both feet cut off

New ones made and ready to be welded on

Air cleaner missing one mounting bracket, so lets make one!

Base plate matched to curve of filter housing

Making mounting bracket

Couldn't bend a curve, so more welding

Welded

Looks like a match, time to smooth the welds

Smothed

Not sure if my dad or grandfather reinforced the seat with a refrigerator shelf

And stuffed the rest full of foam and carpet (looks like carpet from my grandfather's house LOL)

Found a seat on Ebay of course to use as a pattern for a new cover

Ebay again for a seat frame with the springs that were mssing from mine

Springs switched over, cleaned up and painted

Chrome polished out on one shock, was happy they were still in good shape

Parts sent off to be

re-chromed

Very rusty wheels

Rusty nipples

Look brand new after soaking in limeout for a day then polished

Same with the spokes which was a releif as finding 144 new spokes and nipples would have been impossible

Starting to sand and polish the hubs

Front hub sanded

Fully poished

Time to relace

Don't believe most of Youtube, this way did not work

Much better wat of doing it, didn't take pics of the 3 other steps

Finished, off to have them trued

Back from the motorcycle shop

Now on to the motor

Very crusty

The bottom cooling fins were packed with dirt, this was about half way done

Clutch plates just fell apart

New plates vs old

New plates installed

Carb time

Starting rebuild

New exhaust pipe

Half polished original coil

Cast intake

Smoothed and polished

Major wear from bent brake lever

Tried to save it but had to find one in better shape

Half polished clutch cover

Coming out like a mirror

Finished

Back on motor

New brake lever and rubber

Stock shift lever was still in good shape

Polished out

Old cover bolt, new cover bolt, sanded and new polished cover bolt

Polished levers now time for the shift cover

Test spot

Polished and back on

Cylinder and head off

Piston in better shape than I thought it would be

Cleaning the fins is going to suck!

Lots of scotchbrite time

Rusty cylinder

Nice having a sand blaster at work

Heat painted and intake installed

Head installed

Back on motor

Case polished out

Parts etch primed

Frame ready for paint

Frame primed

Rest of parts primed

Cleared and ready to be installed

Time to paint the silver parts

Fenders painted and cleared

Made in Italy by Aermacchi - Harley Davidson sticker installed

Tail light installed

Bent tank tabs, not sure how the tank stayed on

Had to repaint the chain guard, ran it the first time

3 coats of clear

Wet sanded for polishing

Had to set it on the bike to polish it

Ready to redo the textured stripe

Retextured

Hard to get a pic of the mirror finish

Tank pinstripped

New seat cover made by local upholsterer

Installed the mounting clips

Had to find rivets, took a while

Installed on frame

All the NOS parts I found and used on the restore