As I mentioned in my earlier post here, the initial strip down of the bike revealed that both the front and rear mudguards had partially rusted through around their respective mounting points. Whilst they were still fairly secure for the time-being, they would obvisouly require some repair and renovation work at some point to prevent them falling apart completely. …
One of the things I liked about my G3Ls when I first saw it was the original paint job, or rather, what was left of the original paint job. Being an ex-army bike, the colour it was supposed to be was khaki-green. However, the last six decades had taken it’s toll on the finish and there was …