the Motorcycle was bought in 1998 completely razukomplektovanny. Now it shines fresh paint of color khaki, is put on the account and passed checkup. "Restoration of the motorcycle costed me considerable efforts, – Marx makes comments, – as Zealand had to search for missing details on all New Zealand and Australia. And it was even more difficult to find time for work on the motorcycle". The help of enthusiasts from all over the world became a key condition of success of the project. Thanks to them Marx got even the original operation manual on the motorcycle. "It only a patience and readiness question again and again to take the call and to call different people", – Marx tells. "I at all did not assume that so many people know how this motorcycle" looked.
to Pass checkup it appeared a difficult task – to find suitable brakes which would maintain modern loadings at the test bench, Marx had to replace two sets. After all final preparations, it became clear that the motorcycle for a fast driving is not adapted. "It is possible to disperse on it at most to 80 km/h, and that provided that you go downhill with a fair wind".
according to Marx, it long got used to an ancient design of coupling and a box, after all for transfer switching on this motorcycle it is required to execute very many manipulations. The owner of the motorcycle says that he cannot wait to go to small travel on the rare Harley-Davidson: "I with pleasure would do a bit of traveling across Arrowtown. I have there a country house, but it is worth being the accuratest and attentive, coming out to city streets".
the Restored motorcycle will be for the first time shown to the public at the Autumn festival Arrowtown which will take place at the end of April.