I occasionally get over to Orange County. I think I'll just drop in at his shop in Laguna Hills, and see what I can find out. It should prove interesting.

Fortunately for this bike, it will never be ridden in the rain, and it will live out it's days in an arid desert climate, at least as long as I own it. Rust is relatively uncommon here, and it requires an exceptional degree of abuse to get a bike into this condition. I'll never know how it happened, but I would not be surprised if this bike lived somewhere else. For sure there was no effort made to maintain it properly. While taking it apart, I was dismayed by how little oil/grease there was on the moving parts, especially the chain. Paint notwithstanding, it will clean up nicely. It certainly was a sad-looking ride when I started working on it, however.