PART 4 PROJECT MILLE
Just 12 months ago you could walk to the shops without dressing like a bank robber, drink alcohol rather than wash with it, and meet your mates down the workshop for some much needed ‘me’ time with your favourite two-wheeler and a crate of Corona. Obviously, those lawless revelries got shelved with the introduction of Covid, and so did my Mille project. I’m not the first to stop-dead with a build, though for a multitude of reasons that’s exactly what happened. But it’s been on my mind ever since, and now it’s finally back at the forefront and making credible progress.
For those of you that might have missed my endless list of calamities and excuses first time round, the gist is that I bought a year 2000 RSV Mille for £550. Yes, it arrived in carrier bags. Yes, I nearly set fire to my garage trying to get the thing started. Yes, I realised almost instantly that I was farther out of my depth than a fish on top of a mountain. Luckily for me, I’m surrounded by mates that know far more than I do about nuts, bolts and those revvy things with pistons that make motorcycles go fast, and they really came to my
