All things come to him who waits.
Somehow, everybody else had endless time to do his job. The Customs import clearance took nearby two weeks, the transportation company for hauling the bike to Rosenheim took another two weeks just to pick up the bike. My job was to stay calm and watch the game - and pay the bills! I got invoiced with a additional storage fee of about 130 bugs.
I would been better to pick up the bike by myself, immediately after the Customs released it. Would been much faster and cheaper, in spite of the one-way-distance of more than 500 miles. So I learned it the hard way.
I tried to use the time effectively as much as possible. From the technical inspector of the technical approval center I got the indication, that the actual turn signal control will not pass the approval. Because of this I developed a turn signal module based on a microcontroller by myself.
Furthermore Erich and I welded two engine stands which I will need during the restoration process. Before the waiting period became unbearable, I designed a padlock holder for the bike. The bike doesn't have a steering lock by default but some sort of locking is required by law.
Even the most awful waiting period will come to an end. On Feb, 23rd - 119 days after the initial contact with the seller - you could hear somebody shouting out loud:
Shovel in the house!
Of course, Erich and myself couldn't wait to start this miracle. But being caged for 3 months into warehouses, container and trucks, pushed around from one place to the other, you would also be pissed off and definitely not dancing and singing by command. You would ask for more attention. But as showed in the video, at the end we enjoyed a nice running Shovelhead engine.
Now, the real work starts!
