RESTORATION PROJECT "IJ-56" RARE RUSSIAN MOTORCYCLE FROM 1958!

[Christian Arapu]

Hello everyone!
Didn't enter this website for a while. But now, i have a surprise for you!
I had a unique chance to touch such beautiful piece of the soviet engineering!
IJ or in russian (ИЖ) -56, the initials "56" shows you the year of production, i mean the year when the first IJ-56 went on the roads from the factory 

An nice guy called me one day. He said he wanted to restore his lovely IJ-56. Well, i said why not! 
But after, he dropped a phrase which destroyed me: THE CHEAPEST RESTORATION POSSIBLE!
Well.. i was confused, because only the original handlebar for this motorcycle was almost 50 euro, it is for one in bad condition!!  and not only expensive! but it is goddamn RARE!
So.. he hit an arrow right in my Ahiles heel... i was in strong need of money.. i had to move to UK soon, so i had no chance to make enough money for my journey, in a short period of time... than only to take this project and work as fast as i could!
So! this is the motorcycle I received on the first day!:







AND! THIS IS THE RESULT OF AN ENTIRE YEAR OF WORK! (also while graduating university )




The link to the photo album of the restoration process on my facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/christian.arapu/media_set?set=a.469146119935673.1073741835.100005208673421&type=3

The link to my YouTube channel where you will find VIDEOS about the IJ's restoration process!
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPorcPrSpyp-DSSFqTP_Gw