1960 Lilac Marusho LS18 250 Vintage Honda

This is a 1960 Lilac LS18 250cc v twin with shaft drive. It was restored about 15 years ago and ridden to shows at that point. It has been in storage for at least 10 years but it cleaned up nice. The paint is not perfect. there is a chip at the bottom of the rear fender that has been touched up and also a few scratches on the front fender but pretty minor. When it was restored the mufflers were no good so the owner had custom ones made. they look nice and have a great throaty sound to them. Other than that I think everything is stock or rebiult. Some rubber pieces are showing their age but are still functional. A new battery was installed and the carb cleaned. All the oils were changed. nbsp; fuel line replaced and the petcock rebuilt. The gas tank seems to have a red coating in it but looks clean. The bike starts right up with the electric start or kick. runs well and goes through all the gears without a problem. We put a couple of miles on it and it ran well. The head gaskets and valve cover gaskets do seep so that will have to be taken care of. All the lights work as they should even the 3rd gear indicator. The speedometer works fine. did not notice if the odometer worked. The odometer says 6483 miles and the Mass title reads 8623 miles so I'm not really sure what the true mileage is. These are rare bikes especially the early ones with the tool kit in the top of the tank which comes with the bike. Thanks for looking.