Surprise Me!

Son Surprises Dad With Beloved Motorcycle After Secretly Restoring It

2019-05-16 2 Dailymotion

A son ‘stole’ his father’s beloved motorcycle and secretly fixed it up – before surprising his dad in an emotional moment caught on video.<br /> <br />The 1983 Yamaha Midnight Maxim was Jim Tarpey Snr’s pride and joy, bought when he was in his 20s.<br /> <br />Jim had ridden the bike when first dating his now wife, Linda, taking her on excursions to the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.<br /> <br />But as time went by the Yamaha ended up sat rusting under tarpaulin at the family home in Rockford, Minnesota.<br /> <br />Tucked away in the corner of a garage, behind lawnmowers and other garden tools, the bike was no longer running – and hadn’t been used for over two decades.<br /> <br />But Jim’s son, also called Jimmy - a self-confessed motorcycle enthusiast, a hobby he inherited from his father – embarked upon an elaborate project to restore the Yamaha without his father knowing.<br /> <br />After crowdfunding online to raise enough cash to cover the necessary repairs, new parts and labour required to get it back on the road, Jimmy set in motion a plan to ‘steal’ the bike from under his father’s nose with the help of family and friends.<br /> <br />Jimmy waited until his father was out of the house before entering the unlocked garage and loading the bike onto a truck.<br /> <br />He then used a series of tapped up boxes to mimic the shape and size of the Yamaha, before throwing the cover back over the top in a bid to fool his father into not realizing it had gone.<br /> <br />The bike was then whisked away to a repair shop in Loretta, Minnesota.<br /> <br />There the team of mechanics set about fixing the ageing bike, including giving it new tires, battery, spark plugs, carburettor’s, a complete oil change, installing a new fuel line and of course a wash and wax of the leather.<br />

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