Hi Eamon,
It's a bullet that's about to be converted!
I have the bullet, a yanmar clone engine, and a new engine mount, all ready to go, with most of the parts I'll need.
I bought the bike in Las Vegas, drove it to Tucson where it developed problems. Because it will be easier legally to modify an existing, registered bike than to try to register a highly modified bike, I went ahead and rebuilt this bike with the existing gas engine, in order to register and title it in AZ... which is now completed. Now, I'm going to drive around town on it for a month as is, just for the fun of it, and then rebuild it by July in time for the drive up.
It will be slow... but then, I may be able to make the whole trip on ten gallons of fuel!
I will keep you posted.