I've been hankering for a 888 for a long time. They are very scarce in Australia and very expensive. Cheapest I could find was ~20k.
I had been checking all the local for sales sites twice a day.
One night at a relaxed dinner I found "the one".
An hour or two from me, unfinished project, hasn't been ridden since 2001.
ST4 engine already installed, supposedly ran. Half the price of the usual ones.
I saw the ad 15min after it went up and called.
To cut a long story short I was the first person in a very long line and so put money down over the phone without seeing it.
Hooked up the trailer after work and went and collected it

This past weekend I've been putting in hours on it trying to bring it up to scratch.
It's missing brake calipers and has a broken killswitch, which I've already found replacements for and should all be here on Monday.

The chain was not on it but the seller had one in a box so I fitted that.

Rear brake and clutch had old, old fluid in it so I refreshed them.

The radiator was very bent and leaking. The seller gave me a ST4 one which fitted aside from the overflow tank fitting being on the wrong side. I don't know what I'm going to do about that.

Did new timing belts too. $250 from the dealer!!!! Belts for the 600ss were $60 from the same people!

I spend maybe 3h diagnosing no electricity to find the plug on the ignition switch was corroded. Fixed that, and all the other problems through the wiring harness.
Also found the spark plug was cracked in half and did not match the other one.

Then spent 5h trying to unclog injectors using all manner of methods. No dice so they'll be ultrasonic cleaned on Monday.
And to top it all off the battery dropped a cell last night.

Runs great on carb cleaner though!

Monster 888... I don't think so

Hopefully more updates soon once it runs again.