The Optima is now fully back to original, ie: the gold shocks are now red just need to do pics - the CAT / RC10 & Optima were my absolute top 3 rides as a kid, probably given away for peanuts at the time & repurchased for a "few quid more" recently and bought back to life, the optima was a flippin steal off craigslist (ie: thought it was a scam) BB came out of my loft along with a mardave meteor & 2 frogs (now sold) the cat & the rc10 I had to cough up for..
Happy retro buggying y'all...

Hope brings back a few good memories for you too ;0)
Distance not only brings nostalgia, but a perspective & objectivity for the future