Im starting this post to keep you guys uptodate with my progress and to suck in any advice and guidance! This bike has done 80000 miles and to be fair is in a bit of a state? It's 27 years old and has spent the past 5 years in a damp wooden garage.
This is how I found it. On its way home on Gary's trailer It looks ok for £250 but the pic makes it look better than it really is? First question, how do I clean this engine up??? Before I started to strip the bike I managed to get it running, it sounded ok no bottom end noise, smoke etc and it changed gear ok, albeit in the stand. At the end of the day it looks like this
This pic gives you some idea of the condition. When I removed the drive shaft it was full of water, at least a litre ended up on the garage floor
Err its Rob actually.......no Emu here !! Anyhow you skipped first chapter and stripped her naked.....would a steam clean work ??
Sorry Rob it was a key error, I have 78 pics from the trailer to the strip down? I guess the frame wants sand blasting and a powder coat, the engine is painted black so a reprint from a can is probably what it will get? As for the aluminium covers I'm not sure how to make them look like new?
That bike is a special bike, it's got real spirit! ... If I looked like that I certainly wouldn't run. When you get it right you will be so proud. Good luck. And Happy New Year. Mike.
Always the Bobber route Carl.......... ?? as long as you don't die your hair and cut the sleeves off your fav shirt !!
My dad had one of these in the 80's, Polaris fairing & big plastic panniers, it was well smart, skinniest swingarm iv'e ever seen, was a flying machine back in the day.
looks quite a lot of work , can i suggest you to visit oldskoolsuzuki forum , or better the new forum https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldskoolsuzuki.info/ i m a freak of sacs engine and old member down there
Looks like loads of work Carl, does this mean even with all my moaning will still won't get you on a track day this year This will be an interesting thread though as I owned one these back in the early 80's I will try and dig out some pictures, shame I didn't have a video though as it had a great sounding 4-1 unbaffled pipe on her
Just read this thread, it’s not quite as bad as I expected Carl, it started up didn’t it, that’s got to be a good omen. . If you need a hand with anything just me a shout and I will bob over mate.
Thanks David, now it's all in bits it will be a project to fill the odd hour or two when Angie is working, I can see this taking me years ;-)
