by "BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
Published 06/19/2017 at 05:16
by "BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
Published 06/19/2017 at 05:16
Tags: World's Fastest Cafe Racer
STARS: 7
Suzuki came so close to making a bike that was perfect to work on. Everything so far has been dead simple, but the front engine bolt had corroded into the alloy casing and the spacer tubes, and the engine required some considerable jiggling around to get out of the frame. If they;d just made that other lower frame rail you can see bolt-on like the other it would have been a-ok. This is it painted though!
Swing arm’s painted too :)
I’ve also discovered that the difference between an amateur job and a professional one is nothing more than a sanding flap disk. Behold!
Now everything gets put back together, change the drive sprocket, rebuild carbs, rebuild brakes, rebuild forks, wire up brake light, make a mudguard, finish the exhaust and make a silencer, tyres, maybe forks and front indicators, plumb the fuel lines and done!
Working time: 4 days.
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
06/19/2017 at 07:58, STARS: 0
If you are changing sprockets, i would advise to change them both and chain as well. Who knows what kind of neglect they have been through
"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
06/19/2017 at 08:27, STARS: 0
Good point. I’ll see what I can find :)
"Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif" (lumpy44)
06/19/2017 at 09:22, STARS: 0
This my new favourite Oppo build! Keep it up.
"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
06/21/2017 at 10:17, STARS: 0
What you think someone didn’t take care of a GS500 properly...simply because it seems to be akin to the Hilux truck in terms of being mostly unkillable.
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
06/21/2017 at 19:13, STARS: 0
not really. I was a part of the forums for a while. they seemed alarming regularity at 50K miles.
"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
06/21/2017 at 21:13, STARS: 0
Would that be people not replacing the self-adjusting cam chain tensioner? And I’ve always thought 50,000 miles is a lot on a motorcycle. (Maybe that’s from living on an island for so long.)
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
06/21/2017 at 22:55, STARS: 0
Its a lot for a high strung 600 cc sport bike.
Something with a lower compression engine? No. My SV is at 65k miles and its still going. Gold wings routinely hit 200k miles