I'm sure most people have said this "Never Again", but here I am another bike challenge sat in the garage waiting for me to put some sort of life back in to the old girl!! I guess us restorers only fully understand why we do it.
Previous restorations included; Triumph T140, BMW R100RT, BMW K1100RS & BMW R1100RS.
The Suzuki GS450S was bought on e-bay 2 years ago, the intention being to occupy my time during the long cold winter here in the North East of England.
Strip down went well, no "OH MY GOD" what have I bought yet!
Findings were as follows;
- Frame good
- Tank dented but fixable
- Seat no good
- Front cowling missing
- Brakes shot
- Clocks no good
- Tyres no good
- Wheels restorable
- Engine bottom end sound, cylinders & heads require work.
Overall most bits were restorable.
I won't go into the nitty gritty of the restoration but feel free to ask if someone is doing a simillar restoration.
Main problem I encountered was finding an original front cowling, it took me well over a year or web searching before I finally found one in Australia.
Previous restorations included; Triumph T140, BMW R100RT, BMW K1100RS & BMW R1100RS.
The Suzuki GS450S was bought on e-bay 2 years ago, the intention being to occupy my time during the long cold winter here in the North East of England.
Strip down went well, no "OH MY GOD" what have I bought yet!
Findings were as follows;
- Frame good
- Tank dented but fixable
- Seat no good
- Front cowling missing
- Brakes shot
- Clocks no good
- Tyres no good
- Wheels restorable
- Engine bottom end sound, cylinders & heads require work.
Overall most bits were restorable.
I won't go into the nitty gritty of the restoration but feel free to ask if someone is doing a simillar restoration.
Main problem I encountered was finding an original front cowling, it took me well over a year or web searching before I finally found one in Australia.
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