GSX400E Project Suzzie.

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No, it's still good. Not swollen.

Didnt know it was NLA.

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No, it's still good. Not swollen.

Didnt know it was NLA.

It's not discontinued.....just on backorder from Suzuki Japan. Being made in Japan with an unknown date of availability. That's what the parts dealers tell me.

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Got it, thanks.

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Parts arrived from CMS. Pretty quick I might add. Intake pipes. Everything from the head back to the air box will be new.

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Well this is now clean!

And ready for paint.

Before.



After.

[Nessism]

Looks good.

Gunkote is good for calipers.

[Runeight]

Why wait till morning? Rebuilt forks are in!

New seals, dust boots, lower bolts with copper washers, new copper washers in drain screws and new O rings in the top. Yup, even the air valve.

Thoughts on running air? Prefer not to if possible.

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Everything buttoned up. New speedo, tach cable.

I just can't bring myself to paint it Silver. I say Black. Will see.

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Front caliper is done. All new parts. Boy, was that piston seal a pain in the azz! Took me forever.

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Right side, new emblem.



I have a new OEM emblem for the left side but cleaned up the original one.

[John Park]

Everything buttoned up. New speedo, tach cable.

I just can't bring myself to paint it Silver. I say Black. Will see.

I looked at the pictures Googled of '83s and the one I liked most was red. There's already plenty of black; the thing that swayed me was the front fender. With black forks, the fender just jumped out against the black fork and silver wheel. With the rest of the bodywork red - with Suzuki in white - the front end ties in all the way back to the tail.

I know, you already have a red bike, but the combination of the cases leading back through the peg mount bracket and the red end to end would make use of the styling rather than just rendering it a black lump with a silver motor.

It's already red, black and silver, but they got the red and silver the wrong way round for me.

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I hear you John. Tough call. My friend has Viper Red on the shelf so I wouldn't have to buy paint. On the other hand updating the color to say metallic gray would work with Silver decals.

Toyota makes a deep gray that looks real good. Eye the color for me when out and about and get back with me. 2012 and up. Paint is not foreseen anytime soon. Still undecided.

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Pingle petcock with adapter ordered. Post Tips as this is a one time shot.

TIA.

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Can't fix stupid..

Here we go again. Special order a chain guard and some idiot thinks that if it doesn't fit in the box just shove it in. Now I have to deal with the return and use what little time I have.

Babbitt's Suzuki should know better. This will make the third part I have to return due to defects. As you can see its bent pretty good.








I insist they pay return shipping. Should not incur cost to me due to their stupidity.

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Dennis Kirk did a better job.