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Got my GS 750's

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Tell me about... Snow totally sucks. We also had record breaking temperatures down here.

That swinger sure is pretty. How long did that take?
 
Ya, sure was/is cold around here. I worked on my bike outside for 6 hours today, darn near froze the crown jewels:o:eek: I am working on the bike in the underground parking, cold but covered from the snow/rain.
As soon as this snow is gone, I am riding anyway I miss my bike it has been torn apart for over a month now:cry:
 
That's lookin' real good indeed, and that swinger... well... if you did it by hand I bet you got some sore fingers :D

I must admit I got lazy with my ignition, figured noone's ever gonna see it so I just whacked it back on.
 
The swinger took two evenings of sanding by hand to get all the finish off.It was a major PITA.Got to get a buffing wheel or two for my grinder. May get a buffer for Christmas,my in-laws asked my wife what I wanted so that's what she said.Would make this stuff way easier.
 
The swingarm looks great! You are inspiring me to get started on my 1983 GS750E project.

BTW, I have a line on a 1985 GS750EF parts bike I might purchase if the price is right. I like the look of the full fairing.

In Kingston, ON, we have still not had any snow- YET, so far this winter, I don't envy you.
 
Ouch! PITA indeed! Man you definitely something electrical for that.

I'm hoping you get a buffing wheel too! :D
 
Heard someone on the radio saying this was about a month early.Living in this general area all my life that`s true.Most of the time snow is in January.Sometimes December or February,some years there is none at all.Most of it`s gone in Sooke and the other areas it`s disappearing fast in the rain that`s come in.Can`t say I`m sad to see it go.
BTW I was born and raised in the Vancouver area.Moved to Victoria 17 or so years ago.Love the Island!
 
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:DTo many posts with no pics so.....
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Managed to get the engine in the frame,twice.Forgot the airbox.So me and my wife had to pull the frame off and put it in.Pods where looking real good at that point! The frames paint is really tough only had to do some minor touch ups
Did some more polishing on the swinger.Just to get it a bit nicer you understand.Painted it with clearcoat for alloy wheels,don't want to be forever repolishing it.Did the back covers to.Not nearly the work that the swinger was.All in all a pretty productive day.
Patman: Go for it at the right price.Spares is good:D
 
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Oooooh pretty! I like it :D

Smart move getting that air box in real early on too, I must say I have a particular loathing for mine and I've only had to remove it once.
 
Airbox on these has to go in before the engine.There is no way to get it in with the engine in the frame at all.Believe me I tried.Forgot to say I paited the engine to:)
 
SVSooke said:
Airbox on these has to go in before the engine.There is no way to get it in with the engine in the frame at all.Believe me I tried.Forgot to say I paited the engine to:)
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You can get it in but you must remove all the engine bolts drop it down to the frame and lube up the box and then push/prey real hard... ask me how i know... This was the stupidest design ever!
 
Geeez and I thought the 450 was bad! I'm ditching mine for K&N's to go with what I hope will be a nice custom exhaust.

Apart from the appearance perspective, I do not want to deal with getting that air filter off and on several times while tuning the carbs for the exhaust :eek:

Did you paint your engine in one piece? I don't recall seeing that you rebuilt it unless I missed something...
 
Rkt-Rch said:
You can get it in but you must remove all the engine bolts drop it down to the frame and lube up the box and then push/prey real hard... ask me how i know... This was the stupidest design ever!
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Yeah you probably could do it that way,but it's just as easy to take the bare frame off.
The engine as painted in one piece Pete.No way I'm taking apart a engine that runs a sweet as this one.
 
Holy cow, talk about poor design. And I thought the 78 1000 air box was a pain at times. I won't tell you how easy the 850 air box comes in and out. Restore is lookin' good. We'll have to hit the tarmac come spring.
 
:DWhat can I say? it is what it is.Nobody cares about the sap 25 years later trying to revive a old bike, on that subject got a few things done today:
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Wanted to use a 83 top triple with my 85 bottom triple,the one I painted.It seems Suzuki changed the offset for 85,so I dug out a 83 lower triple.Have a really nice 83 triple cover I want to use.
Put this together to:
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To lazy,to late and to cold to put it in tonight.Hope it goes in easier than last time.
AZR: We'll do that.As for the airbox:hand::D
 
Awww man you're cruisin' along! You'll be done mid winter at this rate and be itching for autumn to come along! Oh wait, is that fall over there? Not sure what you call autumn... oh well...
 
It's late fall here going into the cold season.No I've got lots of work to do before spring.Cleaning all the conectors in the wiring,preping bodywork,painting more hardware.................:-\\\
 
D'oh! Of course, fall then winter... what was I thinkin' :o

Cleaning connectors is going to be fun indeed! That's one I haven't tackled yet, and I'm also considering custom harness... we shall see...
 
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Had to do this twice to.Forgot the rear brake pivot has to go in before the swingarm:mad::oThe end link was a little to lose at the swingarm so I added a extra thrust washer under the end cap,all better now;)
 
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