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I'm in the twin club?.

Just paint, don't really have a way to remove the old paint from the cooling fins, so it would look like crap powder coating it.
 
Stupid PO tricks, all three oil filter studs have been replaced, look as new. WOO Hoo, right? Wait a minute, a 6mm nut won't thread on. I'm thinking it's some goofy SAE size....
Other than that the engine is done, installed, ready to fire it up.

Edit, it just needed to be smashed on with an impact, don't know why the nuts wouldn't go on, but at least it's metric.

Never seen the whole bike before, it was a stack of boxes when I bought it.

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Here's a funny one. Oil leaking around the oil pan. Odd, the bolts are not tight... Why would I not tighten the bolts? I think I didn't have the gasket at the time, just put the pan on to keep dirt and crap out.

I need to limit myself to one project at a time so I can remember this crap.
 
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OK, in your Haynes how do they say to position the cam for checking valve clearances? The Clymer says lobe straight up, which is wrong for the four cylinder bikes. How does Suzuki say to do it for the twins?
 
The twins are to be done with the cam lobes parallel or perpendicular to the valve cover gasket face... check the clearance when neither lobe is pushing down on a valve bucket.

Be *ultra careful* with the Haynes and Clymer, particularly the Haynes... there are torque spec's in there that are incorrect.
 
She runs!!

Rode around fifteen miles or so, winds out good, no funny noises, no problems with 6th or any other gear. Doesn't pull as hard as I would have thought, maybe that's just the high elevation, maybe it's lower compression with the 500 piston in the 450 head, maybe I just need a bigger rear sprocket. Went out on the highway, gets up to eighty mph easily enough, would do more, dunno how much more. Don't care, it's not really my highway bike.

Starts, runs, idles all just fine, carburetor seems good at least from what I can tell by riding it.

Nice and nimble handling, with some attention to the suspension, brakes and tires it will be a keeper.

Less than a year this time, wish I could do that well on the 550/650...
 
tkent02 said:
She runs!!

Rode around fifteen miles or so, winds out good, no funny noises, no problems with 6th or any other gear. Doesn't pull as hard as I would have thought, maybe that's just the high elevation, maybe it's lower compression with the 500 piston in the 450 head, maybe I just need a bigger rear sprocket. Went out on the highway, gets up to eighty mph easily enough, would do more, dunno how much more. Don't care, it's not really my highway bike.



Starts, runs, idles all just fine, carburetor seems good at least from what I can tell by riding it.

Nice and nimble handling, with some attention to the suspension, brakes and tires it will be a keeper.

Less than a year this time, wish I could do that well on the 550/650...
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Nice.

Why is it that there is such a thrill from brining back a bike from the dead?

The altitude in most places near you would make most bikes wheeze. The only bike I ever had that didn't strain going from Park to Summit County was the XX.

Any plans for pics? Yeah, I know, but its cool to see the completed bike.
 
Ecklund said:
Nice.

Why is it that there is such a thrill from brining back a bike from the dead?
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Just something I have been doing for a long long time, have always enjoyed doing it, but I haven't been able to really get anything done the last couple years. Too much time spent away working and when I'm home I'm too busy riding the dirt bikes.
 
tkent02 said:
Just something I have been doing for a long long time, have always enjoyed doing it, but I haven't been able to really get anything done the last couple years. Too much time spent away working and when I'm home I'm too busy riding the dirt bikes.
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Sounds familiar.

Finally got a garage, now I need to find a gig close enough to home to have the chance to use it.

Any chance of a few pics? Maybe even a few brining it back from the dead...
 
Another ride, just a little bit longer.

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Runs beautifully if a little weak down low.

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Fun bike.
 
Wow, pretty nice.

I was sort of expecting a bit more of a cobbled together look from how you described it.

But nice job.

Of course how it runs and rides is the key. Very cool that it was a resurrection bike.
 
Ecklund said:
Very cool that it was a resurrection bike.
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Not much resurrection, reassembly was about it. No rust anywhere, no corrosion, everything worked fine except sixth gear. Just swapping in a pair of shafts full of gears off Ebay fixed that.

Probably one of the easiest ones I've done, except for the fact that someone else took it apart. He did a great job of labeling bolts and things, so even figuring out the puzzle was really easy.

But it is a little bit cobbled, the right side cover is silver, the front fender is rattle canned black, missing the key for the seat lock so I took the lock off, the seat is just sitting there for now. Brakes work but need some improvement, needs a better clutch lever and cable, the center stand is bent. And of course the shocks are not very good. Overall I'm happy with it for now.
 
Another cool bike joins its stable-mates in a garage full of well running 2 wheeled machinery.
Well done!

I'd bet the Mrs already has her eye on this one ;)
 
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