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Project 82 GPz750

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Looks good at the half way point. I like your painting easel.
The rustoleum link don't work, is this what you used?
263376_0513_ATO_11oz_EpoxyPaint_Aerosol_Black.ashx
 
Yeah that's the stuff,well the US version of it.Fixed the link I hope.A few frames have been painted on the rack as I call it;)

Got the pivot bolt,you can see how much had to be ground off the top one to get it to thread again.The new one was well worth the peace of mind.

Back To Black got the pods looking better.Still hoping to find some white dry transfer lettering but will leave them if I can't.
 
Went to put the forks together and I have a problem

The new stanchion(middle)is one inch shorter.

And the threads are different:mad:No air fitting holes either.Not from a 82 GPZ750,later KZ750?Should have checked it out better before the guy sent them.Thought for sure I had the right tube coming.Grrrrrrrrr!
 
It's been decided that we'll be going up to Nanimo to get the original stanchions hard chromed,it will be at least $300 but better than the idea of getting questionable set of tubes off eBay.Could probably get away with just doing the pitted tube for $150 but want the peace of mind so will get both done.

Took the cam cover off to (finally) get a look at how the engine was.Looks pretty good so far.Cams look really good,did a quick gap check and both gaps on #2 seems to seem really lose:-kMan does Kawi use bolts on they're covers,counted 20 on this one.Seems like way more than Suzuki uses.
 
Bits and pieces are coming in from all over,got a brake lever from France,thought it was both the levers but no.It was still a good deal.A lower steering bearing came from Turkey.Lost in the mail is the clutch lever from Spain:rolleyes:

These came out of Germany to.Was advertised to be for just the monoshock GPz,pretty clearly not.Did my research so knew it would fit my R1 .With the sad state of the Canadian dollar against the US one and the huge increase in USPS shipping to Canada it's making getting stuff out of Europe cost effective.
 
Two pieces of good news,the deal is done on the stanchions and signals.The even better part is my mother in law is going to Kelowna so she will bring them back for me:triumphant:The second is I finally got the broken baffle out of the V&H,this will save me a lot of $$.Just got to get my blasting cabinet finished then I can etch the chrome so it's ready for paint:cool:
 
Stanchions are home and in good shape,just 1 small nick to put some JBWeld into.So did the good one I had.The signals where a disappointment,in worse shape than what was on the bike other than the broken one:(So back to the K&S repro plan for those.Got a great deal on the stanchions so I'm not worried about the sigs much.Saved enough to get a set of cover gaskets for the engine so I can start making it look nice :dancing:
 

A bit of a mock up of the forks as the "bars" still need refinishing.Things are (very) slowly coming together:)
 
If you liked those here's more:

Headlight ears and passenger peg carriers in satin PC,the grab rail and kick stand in gloss.Coil,engine and electrics mounts in the same Appliance "Epoxy" as the frame.
 

Been hard at doing parts clean up,mostly PC.

Wheels where blasted with ground walnut shells ready to paint,after masking of course;)Sanded the "polished" areas to 600 grit wet instead of going the full treatment.
 

Got the wheels painted:D
Edit: I have a deal in the works to get a VERY nice stock exhaust off a BCCMC member:dancing:
 
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So nice to follow along.

Have you considered stripping the paint off the elevated structures of the valve cover? (That DOHC lettering etc, no clue what the proper english term is). Methinks that would look very nice, similar to how the spokes look now.
 
roeme said:
So nice to follow along.

Have you considered stripping the paint off the elevated structures of the valve cover? (That DOHC lettering etc, no clue what the proper english term is). Methinks that would look very nice, similar to how the spokes look now.
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A guy on KZR has done that to his 85 GPz750 and it looks real good.This seems to be going in the back to original as I can get it direction and all black wrinkle is how it was.There will be bits like SS brake lines and new shocks because those need replacing.
 
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