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[two-stroke-brit]

looks like the GT SUZI needs quite a bit of work to road worthy.

[busa1300]

Yea.... It started as a bare early 72 frame with a radiator still attached.... It's not much more now, but very slowly collecting parts to make one complete cafe racer. Holding it up is a 82 GSX1100 swing arm, 86 GSXR1100 wheels and front end, vintage Fox Shocks... It will have a modified/braced frame as well. Have a late 72 engine on the shelf, but needs just about EVERYTHING redone on it...
Cases are good though...

[busa1300]

Just got my FZR running after sitting for almost exactly 18 years.... Still pulls like a freight train...

[T.RexRacing]

Nice. 18 years? Shame on you. Time to ride.

[busa1300]

That is for sure....with everything set back up for street, and electrical issues finally faced, it's time to collect bugs not dust

[busa1300]

Projects never end......

[RuZty]

I'm surprised the grips aren't melted off the bars, looks like it was in a garage where the fire was put out before it got down to the bike (or 25 years in the desert sun).

[busa1300]

You are right dead on the money there....

This bike was moved from Indiana to Arizona in 1990....parked outside after the riding season there....and then left to die.
The owner died last year, and his nephew from Indiana brought the bike back here, to try and bring it back to life.
It sat in his garage for a year, when he figured it was too much to fix without really doing anything to it.
I originally bought it as a parts bike for my other GS1000. But I hate stripping a bike apart for parts, without giving it one last chance to come back to life.
Long story short...after messing with it for about an hour....I had it idling at 1000RPM, as smooth as a kitten, without a drop of gas or oil leaking out anywhere (never even pulled the carbs off). All I did was pull the mouse nest and air filter out, change the oil and filter.
Checked compression after it cooled just a bit and found 130PSI in all 4 cylinders....
So now it's a project and not parts.

Title was long lost, but I went through all the legal hoops and now have a new Indiana title for it....Now that it's legally mine, it's time to bring it back to usefulness once again.

[RuZty]

Long story short...after messing with it for about an hour....I had it idling at 1000RPM, as smooth as a kitten, without a drop of gas or oil leaking out anywhere (never even pulled the carbs off). All I did was pull the mouse nest and air filter out, change the oil and filter.
Checked compression after it cooled just a bit and found 130PSI in all 4 cylinders....
So now it's a project and not parts.

Amazing. What does the inside of the tank look like?

[busa1300]

Swiss cheese

After I tried cleaning it with vinegar that is....must be about 50 holes throughout the bottom, and even some right on the top.

[two-stroke-brit]

thats a huge sprocket on that spare wheel approx 100 teeth.?

[busa1300]

The spoke rear wheel is a 18X3.5 Sun rim, off a old drag bike that was also left for dead some time back.
Depending on what it will cost, I'll use the original rear sprocket from the GS, or go with a 530 conversion. The drag sprocket will hang on the shelf with my other no longer used parts....
Front rim is a 18X2.75 aluminum Sun to match.....planning on 110X80 front and 150X70 rear tires. A little more rubber than stock at least.

[busa1300]

Long way to go yet....
But I think it will make a great sport touring bike when done.....

[T.RexRacing]

That's one of the greatest engines ever. Enjoy.

[busa1300]

I'll be pulling the engine within the next week or two, then I'll get all the covers off and have a better look inside.
Hoping all I will have to do is check the valve clearances and clean out the sump pickup....