No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Actually maybe that was just the 550. Maybe it just had some cheap nasty rectangular idiot lights and some enormous triangular indicator things at the top.
Suzuki's after the 70s went downhill fast.
Worst bike I ever owned? I think it was.
What is it? Like twelve Suzuki's I've owned? Slow learner I guess.
{Edit} thirteen,
no fourteen, ahh who cares
No sixteen,
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Ta
400 had a gear position indicator.Originally Posted by F5 Dave
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Well another milestone.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Ta
Fuck that's cool.
Hardcore Biker
Looks wonderful
Bogeyman
Are those ape hangers standard issue Dave?
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
I think that's just the picture angle and lack of tank and instruments. Std but there were other options sez the book. Never seen anything else though.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Bogeyman
Aye. Looking at a few pic's of contemporary machinery says you're right.
Coming along nicely. I keep thinking I'd like to do something similar, maybe in a year or two when work slows down a bit...
In the meantime I'll take some wee pleasure with your work.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Easy Biker
I think Dave is right when he said camera angle, as the bars on the Stinger were not really that high and it was a comfortable bike to ride. The bars were more like trail bike bars of the era, not ape hangers.
Cheers
Merv
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Feel free to arrange to drop in have a look some night if you want motivation. I owe you a beer anyway.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
Wot he said.
“- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
Anorak
One down (nearly) So only 13 to go.
Can you do this one next
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
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That is a whole zone of cool.
There's a brace of RD400s in the dyno room. I'd like to save one.
Anyway not much to report, just tinkering. Fitted new chain and sprockets, usual stuffing around adapting a front retainer. Having failed to find 6v instrument bulbs in right sizes without importing them, I've decided to make some. May save some overhead current along the way.
Also ordered Brake and Clutch cables. Got an oil sight glass and a nos battery. You see the side of the battery so if its totally dead I'll gut it and fit a smaller gellcell inside. But they are an odd size. I'll try read up about stored batteries to see if there's any pretreatment before adding acid.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Another slow night last night. I rebuilt the headlight connector but the double contact I used is 90degs out so frustration.
Made prototype led instrument bulb. Not pretty but should work OK.
Sorted the throttle cables and started cleaning the carbs. Have two-three sets, but will be interesting as the slides are a bit tight in one of each pair. Next step is strip and vinegar.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
Been following this with interest and impressed with the skills and "how to" knowledge on display.
First year at engineering school, a good mate bought one of these (Stinger) and I always thought it was a really good looking little machine and comfortable to ride.
Sadly, the following year he traded it on a Kwaka 350 that he killed himself on 8 months later. It was at his funeral that I discovered I'd struck the ballot for the army.
Not a good year.
I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I always was.
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