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I've acquired a 1985 GSX750SE3 Katana Popup for the princely sum of $1.

I'm going to try and do it up the old fashioned way - without opening up the wallet as much as I can.

Restoring this bike is going to be done through hard work in the gargre with as much work as possible done by me.

  1. Cleaned up the exhaust

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    riffer
    , 29th August 2009 at 11:29 (Project Popup)
    I've attacked the exhaust with a steel brush, and it's come up pretty good.

    Next step will be to use a wire wheel and give it a really good clean, then sand it back to a paint finish, then it'll get a nice UHT matt black paint on it.

    It looks to me like a 1990s vintage Cycleworks 4 into 1 in damn good nick.

    I've got some new packing stuff for the 'zorst and as soon as I can work out how to get the slip cover off I'll repack it.
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  2. A new front end for the Katana

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    riffer
    , 29th August 2009 at 11:22 (Project Popup)
    Okay, so its Saturday and I've got some spare time this weekend. Not raining yet so let's get out to the gargre early and drag out the bike.

    Those front fork stanchions are looking very sorry, and I've picked up some replacement forks at Buckets and Bits which will do the job nicely.

    Looks to be a piece of cake to get this front wheel off. It's a little bit different to the RF, but easy enough to work out. Previous owner has done up the axle WAY too tight though so I decided ...
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