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I found an old WOF under the seat which had the old rego number on it.

Did the check on carjam.co.nz and got the following back:

• Make: SUZUKI
• Model: GSX 750S3
• Year: 1987
• Main colour: White
• Vehicle type: Motorcycle
• Body style: Motorcycle
• CC rating: 750
• Fuel type: Petrol
• Country of origin: Japan

• Plate: XXXXX
• Plate type: Standard
• Engine no: xxxxx
• Chassis: xxxxxx

Licence ...

There's a lot of oxidisation of the aluminium on this bike but I reckon that should clean up easy enough.

So far on my list of things I definitely need to do:

1. Sand back and paint fairing brackets.
2. Plastic weld the back of the fairing so it sits nicer and create brackets to hold the fairing together better (hidden of course).
3. Strip the forks, find some new stanchions or get the incumbents re-ground and re-chromed (expensive), redo seals.
4. Replace ...

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Okay, let's get some of the fairings off this bike and have a look at the extent of the problems.

You know, the frame's pretty good. A few sandbacks here and there and I reckon she'll be good for a touchup if I can get a paint that's close to the original spec.

The forks are rooted. They really are. The left one isn't too bad in the area that matters but the right one is just going to rip through the seals.

The light has a chip in it - that'll have to be replaced. ...

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Well, I've picked it up and pushed it home from Fergusson Drive to my house in Melrose Street. It's about 600m, with a quick stop along the way to pump up the tyres at the local servo (bugger pushing a bike with flat tyres).

It's a bit of a mess but it's mostly complete.

The main things missing are:

1. Windscreen
2. front fender
3. right hand brake lever (broken off)
4. mirrors
5. light for number plate (which is also missing). ...

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When i was a young lad of 5 we moved from the sticks, actually it was less than the sticks because all the trees had been felled, to the booming metroplis of Dunedin. This is where i saw my first motorbike. I was walking to school and saw it parked in the teachers carpark. I was in in awe of this fantastic looking bike. Silver with a red stripe on the tank. A brand new SL125. I stood there for about 1/2 an hour just facinated by this bike. Then a teacher saw me. Busted for being late on my 1st day ...

People who point at their wrist while asking for the time. I know where my watch is pal, where the fuck is yours? Do i point at my crotch when i ask where the toilet is?

People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV & change the channel manually.

When people say "It's always in the last place you look". Of course it is. Why the fuck would you keep looking after you've found it?
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Pondering the scraps and leftovers of VMCC Winter Series Round 2 Manfield Long Track, I was left feeling somewhat empty and disappointed with my performance.
I find race meets to be an emotional roller coaster for myself and most of my racing acquaintances for instance, do you remember the face of the guy that was faster than you the first time you bested him, do you remember how it felt when someone that was slower than you all of a sudden passes you and pulls away and there’s not a thing ...

Well the right pipe is well on it's way. I've made a mounting bracket and it's welded on, the joiner pipe is complete and welded. All that's left is the alloy end cap, and I am going to fab up a nice little alloy cover to hide the exhaust clamp and it will zizz it up a bit visually (a nice contrast with the black)

Anyway - fitted it was too tempting not to fire it up, even if I only had one new pipe and one stocker on . Sounded good

Then I popped ...