Author Archives: Ian R. Sandy

OJB on Facebook

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

I’m not completely certain this will be a good idea, but I have gone ahead and set up an OJB page on Facebook. You can take a look at it via this link. It is ‘public’ so you don’t actually … Continue reading →

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Airbox Gasket

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

A fellow I know in the UK by the name of Ian Beardsley (an excellent first name by the way 🙂 ) has been making reproduction bits and pieces for the Suzuki GT750 for some time now. I bought a … Continue reading →

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The Flasher

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

So your turn signal/indicator relay just exited for its place in electronics heaven, and as a result you now have a distinct lack of flash about your machine. You can resort to arm waving, but I suspect most younger drivers … Continue reading →

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Summer Happenings

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

The summer is, yet again, blasting by faster than it has any right to and our safari to eastern Canada is drawing to a close. The main reason for our extended road trip was our younger son’s wedding in Toronto … Continue reading →

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Other Uses For Simple Green

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

So I needed a new visor for my helmet, and normally I buy clear ones as they are easy to clean and also relatively cheap. A replacement clear visor to fit my HJC Sy-Max helmet is about $25 CDN. None … Continue reading →

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Over Stressed Cobra

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

You may recall my 1968 T500 Suzuki Cobra build which was detailed here back in 2014. Once on the road, while the bike ran fine, I was unhappy with the front brake as it juddered and no amount of adjusting … Continue reading →

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The Oily Purple

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

You will recall from an earlier post (see this link) , that the first of the three 1972 GT750’s I am restoring was to be in ‘oily rag’ condition, so no new paint, no new fresh chrome but rebuilt/refurbished mechanicals … Continue reading →

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The Nimbus in the Barn

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

After buying my Nimbus, one of the first things I did was contact Ed Oleson in Ontario who is the Nimbus guru here in Canada. I had met him at a couple of the CVMG (Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group) rallies … Continue reading →

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The Field Guide to the Suzuki T/GT500

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

As per my last post, I have been working on an update to the T/GT500 section of the web site, and the first iteration is now complete. As always, it will continue to evolve as I gather additional material either … Continue reading →

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Suzuki T and GT Resources Site – Update

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Ian R. Sandy

For those folks out there who have an interest in old Suzuki’s, I made a few updates to the OJB web site this week. I try to do this about every six months and limit myself to just tuning and … Continue reading →

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