Category Archives: Motorcycle

1977 GT500 – Clocks, Bushes and Labels

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

Before starting in on the carburettors, I still had a few other small bits to tidy up beginning with the clocks. For 1977, these were brown faced, and in Canada were also metric for the first time. They also were … Continue reading →

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1977 GT500 – Refurbishing Components

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

I spent a couple of days recently refurbishing some of the sub-assemblies on the GT500 project bike. Still lots of little things to do, but it is starting to come together ! Previously I had taken the main wiring harness … Continue reading →

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1976 GT750 – Old Business

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

It was eleven months ago now that I pranged my orange 1976 GT750 – I wrote about that little adventure here. While I did get the bike tidied up and usable again, there was one item that I didn’t get … Continue reading →

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1977 GT500 – The Pain Continues !

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Ian R. Sandy

Well – it has been a while since I’ve done an update here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy ! The 1977 GT500 rebuild has been moving along slowly, interrupted as sometimes happens by real life events that … Continue reading →

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Getting Clean

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

One of the (many) things I’ve lusted over during the years is to have a decent parts washer in the shop. Over the years I have made a couple of my own including making one out of an old wringer … Continue reading →

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1977 GT500 – Engine Issues

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

So the time had come to take a closer look at the two GT500 engines I had  – one is a 1976 and the other a late 1977. I scraped the worst of the accumulated grime from them but did … Continue reading →

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GT500 – Back To The Shop !

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

Well, it has been a while since I did any updates, or indeed spent any real time on the project bikes – it has been a busy fall season and winter has truly settled in around the Calgary area. The … Continue reading →

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Trim – 1973 GT750 Resto

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

I used Reproduction Decals here in Canada this time for the tank and side cover badges. They sell the same product as Badge Replicas in Australia and so far at least,  I’ve alternated back and forth between them depending on which … Continue reading →

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Pipe Cleaners and GT750 Mini-Rollout !

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

With the engine running well, the carburettors (mainly) sorted and the seat recovered, it was time to mount the exhaust system properly on my 1973 Buffalo. I had planned to have the pipes ‘tanked’ at a local radiator shop, and … Continue reading →

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Blue Haze in the Morning !

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

Over the past several days, Calgary has been blanketed by smoke from forest fires burning in British Columbia. The haze in the air from all this smoke has been quite dense, limiting visibility to just a few kilometres at times … Continue reading →

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