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Tag Archives: rebuild
The Oily Purple
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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Tagged 1972, Accent, ELZ2Coil, engine, Gauges, GT750, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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The Nimbus in the Barn
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
The Field Guide to the Suzuki T/GT500
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
Carried Away
I admit that very occasionally I do get carried away – or at least perhaps allow ambition to get in the way of common sense. In 2015 I picked up a couple more 1972 model GT750’s and suddenly found I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1972, GT750, GT750J, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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More Low Clouds – Part Three
So the day had come – after all this work not to mention a chunk of loose change, had these engine modifications actually improved anything ? Well, for one thing you will note there was a lot less smoke this … Continue reading
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Tagged engine, GT750, Kettle, rebuild, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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More Low Clouds – Part Two
The saga continues ! As offered previously, I needed to rebuild the engine on my blue 1976A GT750 but rather than just do a stock rebuild, I decided to try out a few common modifications in an effort to see … Continue reading
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Tagged engine, GT750, rebuild, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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More Low Clouds
Very nearly two years ago I started a project to rebuild the engine of my 1976A test mule by doing some dyno testing. This was to establish a baseline of how the engine was performing before actually making any changes … Continue reading
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Tagged engine, GT750, Kettle, lift plate, rebuild, Suzuki, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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Dating a Suzuki
One of the things that I know we all lay awake at night thinking about is ‘what do those markings on Suzuki components mean ?’. So to put our collective minds at ease, I have been doing some checking into … Continue reading
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Tagged dating, GT500, GT750, Indy, Kettle, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Buffalo
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A Field Guide to the Suzuki GT550
The latest addition to the OJB web site, called ‘A Field Guide to the Suzuki GT550‘ , is now on line along with a load of other new material. I am still validating a few things, but for the moment … Continue reading
Fully Exposed !
At last the 1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra is complete and after all the last-minute fiddling that seemed to go on forever, I am well pleased with how it has turned out. I won’t be able to do too much more … Continue reading