Tag Archives: restoration

Engine and Transmission

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

As always there is a story to go along with any rebuild and knowing the ‘why’ of what caused a vehicle to be parked is always of interest to me. In this case, while the bike appeared generally complete, nothing … Continue reading →

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GT750 Oil Injection Lines

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

After 40 odd years (I suppose some of them were ‘normal’, but I digress) the check valves in the oil injection lines used by Suzuki for the GT750 as well as other oil injected two strokes are starting to be … Continue reading →

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Fuel Caps

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Ian R. Sandy

One of the things I have been meaning to document is how the fuel caps go together as used on the Suzuki GT series between 1973 through 1975 on the GT380, GT550 and GT750. All of these come apart quite … Continue reading →

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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 – 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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Getting into rubber !

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Ian R. Sandy

One of the (many) problems you run into with trying to restore older equipment is sourcing the soft rubber and plastic components. While some items such as plastic panels and trim can be repaired, if they are too sun bleached/perished … Continue reading →

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