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Tag Archives: Water Buffalo
The Swap Meet
Yesterday was one of those typical Alberta autumn days – on the crisp side of cool at just below zero celsius, and not a cloud to be seen in a sky that was blue as far as the eye could … Continue reading
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Tagged CAVMG, GT750, Red Deer, Suzuki, swap meet, Water Buffalo, westerner fair grounds
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Mini Rollout – GT750 Project !
Today marked a small milestone in the GT750 Project I’m working on, as I fitted up the freshly painted side covers, tank and tail piece to the frame to check the fit and clearances one last time. Of course I’m … Continue reading
Caswell Tank Coating
I won’t duplicate what you can find elsewhere on the web about the use of epoxy fuel tank liners – please see my previous post (here) or the GT750 project site for some links to several good sources of information, … Continue reading
GT750 Project – Steering Lock
Continuing on with the GT750 project I’m working on, the steering lock on these old bikes quite often is seized up solid, and as I had a matched set of keyed alike locks and switches for this project, I wanted … Continue reading
GT750 Restoration – continued – Tank
Continuing on with the GT750 restoration, the design has been finalised, and the frame has been in and then out of the The Welding Shop here in Calgary – the tank had to be steamed out before welding, but that wasn’t too … Continue reading
UPS Canada Issues
While working on my GT750 project bike, I’ve had to source a few bits and pieces from overseas as parts to fit older vehicles like this just can’t easily be found here in Canada, if at all. Generally this has … Continue reading
Burgundy is Brown ?
It has been the most frustrating past few days – I have spent more than just a few hours trying to figure out what the Suzuki paint code is for the colour I want to paint my GT750 project bike. … Continue reading
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Tagged GS750, GT750, Paint Codes, Suzuki, suzuki color codes, suzuki colour codes, Water Buffalo
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Spark Plugs, Caps and Leads
One would think that the topic of spark plugs would not be interesting at all – heck they have been available and used in engines for over a century ! Not so – there is an emerging problem for older … Continue reading
Suzuki GT Mirrors and Things
One of the (many) little challenges you run into with restoring old Suzuki motorbikes is the rear view mirrors. The ones that originally came with the bikes in the 1970’s had a Suzuki ‘S’ embossed on the mirror, but none … Continue reading
Blasting in Calgary
I just spent a 30 minutes doing something that was hugely satisfying in a weird kind of way – sand blasting ! The background is that I I needed to clean up some parts for my Suzuki GT750 project (the … Continue reading
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Tagged Calgary, Consolidated Compressor, GT750, sand blasting, Suzuki, Water Buffalo
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