I don't normally do Suzukis but this one was up cheap and took my fancy.
Actually my Yamaha TR3 build had stalled due to lack of suitable spares and I was getting bored.
There is a previous thread that some may recall; viewtopic.php?f=51&t=36986

Unfortunately Martin was involved in an accident on his push iron and the bike lay partly stripped and abandoned in the garden for over two years.

It was delivered in the first week of January.



He had warned that the bike was suffering from the elements.



Rusty old chain.



Missing chain adjusters and footrest assy.





Retained his machined top yoke.





Relentless decals.....all I can say was it was a relentless task to remove them even with a heat gun.



I thought green was Kawasaki colours !



The finish quality on Suzukis appears lacking compared to Yamahas.





Drifts of leaves in here.







Race wiring harness by a fookwit !





Battery and fixings destined for landfill.



Crappy rotten foam filters, fortunately Martin supplied an airbox.



Original rear shock just jammed in but the correct fixing bolts where supplied....Martin was 1/2 way through an upgrade
before being incapacitated.



Novel use of a dogbone for a exhaust can hanger.

Nice to have another 76 knocking about . What are your plans for this road /track Full resto ?

Set about it with the usual paraffin/degreaser and hot power wash.. took three attempts to lose the green mould patina.

I was a little disappointed with the amount of corrosion that was present and it was not until the wheels were removed and repainted and the tyres cleaned up that things began to improve.







Some new levers tidied up the controls somewhat.



As did cleaning up the footrests and replacing the seized rear master cylinder.



It took more than an hour with thinners to remove the black paint from the clutch casing that had been applied with a tar brush to get to the original paint underneath.



The starter clutch casing received a new gasket and was refitted.
This had been left off for over two years and water had found its way into the sump.
It took two oil and filter changes to eventually dispose of the emulsion.
I can only hope no corrosion has damaged the crank bearing surfaces.
Time will tell... if the engine fails ......
The price of gaskets makes it financially unviable to strip engines for inspection when at this age.



Headers were repainted as was the radiator.
The twin fans were also removed .

donk wrote:Nice to have another 76 knocking about . What are your plans for this road /track Full resto ?

Just a track hack donk.......bikes of this era are not worth the cost of a full on restore.
I have a VIN check and a registration number but will not be paying for a V5.

It probable future will involve a moorland ditch or stone wall.
(We can still get away with Ballymoney style road testing up here..... but only just mind)

willandrip wrote:

donk wrote:Nice to have another 76 knocking about . What are your plans for this road /track Full resto ?

Just a track hack donk.......bikes of this era are not worth the cost of a full on restore.
I have a VIN check and a registration number but will not be paying for a V5.

It probable future will involve a moorland ditch or stone wall.
(We can still get away with Ballymoney style road testing up here..... but only just mind)

Ha quite funny that it looks a hell of a lot better tho

Footrest sourced and gearchange refitted for GP change configuration.



A 600 shock sourced from Germany and fitted with spacers in order that the spring clears the dogbones.
The top shock mount on the frame was removed and fitted inverted in order to maintain original.geometry


Micron can from spares stock fitted to replace the huge carbon skinned Scorpion that was split and had a galvanised tin strap.

Discs stripped and repainted after bobbins were loosened off.



Mudguard was first inline for attack on the repaint front.
Pleased I tried to refit this BEFORE it was top coated.
What a clart on... the muddy has to be stripped from its mounting bracket and the front wheel removed in order to refit it to the fork legs without damaging the new paint.



Lots of the original breather pipes were missing so had to be replaced with generic tubing and springs to prevent engine heat collapsing them.It is far from tidy or ideal but it does work and the tank hides the mess.



Finally I got around to attacking the wiring.....most was bundled up in spiral wrapping obtained from B&Q for a tenner.
Why anyone is simple enough to chop a harness up in order to save a few grammes of weight is beyond comprehension.
A severe shoeing is far too good for them.....Gents.

HRC rear reservoir replacement fitted rather than the original bulky unit.



Subframe and alloy undertray removed and repainted /polished.

I used to do all my own painting with the gun but now the garage is so full , the overspray causes too much mess.



Anyway.......I saw some aerosols on clearance so picked up a few cans and set about it.
The primer cost about 2X the colour coat and the 2 pack lacquer about 10 times that.
The lacquer sprayed well but did not go far.

A few cheap decals and its finished.

The finished pics are here;
http://s1159.photobucket.com/user/willa ... t=9&page=2

I'm fucked if I am going to waste time altering the sizes to post them .
(They are exactly the same size as all others posted .....ever, just the forum is acting the goat .)