SonoraMike
2StrokeAddict
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2012
- Location
- Sonora
- Moto(s)
- 03 + 07 R1, YZ250,
CB550, GT-750, Tank Scooter
- Name
- Mike
originally started here: http://www.suzuki2strokes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=11947 but moving things over here, more eyeballs and feedback to issues that will pop up along the way. First few posts are dups of what was originally posted
New project in the garage, a 74 GT-750 came home with me yesterday, currently code named "Triple Trouble" after one of my fav blues lineups of Tommy Castro, LLoyd Jones, and Jimmy Hall.
Lots of 2 strokes in my past, H1, TZ250's, RD's, and a double digit number of RZs with a badly deteriorated KR awaiting some TLC, some of these I still cringe when I think of the price that I let them go for. I'm at the point that I'll never sell another bike again
I've had my eye out for a GT750 for a few years now, spotted this one initially on CL and then again on the Bay Area Riders forum with more detail. Looking over the photos things seemed to be mostly there but the bike shows a lot of weather exposure.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x251/sonoramike/1974%20GT750%20LeMans/Purchase%20day/PTBMHK6_zpsmmn7hojy.jpg[img]
Had a few surprises during the walk around once I got to the shop where the bike was, the biggest was all the rust in the tank. When the seller said it had stopped running since he'd last worked on it I figured that was a decent clue as to what was up. Confirmed this when I lifted the cap and had a peek into the tank and ran my finger around. The wiring under the left cover was a bit sketch, I'll get to the photos of all that soon enough as this all plays out. And the exposure damage from being outside near the NoCal coast is a much diff experience in person than trying to get a feel for it in photos. But its a 40 year old bike, so you get what is coming no matter what.
But 140# cylinder pressures across the board, and the fact that it was mostly complete/original with a clean title kept me in the game. The seller and I found the right price, pushed it up the ramp and into the truck, and loaded up a box of spares, and 2 old school saddle bags of misc parts into the truck. Then to the long drive home.
Next up: fuel system
New project in the garage, a 74 GT-750 came home with me yesterday, currently code named "Triple Trouble" after one of my fav blues lineups of Tommy Castro, LLoyd Jones, and Jimmy Hall.
Lots of 2 strokes in my past, H1, TZ250's, RD's, and a double digit number of RZs with a badly deteriorated KR awaiting some TLC, some of these I still cringe when I think of the price that I let them go for. I'm at the point that I'll never sell another bike again
I've had my eye out for a GT750 for a few years now, spotted this one initially on CL and then again on the Bay Area Riders forum with more detail. Looking over the photos things seemed to be mostly there but the bike shows a lot of weather exposure.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x251/sonoramike/1974%20GT750%20LeMans/Purchase%20day/PTBMHK6_zpsmmn7hojy.jpg[img]
Had a few surprises during the walk around once I got to the shop where the bike was, the biggest was all the rust in the tank. When the seller said it had stopped running since he'd last worked on it I figured that was a decent clue as to what was up. Confirmed this when I lifted the cap and had a peek into the tank and ran my finger around. The wiring under the left cover was a bit sketch, I'll get to the photos of all that soon enough as this all plays out. And the exposure damage from being outside near the NoCal coast is a much diff experience in person than trying to get a feel for it in photos. But its a 40 year old bike, so you get what is coming no matter what.
But 140# cylinder pressures across the board, and the fact that it was mostly complete/original with a clean title kept me in the game. The seller and I found the right price, pushed it up the ramp and into the truck, and loaded up a box of spares, and 2 old school saddle bags of misc parts into the truck. Then to the long drive home.
Next up: fuel system