Project 300 "this is not sparta"

[razor02097]

Okay After thinking long and hard I have decided to replace the mufflers with Emgo dunstall 27" megaphones... it is a rather large investment at about $120 shipped for two. My hope is they will pay off in the long run.

Total investment as she sits now is $1,569.67 which includes the purchase price, fuel, all essential and non essential parts special tools and even cleaners and polish. Last fill up calculated to 56.5MPG! A lot of full throttle and excessive idling too... So far I've ridden to work twice which at 56.5MPG saved me $13. The riding season isn't really here yet so I'm hoping with good weather weeks to save $34 riding 5 days in the week... I know that is wishful thinking but every time I ride there and back I save at least $7 in fuel vs my DD!

 

[7981GS]

That should sound great and for that little coin, quite a good deal.

Daniel

 

[Guest]

I didn't think your 300 could get much better... but those Dunstall's will do the trick

Good find on the speedo drive as well.

I've got speedo and tacho issues at the moment that probably require them to be rebuilt professionally, so I think I might go the Acewell route on that.

I also did an LED conversion on my gauge bulbs...

 

[razor02097]

I finally took a pic out of the garage! Click photo for the full resolution shot.

 

[GateKeeper]

Very well done.......

 

[Guest]

Awesome! It's amazing what a bit of sun can do for a good photo

 

[razor02097]

Mufflers arrived! Hopefully can get them on soon

 

[850 Combat]

Super nice and thorough work.

Careful on those Kendas in the rain.

 

[razor02097]

Good to know.... They seem to do okay in the wet. I haven't really pushed them yet since they are new I've ridden twice in the wet. I've been extra careful since the township uses sand on the roads as a pretreatment agent.

 

[Guest]

They look tasty, can't wait to see them on!

 

[razor02097]

Installed the mufflers today. It was one of the most easy jobs ever! Everything bolted on and I used much of the stock hardware and brackets.

These mufflers are longer than the stock ones. They went on with no clearance issues. Can't wait to fire it up and hear them!

 

[Guest]

Well done, they look the part! Just gotta get it out in the sun for some full side shots to see them properly... and polish those finger prints off

 

[razor02097]

Done!

 

[dfocht]

Sweeeeet!!! Looks amazing!

 

[razor02097]

How is your machine coming along dfocht? You get her started yet?

 

[Guest]

Yeeeeah... real nice! She's looking awesome

 

[Tim Tom]

Your bike is looking great. The new mufflers set it off nicely.

I'm gonna echo 850Combat's warning with the Kenda's though. I bought a set because they were cheap when I started going through my GS. They were terrible in the wet. I had more than one fish-tail experience in the rain with those. Be careful, it would be an incredible shame to hurt you or your pretty bike.

 

[razor02097]

Thanks for the compliments and the warning. The issue I had was finding a rear tire in 120/90 16. Seems that is an odd size... The 120 barely clears the chain guard and is awfully close to the chain. I don't know if a 130 would fit or not. I hear a lot of people say the same thing about Kendas but none of the post said what tire they had. Kenda makes a few different tires the challenger, cruiser, and kruz.

I'm not planning to ride in the rain unless I get caught out in it. They seem to do okay on the wet pavement.

 

[razor02097]

Well with a running issue I decided to do some more maintenance.. cleaned all the connections going to the coils and trimmed the spark plug wire. Also pulled the carbs to go through them.... what I found was disgusting.....

Interesting thing Suzuki put in the carbs.... I guess it is part of the tscc?

 

[Guest]

Ugh... horrid! Reminds me of how mine were... a good soak in carb dip will clean them right up though