750 ES Project

[hillsy]

WooHoo! An orange EF. I did one of those a few years back:



Great minds think alike, hey? (or fools never differ)

I miss that old bike (never had any problems with it, but I had to do a FULL engine re-build on my supposedly "unburstable" 1100....)

Keep the updates coming

[jwhelan65]

WooHoo! An orange EF. I did one of those a few years back:



Great minds think alike, hey? (or fools never differ)

I miss that old bike (never had any problems with it, but I had to do a FULL engine re-build on my supposedly "unburstable" 1100....)

Keep the updates coming

Very nice, looks like it has the 1150 gauge cluster?

[salty_monk]

Nice.. what type of seat was that or is it a custom job?

Dan

[hillsy]

Yes - the gauges were from the 1100, so was the front M/C. Lots of stuff was easily swappable between those 2 bikes (good on you Mr Suzuki )

The seat was the original that I had re-covered "Corbin" style by a local upholsterer. Looked pretty sweet with the orange piping.

Here's the old 1100 with the 750 cluster (and CB900F bars):





OK - threadjack is over. Sorry

[beetle]

Don't be sorry, that purple 1100 is bloody fantastic! Cor!

Thanks for posting the pic of the orange EF. The wife has teased me mercilessly about choosing orange. I'm not sorry I did it!

[beetle]

Hillsy, were the stripes on the front guard and side covers painted?

The stripes on my guard and side covers are vinyl decals same as the tank and rear cowling decals..

[hillsy]

Hillsy, were the stripes on the front guard and side covers painted?

The stripes on my guard and side covers are vinyl decals same as the tank and rear cowling decals..

All the stripes and the black panel on the fairing were contact vinyl that I cut out and applied after the paint was done. The Suzuki logo on the tank was applied (and cleared over) by the paint shop. Colour was 2pak Jota orange.

I figured it was easier to try out a few styles of stripes with the black vinyl (and if I didn't like it, I could change it back no dramas )

[beetle]

Early 90's gsxr front M/C work well, used one on my 700. Picked it up on ebay.

Thanks for that info. I'll keep it in mind if I can't make the stock one I have work (thanks Salty).

[beetle]

Righto.. the engine has finally been removed from the frame. This should kick things along a bit as I have been slacking off on the project of late.






With the help of my son & my brother we jiggled and sweated the engine out onto the hi-tech engine support (milk crate).

The airbox was troublesome as it seemed to want to stop the entire operation from proceeding despite being pushed up and back as far as possible. I found we had to rotate the engine slightly (head toward top frame rails) to get clearance. This was unexpected and I was forced to sweat an extra pint to accommodate the accursed thing.

The offending item...




More as it happens...

[jwhelan65]

I had to chop mine up to get it out with the engine still in the frame so I could install pods. They are a booger.

Build looks great , looking forward to seeing it come together.

[cyclefvr2]

I had to chop mine up to get it out with the engine still in the frame so I could install pods. They are a booger.

Build looks great , looking forward to seeing it come together.

yea the motor needs to be out to get the filter box out ,****es ya off
my kz was that way as well

[Bad Kaw]

She'll be beautiful when you are done!

Eric

Great bike, man!

[DMorris]

WooHoo! An orange EF. I did one of those a few years back:



Great minds think alike, hey? (or fools never differ)

I miss that old bike (never had any problems with it, but I had to do a FULL engine re-build on my supposedly "unburstable" 1100....)

Keep the updates coming

Never have been much on orange but that is a very tasty build and it looks great in orange. Very nice detail work.

[beetle]

Got my grab handles. Thanks baldguy!





Also picked up another 4 into 1 exhaust off ebay for $50. The headers have some surface rust, but a blast and some VHT paint should fix that. The muffler needs a new baffle, or maybe just replace it with a slip-on.

The bike came with a 4 into 1, but the PO had done some scraping and bending. See bottom pic.

[Rkt-Rch]

Again with the removal of the engine to take out the air box IS NOT NEEDED.... You DO however have to remove all the engine bolts,pipe,battery/box and various other things to remove it but it does come out and go back in!! I went from pods to a stock air box and ran into the reverse of trying to get it in first... The later when the carbs came back out did the reverse.. IT is a pain but can and was done... Very very tight ....

Orange huh..... I'm still deciding with where I want to go.. Maybe spares of all and have a stock/custom layout with quick release swap tabs/plugs !!! LOL