Got my GS 750's

[Rkt-Rch]

Airbox on these has to go in before the engine.There is no way to get it in with the engine in the frame at all.Believe me I tried.Forgot to say I paited the engine to

You can get it in but you must remove all the engine bolts drop it down to the frame and lube up the box and then push/prey real hard... ask me how i know... This was the stupidest design ever!

[pete]

Geeez and I thought the 450 was bad! I'm ditching mine for K&N's to go with what I hope will be a nice custom exhaust.

Apart from the appearance perspective, I do not want to deal with getting that air filter off and on several times while tuning the carbs for the exhaust

Did you paint your engine in one piece? I don't recall seeing that you rebuilt it unless I missed something...

[SVSooke]

You can get it in but you must remove all the engine bolts drop it down to the frame and lube up the box and then push/prey real hard... ask me how i know... This was the stupidest design ever!

Yeah you probably could do it that way,but it's just as easy to take the bare frame off.
The engine as painted in one piece Pete.No way I'm taking apart a engine that runs a sweet as this one.

[azr]

Holy cow, talk about poor design. And I thought the 78 1000 air box was a pain at times. I won't tell you how easy the 850 air box comes in and out. Restore is lookin' good. We'll have to hit the tarmac come spring.

[SVSooke]

What can I say? it is what it is.Nobody cares about the sap 25 years later trying to revive a old bike, on that subject got a few things done today:

Wanted to use a 83 top triple with my 85 bottom triple,the one I painted.It seems Suzuki changed the offset for 85,so I dug out a 83 lower triple.Have a really nice 83 triple cover I want to use.
Put this together to:

To lazy,to late and to cold to put it in tonight.Hope it goes in easier than last time.
AZR: We'll do that.As for the airbox

[pete]

Awww man you're cruisin' along! You'll be done mid winter at this rate and be itching for autumn to come along! Oh wait, is that fall over there? Not sure what you call autumn... oh well...

[SVSooke]

It's late fall here going into the cold season.No I've got lots of work to do before spring.Cleaning all the conectors in the wiring,preping bodywork,painting more hardware.................

[pete]

D'oh! Of course, fall then winter... what was I thinkin'

Cleaning connectors is going to be fun indeed! That's one I haven't tackled yet, and I'm also considering custom harness... we shall see...

[SVSooke]

Had to do this twice to.Forgot the rear brake pivot has to go in before the swingarmThe end link was a little to lose at the swingarm so I added a extra thrust washer under the end cap,all better now

[pete]

More progress, nice! I now have a half a motor

[SVSooke]

Swingarm is going to be coming out as i just ordered one of these http://www.kmstools.com/master-quali...polisher-10355 .If I'm going to do it I want to get it right.I can see some other things are going to be polished to.Yes Pete things here are moving along,yours is to.Stuff here looks good in pictures but up close there are lots of flaws.

[pete]

That will make polishing a lot easier! I got polishing wheels for the bench grinder which is great except where I set it up is a little cramped at the moment.

And yep, I have made more progress tonight too, but don't have the energy to update my rebuild thread tonight, will do that in the morning.

Let me give you a hint though... the crankcases aren't real light when flipping it over and lifting onto the work bench by yourself...

[SVSooke]

Neither is a complete 750 motor Pete.Put these together last night

Just didn't feel like going out in the cold and rain!

[pete]

Neither is a complete 750 motor Pete.Put these together last night

Just didn't feel like going out in the cold and rain!

Complete 750 motor by yourself? Ouch! I'll quit complainin'

Mate they came up real nice indeed.

[SVSooke]

Complete 750 motor by yourself? Ouch! I'll quit complainin'

Mate they came up real nice indeed.

No my wife helped me.Even with 2 it was pretty heavy.
Yes they did