Around June, I think, I got hold of a sweet old GSX750E.
Everything on it is bog stock, except for the 4 into 1 and O'Brien can.
I haven't been able to do much due to a slowly mending broken collar bone. But now I have enough movement and strength to start.
I've had a bit of a tinker and done some scrubbing.
The bodywork, which was fine except for the hazing and crackly tank, now looks like this.
That is coat #1. I'm pretty pleased with myself as I have never wielded a spray gun before. Only cans.
The new Progressive Suspension 1204 shocks are on their way from a mate in Vegas. The eBay bloke wouldn't post outside the US.
$19.99 USD. Yes, I gots me a bargain there. They are, allegedly, just old stock.
The frame is covered in dust and rubbish but most of it wiped off with a kero soaked rag. the small patches of surface rust I have attacked with a whire wheel and Killrust black. This is a before shot, obviously.
The exhaust is off to a mates tomorrow to be sandblasted, then VHT'd and wrapped in black wrap.
I have ordered new mirrors, tank protectors (belly and knee pads) off eBay.
Tomorrow, I will ring the brake line man and get a set of Goodridge sent to me.
The sizal wheels and compound await.
I have pulled the forks, they are off to a trusted mechanic to be checked and serviced.
All I need to source now is a rear indicator lens, the pinstripe kit and tyres.
The bin in my shed has a quite a few cans squashed into it.
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