GS 750 es : Let s bring it back to life!

[Leigh]

Yeah, I guess 30 years of history can accumulate some bizarre stuff.

[Patman]

How many KM's on that engine?

Do you know anyone in the car biz that can do an appraisal for you? That's what I had to do in Ontario and paid tax on the appraisal.

[Etcheberri]

How many KM's on that engine?

Do you know anyone in the car biz that can do an appraisal for you? That's what I had to do in Ontario and paid tax on the appraisal.

50k. km's Patman.

no i know nobody that has the legal thingy i need.

hey by the way, i am looking for all my gaskets and all,
i have some hard time findings stuff for the 83, am i right to think 84 will work too?

[Etcheberri]

did some cleaning, not done yet but after two complete day and an half in the garage my hands started to hurt a bit.
getting that cooked mud out of the fins is a real PITA
now, i am going to need some special tools
and all the gaskets before going further with the engine rebuilt.

i need more money for that, it s going to wait a week.
next week end, because i will not have the tools to keep going with the engine it will be cleaning things, if the money follows i ll buy carb gaskets and hex screws.
or/and probably taking care of brake lines!






i think, when the project will be over, i will clean and part out the part bike, i might not even use it s engine

[Patman]

I believe the '84 would be the same. Man you are brave with everything you're tackling at once on this project! I take my hat off to you!

[Etcheberri]

Man you are brave with everything you're tackling at once on this project! I take my hat off to you!

it s, i think, the foolish bravery of a young naive man
hope i wont bite my own ass.

i think i ll try not to take anything more out of the frame before finishing the carbs

[Etcheberri]

Quick update :

Bought :
engine's complete gasket kit from Vesrah, these will have to do, used the brand once before, was happy with it.
carbs float bowls gaskets.
Stainless screws for carbs
O-rings.

Started to fix, while at home in my apartment, the gauges back cover,
big big crack there, did some plastic welding with some black Tie wraps and my solder iron, then some epoxy putty, sanded it down, worked like a charm, for 0$

more to come this week end!!!

[Hoosier Daddy]

Brilliant!

[SVSooke]

Yeah I though plastic welding would be way harder than it is.Great stuff going on there!

[Etcheberri]

thanks guys!

So, today's !

after the plastic welding (sry no pictures of the process! didn t have the camera with me!) and the epoxy i was not happy enough with the smoothness of the thing, so i worked with some bondo and 300 - 600 grit.



worked with the plexyglass of the gauges too,

very good product imo. simple and cheap (12$)


pass of black, very thin buildups cos i forgot to buy primer :P

done. happy with it.


i bought some VHT Frame paint and tried it on the footrest thing.



not bad.

[Etcheberri]

(think i have some Photobucket rotate issues!)

just for the fun of it, the gauges and all the rest not done yet


you guys guess which one i am going to use between those 2 break assemblies :P



i took off the rear wheel.
have a look at those pads, left one is FLAT!


clean/sanded/painted this

like this

[Etcheberri]

and did a bit on the airbox while i was at it. (yeah roughly so far!)

[Etcheberri]

guys, should there be something covering these holes?


oh and i did paint the engine mountings.

[81GS750]

Quick update :

Bought :
engine's complete gasket kit from Vesrah, these will have to do, used the brand once before, was happy with it.

Your moving right along and it's looking great!

Contact your local Suzuki dealer and buy OEM Suzuki gaskets for the engine!!!!
Especially on the base gasket and head gasket!! It's gonna be a real PITA to replace those Vesrah gaskets when they start leaking and they will. It's worth the extra money to use OEM engine gaskets, I'll make my own ignition cover gaskets or use aftermarket on a valve cover gasket, but never anything other than OEM for the rest!

[Etcheberri]

ah... damn.
have a couple of friends that have been using Vesrah gasket kits on multiple engines with no issues, i did use the brand once myself (not on a street bike). Are you telling me this brand is bad on our GSs??!

if so, i ll try to buy base and head gaskets then.