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

[Etcheberri]

Well thank you scott...

i do my best, a bit of a shame i lost some steam, but i ll finish it, i ll finish it!

[gs scott]

I was wondering if you might want a fairing stay for your ES, perhaps a cowling too (but it would need paint, or is it CSP?) I don't know if I have any other spares around like a headlight, but I'll check. Send me a PM if you're interested.

[Flyboy]

Good to see you back up on the front page, thought you had thrown in the towel there for a minute, and you have done such nice work up to now, that would be a crying shame.

[Etcheberri]

No i have not thrown in the towel,
front shocks should be done by the end of this christmas break.
but jeez the garage is SO cold ahah :P was much funnier with the sun and the main door wide open !

Makes me think that i still need to buy the proper oil for that!
in the service manual they say Fork Oil #10, i am going to look around in the forum to find which one to buy exactly.

[Etcheberri]

Lil update

worked on front shocks today, seals and all. i just need now to buy/pour oil in there.
i realized i totally forgot to buy some dust seals, mine are cracked... woops!

EDIT : wait, no i have some, but they do not look alike :P
i bought these : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-GS750...item336671ea0b
i need boots actually!

well at least it is the last part i need

here s the inner side of one of the shock, my camera died on me! more soon!



and btw here s the front wheel too.

[7981GS]

Want to make my rims look that good? Fantastic job on them BTW!!!

Daniel

[cowboyup3371]

Very nice job; much much better looking than mine were.

[Etcheberri]

thank you guys.

[Etcheberri]

hi everyone.

Well bad news... i have to part out both bikes.

My parents found themselves in really bad money problems, i won t go into much details here, but it s mostly health related.

I have no choice but help out, sold part of my antiques camera collection, but now that project has to go too...

i'll buy myself an other one later on! i had fun working on this one, learned a lot, and i hope the energy, time and money i put in the project won t be totally lost.

So yeah... the fun will wait, i have my own debts to pay, so i cut where i can to help the family!

i ll post a selling thread in the selling section, maybe some of you friends would like to buy me some stuff i restored?
i ll be honoured to see some of my restored/cleaned parts on your projects.

[GateKeeper]

Well that sucks.......

Sorry to hear about your parents, hope they get well soon

[D-Mac]

Damn shame. I enjoyed your thread a lot. Sometimes life brings on other priorities. I had to part out my last project bike for a similar reason, but the skills I learned were never lost.

Best of luck with everything and we'll look forward to your next build!

[7981GS]

That was going to be one of the finer builds!


Daniel

[SVSooke]

Whole thing is a shame.Do what you must but.........................

[Flyboy]

Damn, that bites, I really am sorry to hear of this, this economy really is hurting a lot of people.
Keep your chin up, another will come along when the situation is better, and you will be swinging wrenches like a man possesed again, you will see.
You have done good, nothing is more important than family, as much as I love Jennifer, I would get rid of her in a heartbeat to feed my family.

[Etcheberri]

Thanks guys for the kind words.

that s a real pain, but it s with no hesitation at all that i do it,
doctors cost a lot of money, that s the way it is, and we have no insurances.

Now i hope parts will go fast, because the money is needed like...real soon.

I ll buy another project later, and i ll make it even better than this one!