Forum: Photos
01-12-18, 02:09 PM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
I will do Gary, no problem.
Well, it's starting to slow on the build now, what with Christmas just around the corner I can't spend willy nilly, but did get a Black Friday bargain from M & P...
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Forum: Photos
21-11-18, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Photos
21-11-18, 07:44 PM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
Been busy with other things of present, so not had too much time for the bike. I have finished the silencers this evening. A 2nd coat of high temp paint, end caps polished & stickers applied....
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Forum: Photos
17-11-18, 05:48 PM
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Forum: Photos
09-11-18, 06:25 AM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
I have a polishing wheel already, something that I've had for years & hardly ever used. I think that it might get hammered now :D
They're fairly quiet to be honest Gaz. I had to fit them to see...
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Forum: Photos
08-11-18, 01:47 AM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
Well, these turned up late last night. My ebay win. I know what I'll be doing later. Video to follow :) https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181108/92926236dfc80ab37ad70f0281d278ad.jpg
Sent from my...
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Forum: Photos
06-11-18, 05:21 PM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
One of the bolts from my caliper was missing, so routed around on the net to find that only genuine parts were available at £27.00! I started to do a little homework and found that a 1978 gs550...
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Forum: Photos
04-11-18, 06:33 PM
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Forum: Photos
04-11-18, 01:31 PM
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Forum: Photos
04-11-18, 11:19 AM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
Been having issues with the electric start, every time I pressed the button, the fuse would blow. So I've left well alone for a week, been to it this morning with a fresh mind & noticed that I had...
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Forum: Photos
31-10-18, 05:57 AM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
Make sure that you have plenty of money. I was expecting to shell out about £1500 plus the price of the bike to get it finished. I'm not far off spending that & still have a few hundred pound to...
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Forum: Photos
30-10-18, 08:15 PM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
It was at this point that I took 6 months away from work to circumnavigate Britain in our newly aquired 25 year old motorhome. I have reached the grand old age of 55 & could draw some money from my...
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Forum: Photos
30-10-18, 07:22 AM
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Forum: Photos
30-10-18, 06:40 AM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
Cheers Gary :)
Front brake lever was the next on the agenda. I ordered a new seal kit, stripped the master cylinder, cleaned it & rebuilt it....
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Forum: Photos
29-10-18, 09:09 PM
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Re: Suzuki X5 long term project
Cheers people. Here's the next installment.
Once I got the bits home I was like a kid with a new toy. I hadn't felt so excited about a project as with this one, so I started to sift through all...
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Forum: Photos
29-10-18, 06:31 AM
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Suzuki X5 long term project
Well, here we go, time to bore you all rigid with one of my infamous rebuild threads. :)
So, way back in the day, I was a snotty nosed 16 year old that had always been around motorbikes & had big...
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