At the front end is an extension of the frame into the nose of the bikes fairing called the brace. While the brace has no complicated tech or moving parts, it’s influence over the outward look of the bike is almost total. It is the […]
Dec 282012
Bornagainbiker
Oct 082012
While I was still feeling my way around a rebuild project, a Suzuki dealer whom I since have come to know quite well turns round and says “you know I was thinking I might still have an old rg round here somewhere….I’m sure I […]
Oct 082012
It’s my first encounter with the “part can’t be got” situation on this project. Unfortunately, as far as I can find out, there’s a good chance that Suzuki never supplied this part as a separate item from the shock unit. What I am referring […]
Oct 082012
I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to this part of the bike during the strip down, I suppose partly because it was removed early on and partly because it isn’t that complicated and appeared to be in good nick. However, when it was […]
Jul 292012
Not so much a rebuild and more a rescue. The story behind this bike, at least with respect to it’s last owner, is remarkably similar to the Gamma. The previous owner had gone abroad some years ago leaving the bike in it’s used but relatively […]
Jul 232012
While researching my option’s to deal with a rusty petrol tank problem that I had with the Gamma, I came upon a few bit’s of info suggesting electrolysis as a good way to deal with the rust. As I looked deeper into it however […]
Jul 062012
My original plan is aborted. (isn’t it always…sigh). Since I had gotten the engine to run relatively easily (he says now that the bruises are fading), I thought I would leave the engine alone for this year (2011), aside from a bloody good cleaning […]
Jun 292012
Similar to the thermostatic valve test only less thread and more wires. I still need the pot of water and the means to both heat the water and measure the temperature of the water in real time. I don’t want to totally submerge the probe […]
Jun 222012
Tested the thermostatic valve (thermostat) according to the workshop manual. I’m testing this now while it is easier (while engine out of the frame) so that if/when I start the engine again I can have better confidence in the coolant system if I have temperature […]
Jun 222012
The forks. When I first drove the Gamma, which was shortly after it arrived at my place, one of the many things I noted was that the front shocks while still going up and down were in a pretty poor way, with significant rust over […]