Most of the time I am happy enough with the sound of my stock Bandit exhaust, but I have realised that this is because most of the time I am not riding in the company of other bikes. A lot of those times when I […]
Jan 272014
Suzuki
Suzuki projects.
Oct 312013
How can a single piece of plastic be this much work… I hadn’t realised right away but the back end of the gamma was a little short. The back mudguard which by the way does a lot more than just guard against mud was about […]
Oct 152013
It’s all about the balance. In this case how balanced your carburettors are. Early on I realised my Bandit engine wasn’t running quite right, but I mistakenly believed it was caused by less easily or cheaply fixed issue’s than carb balance. My belief went back […]
Sep 272013
How to adjust the oil flow from the 2 stroke oil pump on an Rgr125 Gamma was the subject of a thread lately on a site I have been known to frequent. I made an attempt at an answer for them and since writing that […]
Jun 192013
While I was first looking to start the engine I discovered that there was no oil in the gearbox. It wasn’t a surprise to me at the time because I didn’t know if there had been oil in the gearbox when it was laid up […]
May 232013
Fuel filters are absolutely essential with an old bike, or to be more accurate with an old tank… As I mentioned in the carb cleaning post, some muck was getting into the fuel. Most likely it was all rust from the inside of the tank […]
May 082013
When it’s still attached to the bike of coarse.. You see I was stuck for a part, namely the tail light. I only had a small piece of the original and when I asked after a new one I was told that if one was […]
Apr 252013
Before I started writing this post I joked with a friend that the post was going to read like a sales pitch for Meguiar’s products. And I’m afraid it will, but purely because in my opinion their products did an amazing job. I don’t have […]
Feb 202013
My aid to deciding which colour where. While my intention was to rebuild to factory specification’s, I early on decided I would allow myself the choice of colours for this bike. I realise this is a major transgression to a grommet watcher type of rebuilder […]
Dec 282012
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 […]