Bought new horns at a fifth of the price for original ones, for that price it is OK that they are a little different than the originals. They are 5mm wider and are 10mm deeper in the center back where the mounting bolt sits. I can live with that. As you can see they have [...]

Have masked the front brake disks because they really need some paint. On this I had to use electrical tape because it is flexible and can be curved. To get curves in the masking just stretch the tape while applying it.

Drove to Brønnøysund today for a job interview, witch went very well I think. After the interview we drove north to a place called Vevelstad to visit an old friend. It turned out that her boyfriend had a similar love for SUZUKI’s and he showed me a Norwegian brochure of SUZUKI bikes from 1983. And [...]

The first major part of my project is being rebuilt, it is the rear wheel. In this post I will fit the driven joint hub with dampers, the brake disc and bearings will follow in part II. I use soap to lubricate the rubber dampers because they have a very tight fit. Using a paint [...]

Today I tested how some dirty bolts would look like if I glass blasted them. The result is very pleasing, just a little bit of buffing on some of the bolts to make them shine like new bolts. The reason why I did this is because I don’t have a tool to polish inside the [...]

The back side of the helmet lock was very dirty and the release bars had to be wiggled to actually release. Good thing I opened the lock because this was a lot of dirt. Will wash it, regrease it and put it back together.

This padding is made of plastic. It is kind of like the old Tupperware plastic where the plastic was pealing of in flakes. Will check to see if this can be refurbished. If not, buy a new one.

The turn signal lamps are worse than I thought. I was prepared to replace the chrome list around the lamps, but there are more shocking news inside. First of all, only lamp number three from left is an original Suzuki part. The other ones doesn’t have any markings, and no gasket to prevent dirt from [...]