crusty33

Cheers mate, though I'm probably going to sort out the niggles and move it on as I have a hankering for an OSS streetfighter again

Well, it passed! Then there was the small task of riding an unknown bike down to Suffolk, thankfully after a minor hiccup just passed Brum it got there no dramas Until . . . The next day, when I decided to have a bit of a checkover. Turns out the tank had split (Solid mount tank on a hardtail is never great) and the primary chain was fu*ked!! I managed to clean up the tank and get some chemy metal to seal it, adjusted the chains as best I could but then the bugger was struggling to start. Think that is just a sticky motor as the battery is new and I can pinch the one off the 11 motor. To be fair on it though, it was a shakedown run so having a list of jobs to do after is to be expected. On the Plus side, it holds itself well on the road and looks, and sounds, a beast!

So, since I'm off work today due to a grinding spark dry humping my eyeball, I thought id do an update to where I'm up to now. I took a drive over to Lincs and met Viz and Minx, a real sound couple, and came away with his 750 et motor. I hearded up the lads the following Sunday and went to it, that is where it all started to fall apart! Motor went in with no issues and with a bit of butchery with the electrics it fired up and sounded sweet, however it soon became apparent the guy I bought it from was full of shit!! He told me that the bike had done about 800 miles since the build, but in reality the bike was at dry build stage. It was impossible to mount the battery in the box, the rear caliper wouldn't bleed up (banjo was higher than the nipple!) and once bled, was hitting the frame! No pressure, I only had 4 days to sort it all, mot it then do a 500 mile shakedown run Stayed after work most nights and finally addressed the faults, aiming to finish early on thursday and get a test, nope!! Got 3 miles from home before having a total electrical failure. It was at this point I started swearing at myself for leaving my tool roll at home! AA back to work. Sorted the sparks out Friday morning then sett off for an 'optimistic' mot

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Are the engine mounts the same? It's got a jack shaft for chain clearance that's been set up for the 11, which needs to be bob on or will eat the primary chain.

So, the other week I picked up this new chop. It was advertised on that site as a non runner, went to see it and put in a cheeky offer which he accepted! I took a bit of a gamble hoping the running issue would be something simple, but wasn't that lucky. Never mind, still happy with the price I payed as it's very tidy with lots of trick new bits on. It's a Hard Up Choppers frame with Rocket 3 running gear, 240 rear and a 150 front, it certainly has some presence!!! Motor seems to be a miss match of ef bottom end with et top, it needs to come apart as No2 plug threads are stripped so going to have to pull the motor apart, which is also the only way of finding out what's inside. In the meantime I'm on the lookout for another motor to slot in to get me up and moving quickly. The chassis parts all seem well made and reasonably well put together, though will need to go over everything as most bolts I've come across appear to have been tightened by a 6yr old girl The rest of it is a blank canvas for me to make my own. Enough waffling now, here are some pics . . .

You must have got it off the bloke I sold it to, Scary how fast time passes, I remember the millennium as 'a few years ago' The 550 looks to be coming along well, I really like it when folk have to think about what's been done. As for a motor swap, iirc the 750 needed a notch taking out the tank in order to clear the carb tops, not sure if they were smaller frames, but have seen 600's and 750's grafted into other 550's. Anything can be done with a big enough hammer

Complete front end was from a gsxr 750 J/K and almost bolted straight up, just made a spacer to take up the slack. Ther rear was a JMC to suit the 750ES, had to turn up new spacers in order to fit in the B6 rim, it was about 5mm off centre iirc in order to allow chain clearance.

You got the bike after me mate, it had the original gear on from the first incarnation and i upgraded the running gear. I remember seeing it on Eblag with all the valet stickers and different seat etc on it a couple of years after I sold it. You're right though, it really was a sweet bike that shouldn't have been sold! Be good to see pics as your new ES progresses.

Now you could have a lot of fun, hooning about on that!

It really is, never ridden one in standard form but, the power delivery was exactly what you need and want in a light bar hopper. Vibes were a bit much doing long distance on the motorway though.

Ha ha, cheers. Always helps when you have talented mates to give you a hand I was pleased with how it came out, the paint on the bodywork was meant to be a different colour, but the orange bled through giving it a bronzed look that was much better than we'd thought!

So this is a little picture montage of my inazuma 750 which is doing well to prove the suzuki 'unbreakable' theory. It's been dropped, crashed, stolen (twice) and generally abused since birth. It started out as a repossession auction win by my mate, 6mths old, less than 3k miles and pristine. . . That was not to last!! Chris ragged it round bashing it off everything he saw, including right up the arse of a car while 'attempting' a stoppy!! However, the little zooma just kept on going. I eventually felt sorry for it and bought it myself as a runabout and give it some love. . .That was not to last!! I binned it within a fortnight by misjudging the 'double squeeze' brake effect, so I fixed it up (again) and my Mrs painted it black and glued, go faster, rubber spikes on it. We kept it alive over winter then sat it up while using the 'nice bike' (the blue sleeper I posted in air cooled) While it was sat there some kids decided to take pity on it and let it go wandering! Thankfully they didn't get it running (it was that rough I couldn't actually tell what damage they'd done!) so I decided to treat it and strip it down for a makeover. The entire bike was stripped, cleaned, dents removed and repainted, all new bearing etc etc. Apart from the crap brakes it rode fantastic. . . That was not to last!! While visiting some mates in Liverpool, I woke up to find the zooma gone AGAIN When it was found it was absolutely trashed, big style! I was just going to leave it in the compound but was going to get charged regardless, so I took it with the idea of salvaging some parts. There was consolation, not only did the motor turn over but there was LOTS of blood stains where it must have pinned or dragged some little scrote down the road I'm weighing up the damage and decide the headstock and cradle is ok, so made a zzr 11 front end fit, bunged on a cx tank and bodged up a tyre as a rear guard! She ran like this for a good few more years without any major dramas. . . That was not to last!! Again I found myself at a loss and decided to build a chop, got so far through but got bored and wanted something else, so sold it to my mate in the club (a different Chris) Chris decided he didn't like what I was doing so cut it about a bit more and made it his own. The Zooma got thrashed and thoroughly abused once more, burnouts on the bar in holland as just one example! It took Chris all over Europe for the last 4yrs and always gave it stick, amazingly it's still going now!! We guesstimated (many speedos) one night that it must be coming up around the 150k miles mark with no major engine work! It's becoming rather tired now so Chris is debating whether to retire or rebuild the motor, hopefully this won't be the last chapter.

I like that, and the dookie moniker! I do have a soft spot for a ratter!