TonyGee

the swinger is a 1200 bandit arm, i had to use a reducer spacer to fit it as the ET has a 14mm spindle and the bandit has a 20mm spindle. the wheel is also B12 as i wanted the fat tyre look but a 600 wheel would be a bit easier to fit for chain alignment. i had to fit an offset front sprocket to get the chain to line up. the forks are gsxr1100 and getting very hard to find in good nick, if you do find some they are NOT cheap !!!!!! it all sounds easy but it takes a bit of work to get it all together.

some of the old school Suzuki's look well with more modern parts fitted, but its not just about the look, my ET with the bandit wheels and gsxr forks makes it handle and grip better and also stop better. im using 22 years old parts so they arnt really that modern !!!!! I'd like to think if they made the ET today it would look something like this.....

yeah ive got bandit switch gears on my ET, sorry havn't got a diagram to do it, i just followed both bikes diagrams from the manuals.

ive always done it from the gasket face, (no gasket)

bang on, its fecking brilliant for looking into small jets and drillings.

its not a coil its an OTOSCOPE !!!

i use one of these, cheap as chips but work really good. i got this one given but they are plentiful on the bay.

the coils on the zuma are the same as the bandits, in all my years owning bandits and also working on them ive never had to change a coil !!! they are normally pretty reliable. sometimes you can feel the tip of the mixture screw poking out into the bore of the carb, also if the screws where all at different settings i wonder if the P.O. used a colour tune ? setting all the screws exactly the same doesn't mean its perfect to each carb.

what are the plugs doing ? are they getting wet or black and sooty ? a sign of an over rich mixture caused by leaking float valves.

keep trying it, im sure it'll burst into life eventually.

you might have problems with the chain with a 190 tyre ? i have a B12 rear wheel and swinger in my 750ET and the chain is close to the frame and 180 tyre. if you cut out the frame and weld a flat in it you will get more room.

its a bit of a strange one wraith, petrol shouldn't kill a spark plug ! should it ?

you are bang on their, i found the problem mostly with the 600's though, still had a few 1200's as well. a can't remember the amount of 600's ive had this problem with but its a lot !!!!! no matter how good you dry and clean them even leave them for a week and they still wont work ?????? and they are new plugs that just got wet (with fuel) bang another new set in and it runs like a dream, go figure

i was thinking about the swingarm end float adjuster, could the shaft be seized to it ? it might be worth taking the lock ring off and see if the spindle will screw out. just a thought.

should of completely drained the tank and got all the old fuel out, the bandit coils are pretty reliable. my guess its a fuel problem. the bandit carbs are getting on in life now and ive seen countless problems with the float valves, the rubber tip wears and fuel can leak in causing a rich mixture and lumpiness but runs good at speed as the extra fuel is being used. check the colour of the plugs.

i used the OEM sprocket carrier from the GSX ET wheel in the B12 rear wheel, fits perfect and is further in that the bandit so the chain JUST clears the frame. you will need a front offset (expensive) sprocket too !!!! a 530 chain should just about fit but a none O ring is slightly thinner or go down to 525/520 chain kit.

blasphemer

thats shocking

water has a skin so could mask a leak, you need something thinner.

what about a GS/GSX 750 engine to keep it old school ?

ive used them cheap Chinese RFY piggy back shocks twice now, OK they are not the best but they do a job and all for £40. plus they are height adjustable and if they are no good you havn't lost a fortune this is them on my inazuma project.

i think the all depends on how bad they are. ?

one thing i do know is, grinding 16 valves in is the worst job to do on an engine

we are talking about (i think) a 40 year old engine, if he gets a %100 seal with grinding paste then i'll show my arse in a shop window. I better go and give my arse a wash and a shave now ive said that !!!!

you can't expect two metal surfaces held together with a spring to be 100% sealed especially the exhaust valve seat, as i said petrol is very thin and can leak through the smallest of gaps. if it holds for a short while before you see a damp patch then you have a pretty good seal. im only going on my experience