Gixer1460 Posted September 3, 2021 Posted September 3, 2021 11 hours ago, eddiegsx said: BTW what the fuck's a daffodil? It's the flower of a Leek ain't it ? 3 Quote
Blubber Posted September 3, 2021 Posted September 3, 2021 12 hours ago, eddiegsx said: BTW what the fuck's a daffodil? That is a flower with prolapse 1 Quote
BigT Posted September 7, 2021 Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 3:05 PM, Bomber666 said: Wrong.. It’s a ‘78.. See attached image.. who am I to question that.. Interesting, but wrong. 78 has fluted tank/tail with stripe, black airbox, round passenger pegs and choke lever on the carbs. Yours may have been manufactured in late 78, but it's a 79. Picture of my 78 that I bought new. It's the wire wheel version, which I understand is not common in the UK 2 Quote
Rijko Posted September 7, 2021 Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) On 9/2/2021 at 12:05 AM, Bomber666 said: Wrong.. It’s a ‘78.. See attached image.. who am I to question that.. Impressive looking document * bullet nr. 1 in the John Carr document : In 4 decades everything from wheels to tank and engine etc could have been changed. But if judging by pictures BigT is right - those parts are not 1978. * bullet nr. 2 in the John Carr document : I would be interested in what John Carr means by "the official Suzuki engine and frame number charts". The only Suzuki charts i am aware of are in Suzuki service bulletins. Check the attachments, these show the chassis cannot be a 1978 - same for the engine. * bullet nr. 3 in the John Carr document : Without better info on the resources used, i cannot really comment. John does not mention correct parts : he only states the frame number is one that was manufactured in 1978 which is probably true. The model is a 1979, manufacturing of those started in 1978. Edited September 7, 2021 by Rijko 1 Quote
wraith Posted September 7, 2021 Posted September 7, 2021 The only problem with saying what model/year a 30/40+ year old bike is by the tank or wheels etc it has is/can be very miss leading, as them parts could of been changed most of all tanks. I myself years back when a gs1000 was only worth about £800 if you where lucky, built a gs1000 for a mate out of a box of different bits, the reg plate said it was a 79 model but it had a gs1000g tank, gs1000s side panels, gs850 yokes and forks etc etc. The engine didn't have a head on it so I put a CV head on it as I had one. so what model/year was it? If you can see where I'm coming from 1 Quote
Rijko Posted September 7, 2021 Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) exactly. I guess John his first statement is a bit misleading - it feels like he verified the correct parts based on the pictures. Guess he was trying to be helpful ? Must have been quite a job fitting that GS1000G tank on a chain frame Wraith. Edited September 7, 2021 by Rijko Quote
wraith Posted September 7, 2021 Posted September 7, 2021 40 minutes ago, Rijko said: Must have been quite a job fitting that GS1000G tank on a chain frame Wraith. It was meny meny years ago about mid to late 90's but I can't remember it being as bad as some (ie fitting a gs650 kat tank to a gs850) and yes a lot of people thought the bike was a gs650 just because of the tank But it had a gs1000g fitted to the 850 frame the engine was 1148cc stag 2 cams 35mm CR carbs etc etc Quote
BigT Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 8 hours ago, wraith said: The only problem with saying what model/year a 30/40+ year old bike is by the tank or wheels etc it has is/can be very miss leading, as them parts could of been changed most of all tanks. I myself years back when a gs1000 was only worth about £800 if you where lucky, built a gs1000 for a mate out of a box of different bits, the reg plate said it was a 79 model but it had a gs1000g tank, gs1000s side panels, gs850 yokes and forks etc etc. The engine didn't have a head on it so I put a CV head on it as I had one. so what model/year was it? If you can see where I'm coming from I see where you're coming from, but, I don't see someone swapping the 3 carb parts, the triple, the triple cap, the cable, and the triple cover to a 79 spec, just for the choke, when just leaving the choke lever on the carbs would not require all that Plus, who would swap the foot pegs? Quote
wraith Posted September 8, 2021 Posted September 8, 2021 Before we get SOC, the bike could of had a front end bump and needed a front end and foot pegs 1 Quote
Bomber666 Posted October 9, 2021 Author Posted October 9, 2021 Update managed to find some 1200 bandit bits so made a start with the front end.. (cut, saw, hack, grind.. I’m in heaven) 2 Quote
Bomber666 Posted October 9, 2021 Author Posted October 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bomber666 said: Update managed to find some 1200 bandit bits so made a start with the front end.. (cut, saw, hack, grind.. I’m in heaven) I got a bit impatient and cheated a little bit by tading my Busa in for this 90% complete bike, just needs tyres and front suspension sorting out so that’s taken priority for the last few days.. hoping to get the pig back up on the bench tomorrow 7 Quote
Captain Chaos Posted October 9, 2021 Posted October 9, 2021 46 minutes ago, Bomber666 said: trading my Busa in for this 1 Quote
wraith Posted October 9, 2021 Posted October 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Bomber666 said: Update managed to find some 1200 bandit bits so made a start with the front end.. (cut, saw, hack, grind.. I’m in heaven) How did you overcome the bandit longer bottom yoke stem? Stem swap or shimmed up? Quote
Bomber666 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Posted October 12, 2021 Little bit more progress on the Pig.. he’s looking nice and chunky 6 Quote
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