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Author Archives: Ian R. Sandy
Fuel Caps
One of the things I have been meaning to document is how the fuel caps go together as used on the Suzuki GT series between 1973 through 1975 on the GT380, GT550 and GT750. All of these come apart quite … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, GT500, GT550, GT750, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo
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QR Codes
Way back when I was working – in 2006 I think it was – I first saw QR codes being used in Asia. They seemed to be everywhere in Japan certainly and while I tried to get some interest going … Continue reading
The Solvang Motorcycle Museum
I had a chance to visit the Solvang Motorcycle Museum located in (no prizes for guessing !) Solvang, California. This town is also the home of the world famous Nimbus gathering which attracts Nimbus owners from around the world – … Continue reading
Its been a while…..
I just realised that I haven’t really done too much here for a while – in my own defence, I have been busier than a one armed paper hanger with the other sites I look after. In addition to my … Continue reading
1977 GT500 – Clocks, Bushes and Labels
Before starting in on the carburettors, I still had a few other small bits to tidy up beginning with the clocks. For 1977, these were brown faced, and in Canada were also metric for the first time. They also were … Continue reading
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Tagged 1977, Cactus Machine, clocks, Cobra, GT500, rebuild, restoration, Suzuki, Titan, VIN label
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1977 GT500 – Refurbishing Components
I spent a couple of days recently refurbishing some of the sub-assemblies on the GT500 project bike. Still lots of little things to do, but it is starting to come together ! Previously I had taken the main wiring harness … Continue reading
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Tagged 1977, always on, GT500, injector oil pump, magneto, Suzuki, Titan, wiring
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I was Microsoft’d Again !
I really should know better I suppose. I have previously had so many poor experiences using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer that quite some time ago I stopped using it completely and till this week I really hadn’t given it any thought … Continue reading
1976 GT750 – Old Business
It was eleven months ago now that I pranged my orange 1976 GT750 – I wrote about that little adventure here. While I did get the bike tidied up and usable again, there was one item that I didn’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged Accent, Boyer Bransden, ELZ2Coil, GT750, Suzuki, Vetter, wasserbuffel, Water Bottle, Water Buffalo, Windjammer
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1977 GT500 – The Pain Continues !
Well – it has been a while since I’ve done an update here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy ! The 1977 GT500 rebuild has been moving along slowly, interrupted as sometimes happens by real life events that … Continue reading
Rest in peace
We’ll miss you Mum Elizabeth Young-Sandy January 27th, 1928 December 14th, 2010
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