Unintended GT750B restoration

[philshort7390]

Here's some pics of my tank underside after the masking was removed. A bit out of sequence, sorry, I took these last weekend.

Looks as shiny underneath as on top now!

[philshort7390]

The area underneath the fuel tap I painted with epoxy. It looks a bit rough here, I put on quite a thick coat, then when it was touch dry I lightly greased it and bolted on a fuel tap spacer (that piece I used as a shaft stopper a couple of posts back) and gently nipped it down. I removed it immediately and was left with a VERY flat bed of epoxy paint for the fuel tap to seal onto. When totally dry I wiped clean of the grease. Not exactly conventional, but having epoxy lined the tank I didn't want fuel seeping between the tank and the tap, so now the epoxy effectively lines the tank and wraps onto the outside at the tap opening.

[philshort7390]

Here's the sidepanels correctly refinished in satin black withe the decals applied and the refurbed badges fitted.

and on the bike:

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Just about done!

She looks a bit tiny next to the Trumpet!

[philshort7390]

Just been checking back through pics taken during the rebuild. I think I found where things went wrong!

Looks OK here:

then just before the clutch went on:

Oops! Should have spotted that!

[philshort7390]

Here's a couple of bits of bling that 99% of people will never notice - parts courtesy of Astrax.

First, a little spacer for the crash bars, needed as they simply didn't fit as supplied. I had used a nylon one I had lying around, but a little chunk of stainless bling is more appropriate!

Then a spacer for the rear sprocket to bring it out into line with the GS front sprocket (the output shaft is a couple of mm longer).

[philshort7390]

Delcevics fitted, all ready to go now, just add fuel and press the button in the morning.

Pipes were more of a struggle than I expected; getting the bolt through at the rear mount was tricky, and not huge amounts of clearance for the chain. I had to remove the Tarozzi crash bars as the right side one was touching the seam of the right pipe, which would cause some vibrations to say the least. A little easing of the mounting holes should give a few mm clearance, but that can wait.

I'll give her a good wash in the morning, a quick polish, then fire her up. Fingers crossed!

[PaulD738]

I can't wait to see this one totally finished
Please please please post a video of it running.

[philshort7390]

Started first time, very happy.

Vids (more to follow, these were from my camera, it honestly seems to be blinded by the bling!)





She lives!

[PaulD738]

Well done Phil she looks & sounds superb and is a credit to you after all the hard work, now put it away in a nice warm garage before it gets dirty and starts rotting away