Anna. Or Annanother GT550.......
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Re: Anna. Or Annanother GT550.......
Alan I’m sure you will sort anna out soon , and I doubt if any purists knowing you would come anywhere near you and your bikes ha ha , can you believe it was just to hot to take out hippo, I no excuse, but I’ve been concentrating on going to my caravan because it’s my last year there , then I can give my full attention to hippo , ( please come back alan he never rides me , just cleans ) ha ha , she waited 50 years 6 months wont hurt the her , I want to change the pads alan ,I haven’t taken them apart yet , can you recal do they look like this so I can eBay them mate , cheers alan .
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Not sure mate, you'll have to get the old 'uns out first and post pics! Thinking about the size of the calipers, I think the pads are rectangular - & bigger.
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Decided to do some more tittivating on this one. The tank had been 'laquered', but gawd knows what with - so when a bit of fuel escaped the wrongly fitted tank cap seal, the so called laquer delaquered itself and made the tank look horrible. Dropped it down to a local painter man a couple of days ago and as the original Suzuki colour is nla, it looks like being Volkswagen Reflex Silver, which is as close as a very close thing. Of course the decals are different to the ones currently there, but ne'mind that.
I'll get the top yoke off and pretty the headlamp bowl & ears up with some fresh satin black, plus some chrome bits that I have spare. Anna will then probably get sold or p/x'd on for something that I can do a bit of touring on next year. Fancy a Moto Guzzi V85TT Travel, but as they have only been out 2 years, not many 2nd hand ones about.
The saga continues - nowt straightforward is there?
I'll get the top yoke off and pretty the headlamp bowl & ears up with some fresh satin black, plus some chrome bits that I have spare. Anna will then probably get sold or p/x'd on for something that I can do a bit of touring on next year. Fancy a Moto Guzzi V85TT Travel, but as they have only been out 2 years, not many 2nd hand ones about.
The saga continues - nowt straightforward is there?
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Re: Anna. Or Annanother GT550.......
What you need is a Tiger 800 XrXLow, with full luggage, heated grips, cruise, scottoiler, rider modes....and I know someone who has one, who is looking for a GT.
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Re: Anna. Or Annanother GT550.......
What I really need is a Moto Guzzi V85TT Travel.
It's just finding a new one at a price I'm happy to pay!
It's just finding a new one at a price I'm happy to pay!
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I like the look of that Black thing,, ;ooks cool with retro fairing,,
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This one - viewtopic.php?t=5620&hilit=Earwig ?
With all the gory details!
With all the gory details!
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Just got Anna's tank back after laquering the silver & decals. Pics 'soon'!
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Re: Anna. Or Annanother GT550.......
Pics taken after it got dark unfortunately, but I've been well busy today catching up on GT550 jobs.
Anyway Anna had a quick scoot around the houses and sounded (and looked) very nice. The LED headlight is much better than the original as well.
Back brake works better after being adjusted too!
Anyway Anna had a quick scoot around the houses and sounded (and looked) very nice. The LED headlight is much better than the original as well.
Back brake works better after being adjusted too!
Proof that four strokes are over complicated