And then there were two.. 1976 GT250 Rebuild

grcamna5 said:
it sounds like one frozen muth'a
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Yeah, one thing is for sure, it wouldn't have fallen out going down the road =)
 
A little more polishing, tonight's culprit being the headlight. Turned out pretty nice.

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grcamna5 said:
The chrome on your steel headlight shell is still good 8)
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Yeah, before the poor ol bike sat in the shop for the last few years, all the chrome was Very nice. Just has a little rust coming through, but its all coming out pretty nice =)
 
Oh man, that headlight looks great! I love when that happens. I use a product called Nut Scrub, made by, wait for it...... Beaver. True story ;D. I use it on everything. Paint, chrome, glass, and even vinyl. It makes stuff look almost as good as your bucket. Good job :)
 
interceptor said:
Oh man, that headlight looks great! I love when that happens. I use a product called Nut Scrub, made by, wait for it...... Beaver. True story ;D. I use it on everything. Paint, chrome, glass, and even vinyl. It makes stuff look almost as good as your bucket. Good job :)
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Thanks man. Ridesolo helped me out with a little magic stuff that really helped clean up the chrome. A little aluminum foil and a magic bottle of awesome cleaner makes short work of it. I probably had all of 10 minutes in that head light. I was going to look up "beaver nut scrub", but I was to afraid to....
 
hurco550 said:
Thanks man. Ridesolo helped me out with a little magic stuff that really helped clean up the chrome. A little aluminum foil and a magic bottle of awesome cleaner makes short work of it. I probably had all of 10 minutes in that head light. I was going to look up "beaver nut scrub", but I was to afraid to....
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That's one great looking headlight. What do you think? Should I put of a thread about the story of the "secret elixir" chrome cleaner or do we just keep it to ourselves for a while? ;D
 
ridesolo said:
That's one great looking headlight. What do you think? Should I put of a thread about the story of the "secret elixir" chrome cleaner or do we just keep it to ourselves for a while? ;D
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Haha thanks man. That's up to you, I say share the love though. And if you do feel free to grab some pics off of this thread
 
I've always enjoyed using the older bikes steel headlight buckets;they are tough and don't crack like plastic.
 
grcamna5 said:
I've always enjoyed using the older bikes steel headlight buckets;they are tough and don't crack like plastic.
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What I had never noticed though is how selective they are with where that put the "finish" chrome. Wherever the part isn't in a direct line of sight, the plating is much more dull. I'm sure it was just a cost savings thing, I just hadn't realized it before. The rear fender was the same way.
 
Thats true, never thought of that either. Its not nut scrub. Thats the handcleaner. Its called `buffy`. Sorry ::)
 
Out with the old, in with the new.... or new old stock I guess haha either way I now have shiney shocks =)

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Oh the worms are loose... Once you open the can of NOS worms you can never put em back man... The shocks look and are awesome though =)
 
Idk I haven't talked to him again. I still want it though haha
 
Tune-A-Fish said:
Oh the worms are loose... Once you open the can of NOS worms you can never put em back man... The shocks look and are awesome though =)
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Haha this whole thing is a can of worms =) oh well
 
My fancy wheel polishing stand =)
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Getting closer to going vroom vroom all the time!
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hurco, it's good to see this thread,we need more 250cc bikes in the USA;Europe and the rest of the World has'em.I like your shining classic Suzuki 8)
 
grcamna5 said:
hurco, it's good to see this thread,we need more 250cc bikes in the USA;Europe and the rest of the World has'em.I like your shining classic Suzuki 8)
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Yeah man thank you! I found out more and more that great Britain has lots of em. That's probably why I've had to buy parts for it over there. I have never seen another 250 in person other than the ones I have bought. I read somewhere that back when these were built that the taxes were lower over in England for 2 strokes 250cc and under and that's why they were so popular over there.
 
SUCCESS! Big thanks to ridesolo for lending me an extractor. Had to drill the head out a little deeper to allow the extractor to go down far enough. Now they are actually apart so that I can change the seals out. I've got new hardware and copper washers on the way=)
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That's a huge relief. Shouldn't be to long before I have a roller again!
 
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