Recent content by Hobie164

So I finally finished my build and had the time to take some pictures. Since I finished it I have put a few hundred miles on it now including freeway, up and down PCH, a few miles on some mountain dirt roads and have even jumped it on the local bike jumps just for good measure. The little GN400...

So the bike is getting so close I can feel it, I actually got it running and rode it down the block with no seat or anything and hand throttled the carb just to make sure wiring would work and everything was okay before I did my final approach. A little hard to tell but the back of the frame...

They Bridgestone Trail Wing TW40 Motorcycle Tire - 120/90r16 for the rear Bridgestone Trail Wing TW40 Motorcycle Tire - 130/80r17 for the front They both just barely squeezed in and as you can see the front has about an 1/8" on both sides. I am really excited about how it is coming...

This has all been happening over the past two weeks hence the post going up so quickly. In SoCal we haven't had much of a winter so I am trying to get this thing wrapped up quickly so I can have something to ride as the weather has been insanely nice and then start on my next build. But frame...

So while everything was off at powdercoat, polish and paint I tore into the motor to make sure all was well and replace all gaskets as well as do a little port and polish in the head, new piston and rings, and make sure the valves were all good.

I picked up a 1981 Suzuki GN400 and am tearing into it. I picked it up and rode it 40 miles home and then put another 60ish miles or so on it in the next few days so I could figure out where I wanted to head with it. With a racing background I want something fun that handles great and I can rip...