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It is getting increasingly difficult to find decent online communities for motorcycles... I love this forum. I spend most of my time lurking in the shadows. None of my bikes run currently (all in different stages of me ****ing them up). I was getting tired of this and decided to pick up...

I have hammers and dollys... But the metal is a bit too thick. Something like an english wheel or an air hammer would have made it a lot easier. Also since this is an ultra budget build, I am happy with the visual change for the ammount of money spent. Some more pin striping done. I want to...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" The rear fairing and seat is complete. I also built some bolt on flush side covers. I need to design a custom oil tank, since there is no room for the stock tank behind the new covers. Here are a few pictures of the finished product. (these are very...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" Engine is together, and back in the bike. Stock pistons and rings and it seems to make very good compression as I can really feel the compression stroke in the kick start. Fingers crossed that the wash out of the little bit of aluminum spatter worked...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" Port timing secrecy is to two strokes as cam grind secrecy is to 4 strokes. I remember when a guy at the track had the same car as me. His was quite a bit faster than mine, and when I asked what lift and duration he was running he got very upset...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" Again, great info. I'm really glad there are guys willing to share knowledge like this. I will at the very least split the case and do a careful inspection. I want to delete some of the wires coming from the gear position switch anyways since the...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" With the new rings and pistons I will deffinaltly check compression. You said cranking pressure of 150psi. How many kicks should that be? GT380s were the only ones to not receive an electric starter. So far I am really glad I signed up here...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" Some really good info in that post. Thanks for the tips on porting. My baffles no longer have the fiberglass wrap. It was the first thing I removed. I had intentions of leaving the baffles out but the bike would idle at 7000rpm. I put them back in...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" I have plans on washing out the engine, I have mye eye on a second motor, and may fully build it and do a bit of port timing. The motor I had melt down is already out and on the bench. I would love to swap to electronic ignition. I was thinking of...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" Until those parts come in, this is about as fast as I can go... I will post again once I have something worth posting about...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" Thanks for the kind words. Yes, Clubman bars are on order. As far as paint is concerned, I have painted 2 cars with rattle cans and had people call me a liar when they saw the finish. It's all about the prep, temperature of the paint (a bucket of...

Re: '74 Suzuki GT380 "The Nostril Assaulter" In my infinite wisdom, I decided to remove the airbox to give the bike some better throttle response as well as the sound that only open side draft carbs make under load. It was intoxicating, the sound of the bike echoing off different things as I...

Well, I'm both new to the site, and the world of bikes. Just a few weekends ago I fell in love with a bike and did a midnight run down the highway to go get it. (I'm in the military and couldn't get time off during the day to go from Edmonton to Calgary and back). The bike in question was a...

Hey all, I'm new to this forum and saw this thread. Since I have at least two things in common with you guys (love of bikes and being military) I figured this would be a decent first post since I just got my first bike, and now project. I'm In the Canadian Armed Forces serving as a Combat...