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A gs550e, not sure what year it was, late 70's, i think, it had spoked wheels. I rode it for about 3 months until it died in a huge cloud of white smoke. It went back to the shop i bought it from, and i never saw it or the supposed refund again, long story, but the moral is: never let a "friend"...

Oh, yes, i also drilled out a broken screw in the brake master cylinder, re-tapped it and put a new stainless screw in, that solved the leaky brake fluid issue

Here is the bike im going to model mine on, and a quick sketch of what i have in mind. I'm not sure who's bike this is, but it's beautiful! This is the colour scheme I'm thinking of, but not the flame pattern... My wife suggested i name the bike "maggie" as the name "plastic maggot" is a...

Some pics, the bike when i bought it, fairing removed to reveal intimidating nest of electrics, the sneaky temporary wire

I got home with no issues, and first thing, gave the bike a good wash, then dug out an old mirror from my suzuki and fitted it to the right handlebar, i cant stand having only one mirror... Time now to get the bike ready for roadworthy...i then smeared some epoxy into the pinhole in the gearbox...

Hi fellow riders! As promised, here is my build log... so, i recently decided i had to build a cafe racer, and had a few models in mind, with a suzuki gs or early gsx in mind, but when a nice little plastic maggot became available, i decided that was the one. I've seen quite a few nice examples...

Hi fellow riders. I just signed up and thought I would say hello. I live in South Africa but work in qatar. I have recently bought a honda cx500 which I will turn into a cafe racer. (Yes, i can already hear the groans... sister in a brothel rather than a brother on a honda, plastic maggot...