Bearded Baldy

While waiting for the bath to do its thing, i thought i may as well see how well the paint will clean up. Top piece is polished, seat cowl can wait until i pull the rear apart and replace the shock. The side fairings have come up ok, pretty scratched up but tidy and shiny.

Can fit 2 carb bodies in a 3l bath. Just. Should have got one of these years ago.... Only using a bit of dishwashing liquid and set at 45c. Seems to be working.

It arrived! Teaser photo Quality of the o rings and gaskets is top notch. Will take photos of them when i am ready to assemble everything, don't want to lose any by opening the bags.

Carb oring etc kit has been in Auckland for 2 days. Will it turn up at work before the weekend? Place your bets!

Old mate just rang me. 'Hey are you home? I am outside the gate with another packrack i found in the shed for bike'. You are damned right i am home! Had a couple of beers and showed him the progress so far. What a good way to end the day.

Being cali spec has meant info on the emulsion tubes has been hard to find compared to everywhere else. But i have managed to track down a supersession of the part number. Future ref. 09494-00638 $75 each from local suzuki shop. Will have a look on ebay etc now i have a valid number. Bought a cheap n nasty ultrasonic cleaner from trademe so will get to work cleaning everything out that i can. Still waiting to hear back from Factorypro about price on a jet kit and freight. Only been 3 weeks since the first email, 1 week since my last one. If the weren't the only folks with a listing i would shop elsewhere. But in the meantime, i might just buy this shirt.

Ah sweet as. If you find some factory wheels off another toyota similar size you will be sweet. Eye appeal is 90% of rhe fight.

Just get a set of standard hilux rims and tyres? If you are only using them for a wof then hit up the 4x4 section on marketplace. Always people selling factory gear.

I still want to put a set of jenveys on the falcon motor to replace the holley, hard to justify the expense when the car is still is still in bits/full of rust.

future reference post. california spec carbs. bst36ss. 5d62 needles

The carb gasket and oring set i have coming is from Thailand, company called LiteTek. Very good to deal with. Scrolling ebay now...

Alright let us see how bad the rest is... All in all not too bad. Notable mention of gunk from under/over one of the main jets. Oh wait. Lets knock out the emulsion tubes and check those. That was the worst of them, but they are all worn on the inside too as i suspected. Who knows where to get new tubes from? Suzuki says obsolete as expected, surely there is a Mikuni spare parts outfit somewhere.

Mikuni 40mm somethings. ...Edit. Mikuni bst36. Bike is a california spec emissions bike despite being sold here new in 1996.... Looking getting a Factory Pro stage 1 kit. Will handle stock or a decent air filter and slip ons. And a set of gaskets from a place in thailand that comes highly recommended by peeps on the gixxer forum. Currently have allocated all toy money into sitting my licence test, so until then we are in a holding pattern.

Yeah. That will do it. Everything is nasty. Needles appear to be on the piss too so tubes will be flogged out. Will be like new again once parts arrive. One day.

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