oldnrusty
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From this.............
GN400 2502 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
........To this!GN400 3006 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Seems abit backwards really, But out of all this backwards stepping I finally got it running! Big thanks to Dan-hole,GN400 3005 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
The old owner had really done some fuct up shit with setting the values, to the point I hope it hasnt done damage.
Chain on tonightGN400 3002 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
and forks finished and back in,GN400 3001 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrPut the exhaust on tonight and fired it up again. sounds sweet!!
going to go wack a clutch cable on it and try ride the fucker now!
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Tanks done.
Made a stencil of the side panel, then Chris computer wizard straighten/smoothed it all up
GN400 2511 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickrcut them up on the plotter, and free hand the pinstripe on
GN400 2507 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickrwas stoked with that
GN400 2508 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2509 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrWe stared at it for abit, Chris made a temporary badge and we played around with location on the tank......
GN400 2510 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2506 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2505 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2504 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr.....then i thought, what if we cut the suzuki logo out, leaving the green to come through
GN400 2502 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2503 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2501 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickrway more simplistic, and since i went to the effort of de-badging/bogging up the sides, seemed crazy putting a badge back on
GN400 2516 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2515 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 2517 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickrreally happy with the end result, Glad its over, huge thanks to Chris, way more skills at sticking then me bahaha
next up, Finish forks, and then seat upholstery
cheers
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Yeah cheers guys, pretty happy with it so far, just want to ride it!
Dannys Suzuki TC90/Crazy Frog was the inspiration for this paint job, not going anything too crazy with the decals.As wild as the colour looks, it's actually pretty close to a factory 70s green,
so will be just white panel with a pin stripe on it, and factory badge or something similar.
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Picture heavy, everyone loves pictures
End of the hummusing, not the end of the sanding
Guide coat on (danger ladder teetering) .........
GN400 Build 2217by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
....sanded ready for paint
GN400 Build 2216 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 Build 2215 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrReally happy with the lines and finish I got (note; I have a brand new fuel cap to go on/ not rocking a colour matched one)
GN400 Build 2213 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 Build 2212 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGlad thats all over
GN400 Build 2211 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 Build 2210 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrNot too bad considering this is the first thing Ive properly used bog on
GN400 Build 2209 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrColour down
GN400 Build 2208 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 Build 2207 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrFirst coats of 2K clear on
GN400 Build 2206 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 Build 2205 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickrhad to put it on the bike this morning when I came into work
GN400 Build 2204 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickrpretty happy with that
GN400 Build 2203 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 Build 2202 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrGN400 Build 2201 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
wet sanded it and cleared the underside, then re-cleared the top, Looks super sweet
20150922_191230_resized by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrBig thanks to Chris and Mammy for the pointers/telling me completely how to do it all, being this is the first thing Ive bogged, shaped, painted and cleared,
it would have been well shittera without there help.
Cant wait to put the decals on the side to break it up alittle, Looks pretty "massive green tank" on the bike, but once the decals are on it should tame it down abit
Next up finish the forks, and then drop it off to get the seat done. then everything else
Cheers
Hayhole
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Couldnt figure out how to load pic from phone, so computer it is.
Lowered the forks.
GN400 Build 09/16 14 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
spacers on the seat removed and a 120/140mm space went in at the bottom end of the fork
GN400 Build 09/16 13 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
End result, super super soft, but didnt cut/firm up the springs, Im gonna add an air value to the tops of the forks to stiffen them up, will add photos of that happening later on
GN400 Build 09/16 12 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Nice to have the bars back on though. been awhile!
GN400 Build 09/16 11 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
much less dorky ride height
GN400 Build 09/16 10 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
New muffler showed up
GN400 Build 09/16 08 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
stainless steel Lossa Engineering
GN400 Build 09/16 07 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
GN400 Build 09/16 06 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
super nice build quality, saw these in a custom hog shop while i was over in ozzie for family xmas
GN400 Build 09/16 05 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
angle up?......
GN400 Build 09/16 04 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
or flat?
GN400 Build 09/16 03 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
went with up and heat wrap. Welded on a mounting tap aswel, happy with how that worked out, really clean and easy to get on and off, in saying that its only a single.
GN400 Build 09/16 01 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Really happy with the end result
GN400 Build 09/16 02 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
now onto bog life
GN400 Build 09/16 09 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickrlce cake with hummus sand sand sand prime ice cake with hummus sand sand sand prime ice cake with hummus sand sand sand prime repeat.
that is all
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got the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride on the 27th, keen but maybe pulling out early
edit; shit forgot my knees rooted! Hog crash couple of weeks ago, might not be able to ride my steed
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this is the colour Ive decided to go for, OG Suzuki colour.
Anyways in other news, started lowering the forks, half bolted the bars on for the first time in fuck knows when. no pics at the moe, will sort some later when ive actually done some real work
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I did not like that welcome. not at all.
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should have two or three spares, havent had time to double check, will go through the fleet tonight
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just felt a little sorry for hayhole who didnt seem too impressed at the time.
was sorted on the day, Mark-up felt stink that I was all stink face, then I felt stink that Mark-up was all genally stink, and then we made out
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Tricked off a couple of boxes last night...
.....and found some news ones, Doh. The bigger tires are just touching the rear drum brake arm.
Should be an easy fix, doesnt need alot of clearance.
Cut up the new gear lever, and welded on the old arm. Now clamps tight on the shaft, [insert jokes about mothers and or teen daughters here]
Finally re welded the foot pegs, after fucking them up and having them fold up the wrong way, [face palm]
Good job
Noticed while its been sitting on this box, as i keep adding parts the bikes got more and more balanced
Dont real know if that mean dick, but yeah, cool story
Mums (real mum) over from Ozzie next week, Ive taken a week off work, might try and lower the front end if I get a day where we arn't doing anything.
that is all.
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Bahaha good shit, nar man looking mean! I loving those forks. coming togeather real good
Have some gaurds aswel that you might be keen on
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Hi Chris. Well this is shit isnt it. I konw u prazed mine but i think you should set this on fire.
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yup yup, that should be the next job really, then i can finally put the bars on. Will lower it around 130-150mm, would like to have 100mm of fork leg below bottom tree, which might mean ill still have to slide sum tube up the clamps but no more than 20mm, will see how they lower,
Also will try to take step by step photos for peeps wanting to know how, no promises haha -
Got my tank seal kit form Union paints in Newtown, but yeah shouldnt be that hard to find, think Ive seen it on Trademe aswel
Ordered a couple of other things aswel, that Id forgotten about....
Old gear lever was flogged out more than your dads arse hole. Couldn't find a GN400 one, so just got a cheap Taiwan special to fit a Suzuki
and will cut to up to suit, old one on the left - new one on the right. And some heat wrap
CAM00447 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrSprayed the bar clamps (not on in this photo), and have set the rear shock bump stops up aswel,
Because I dont want to compromise on looks, even when parked/without riders weight, its running fairly tight tire-to-guard gap,
results in about 23mm of shock travel haha, but that relates to around 2 inches (maybe 1 1/2) of wheel travel,
hopefully this is ok for WOF, If its not guess I can swap the factory ones in for WOF
Havent had it under its own weight yet to see how much it drops by but should be bugger all with the new YSS's, being that there for a Dyna Glide weighting 300kgs wet. Plus I can dial it in as stiff as I want, but hopefully still ride-able, but its always gonna be softer compared to the bobber haha
CAM00445 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrCheers
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cheer man. Its the factory stock front with abit of hammering/loving
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Not a heap going on worth taking photos, so havent been updating this.
Mainly been working on the tank, whole lota Weld grind weld grind weld blow hole weld grind, that'll do, then tank sealing
But all done now, just waiting on it to harden. 96 hours cure time.CAM00423 by Hayden Rowe, on FlickrDrying tank completely before tank sealer goes in, wife loved coming home to this shit!
Laura "Yay your baking"
Me "When the fuck do I even bake?"
open oven, and pull out fuel tank
Laura face =
Anyway
Had been into Boyles all lastweek trying to get the last few pieces of the puzzle.CAM00437 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
New 520 O-ring chain,
CAM00436 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
New front sprocket, which was the last piece for the drive line,
and probably the purchase Im most happy about with the whole build so farCAM00428 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Brand new YSS rear shocksCAM00429 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Got such a good deal from Boyles Kawasaki. $550 odd RRP, I got them for WELL below half price.CAM00431 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Have turned out to be a sweet hook up. There colour combo is a spot on balance with the front end. Black, brushed alley and chrome all tie in with the front end and the whole colour shceme in genral
CAM00433 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Stocked!
CAM00434 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
and the best part is that there ment for a Harley (no offence to the Harley boys) so now ive got GN250 and Harley parts on this bike. Living the dream! Just need a cam-am to complete the picture.
CAM00439 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
CAM00441 by Hayden Rowe, on Flickr
Next up, wait for tank to do its thing, then hand over to Mathers for bog life/ then paintseat
order Muffler
cut chain to size and fit
etc etc etc
Cheers
Hay-hole
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If I could redo mine, Id go full fendered slam. Something abit different, everyone cuts the backs off, each to there own, I cut the back off mine too haha
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aight, next see if speedy signs will come to the party by friday!
that sweet man, good work
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danny and ed's replicas have belt tension clutches to a rim at the rear on one side, stock crankset and drive line on the other, freewheeling of course.
means you can dial your gearing up and still get off the line.
and you can pull a pedal up and get it on it's side autorace styles without hitting pegs
1908 harley
think they run a hand clutch aswel, instead of that lever, form memory.
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dont run those bearing cages aswel, just loose bearings with plenty of grease, the cages are shit
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Danny and HeyHoles Biker Build off Round Two!!
in Two Wheels
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Rode it! No throttle and no brakes, syringe fuel tank and sitting on the wiring, but it moved under its own power! Kick start's alot easier now that the value gaps are set as well.
Next up, everything else