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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / July 2008At the risk of tempting fate...
I think the GT750 is fixed. No empirical fuel consumption data yet but I took it out for a 30 mile run and the fuel gauge didn't move. I rebuilt the (replacement) carbs with new jets and needles, rebuilt the fuel tap, rewired the coils and replaced the exhausts with OE. The cumulative effect seems to have done the trick but I think I had it fixed as it ran ok for a day then got worse (when the tap died). And very pretty it looks too (GT 750 values of pretty). http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/gt750-290708.jpg The OE exhausts (I won two full sets on ebay) for the grand total of £38 plus £20 in petrol to collect from a slightly pissed off seller. Huge difference. It's worth mentioning Ian from Motad offered to test (at their expense) the Motad system it had but it started blowing and I scored the replacements so I didn't take him up on the, very welcome, offer. Elefantentreffen here we come.  SignatureSimon >I think the GT750 is fixed. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >And very pretty it looks too (GT 750 values of pretty). >http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/gt750-290708.jpg They really were jolly fine machines. >The OE exhausts (I won two full sets on ebay) for the grand total of £38 >plus £20 in petrol to collect from a slightly pissed off seller. Huge >difference. You betcha. The original pipes are definitely worth having, and you've scored a massive bargain there. Old Kawasakis used to rot their pipes from the inside, so put some old engine oil down the silencers to maximise their life. SignatureChamp ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work. "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:xn0ft9l9ev2hxm002 @news.individual.net: > And very pretty it looks too (GT 750 values of pretty). > http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/gt750-290708.jpg looks ideal for a bit of green laning Signaturewessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS > "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:xn0ft9l9ev2hxm002 > @news.individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > looks ideal for a bit of green laning I was just thinking "StattoCruiser". <snip> >Elefantentreffen here we come. I've got a sidecar doing nothing that would bolt right onto that fine machine. > I've got a sidecar doing nothing that would bolt right onto that fine > machine. Hmmm. Tempted. ...but I can't see it ending happily. SignatureSimon ><snip> >>Elefantentreffen here we come. > >I've got a sidecar doing nothing that would bolt right onto that fine >machine. No welding required? > > > Elefantentreffen here we come. > > > > I've got a sidecar doing nothing that would bolt right onto that fine > > machine. > > No welding required? How difficult would it be to attach? What colour is it? SignatureSimon >> > > Elefantentreffen here we come. >> > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >How difficult would it be to attach? What colour is it? I think he's on about the one attached to his Z500 and if so I *think* it's black. Attachment would be easy because he's got access to a MIG set and it's not as if you'd want to remove it once you'd experienced piloting an outfit again... Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick <nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed >>> > > Elefantentreffen here we come. >>> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >set and it's not as if you'd be able to remove it once you'd >experienced piloting an outfit again... True. Very true. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Bonwick <nospam@bonwick.me.uk> saying something like: >>How difficult would it be to attach? What colour is it? > >I think he's on about the one attached to his Z500 and if so I *think* >it's black. Attachment would be easy because he's got access to a MIG >set and it's not as if you'd be able to remove it once you'd experienced >sliding along Armco again... <Nods> SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House > I think the GT750 is fixed. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Elefantentreffen here we come. Bloody hell, that looks nice. My old machine. *Sniff*. I took that bike to the South of France for a villa holiday. I lent it to a mate to take to the 1997 or '98 Bol at Paul Ricard. I took it to Ricard again in 1999, when the Ducati had its infamous spark plug episode and I just had to throw all the luggage onto the GT in order to have some wheels for the journey. It had balding tyres and knackered head races at the time, and it weaved so badly that I couldn't catch Alien Kev on his 600 Diversion on the autoroutes: I had to back off at 110. One of the best bikes I've ever owned. Not exciting, but so competent at what it was designed to do. I clagged on a handlebar screen and some secondhand Krausers and it made a brilliant budget tourer. Only fly in the ointment was the footpegs, which were a bit too far forward. The 550, oddly, has them set further back. I still have that pot of genuine Kawasaki GT750 maroon touch-up paint, remember. Oh, and be warned that clutch cables die early as they're routed down the front frame tube right in front of the exhaust headers, so they sort of melt. Buy a spare. SignatureBMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F MZ TS250/1 chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit." We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> saying something like: >And very pretty it looks too (GT 750 values of pretty). >http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/gt750-290708.jpg It scrubs up well - I haven't seen one of those that clean for a while. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House |
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