Introduction
Hi and welcome. This blog is devoted to the restification (restoration/modification) of my 1978 Suzuki GS750C.I started riding in the late 70s and restored/rode a 1975 Honda 550K until an unforturate encounter with an oblivious driver in the spring of 1985. After recouperating, I still wanted to ride but was leary of the street so I took up racing. I campained a Husky in hill climbs and hare scrambles and a Kawasaki in enduros until retiring in 1990. At that point, I sold the race bikes and I put my last remaining bike, a dual sport 1984 Honda XL250R into storage.
Flash forward to 2005. I took a new job (computer geek) and several of my new coworkers were riders. I was again bitten by the bug, big time. To my wife's dismay, out came the Honda. A carb rebuild later, I'm riding again! Yahoooooo.
It didn't take long for the 250 to feel too small so I started a search for another '75 Honda 550K. Found one in Brooklyn, NY that I bought but the owner couldn't produce a title. Back to the search.
In last August I was checking eBay for any 70s UJM (universal Japanese mototcycle) when I spotted a 1978 Suzuki GS750. $840 later, she was mine. The bike came from Z1 Entriprises (www.z1enterprises.com) in Marion, NY, near Rochester. Jeff, the owner, was great to deal with and I highly recommend him for any of your vintage Japanese bike needs (end of commercial).
The bike had 10,945 miles on it and was in fairly good condition. The rear tire was about shot and went flat on me the first week I had the bike. It'd been over 15 years since I changed a tire and it took me two hours to do it on the side of the road - 97 degrees, sweat in the eyes, cussing at the tire irons - what a blast! Now this is fun.I've put about 3,000 miles on the bike since then with no other mishaps. New Avon tires, front and rear, NOS Jardine exhaust and a windscreen are about all the things I've done so far but I've got plans....lots of plans.
I've rented a garage for the winter so I've got a place to work. Stay tuned to follow my restification.
posted by BJ @ 4:49 PM
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