the -71- T500

[SoCal250]

Oh that brake shoe is fine! Nothing a little duct tape can't fix!

[m in sc]

got the front end rebuilt and some wiring sorted.

[m in sc]

holy cow tgis thing was fucked up on every level in small annoying ways. for example... cases had been split before. and were sealed with black rtv. but the oil dam mod (factory recall) on 72 and back models hadn't bern done. no idea what they were doing in there. found a banjo bolt sheared, lh cyl feed line. oil tank fitting stripped, needed a helicoil.  either way. got the oil dam drawn up, and 3d printed it put of 95 tpu. got that in, had cleaned the cases, etc. was missing a bearing pin, but overall everything worked out. so, just waiting on the cylinders to get done. then everything's basically ready to go. rebuilt crank in, everything cleaned up.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Very nice!

[RDnuTZ]

I think you need a YouTube channel where you can share the Master performing his magic bringing these old relics back to life.   

[m in sc]

broken headlight switch, not sure of a reproduction available, so drew up and printed one out of polycarbonate.  also got a few covers polished and cleared. 

[JKV45]

I have to say, making 3D printed replacement parts is impressive!

[m in sc]

thanks. Steve Burgess used to sell these for rds, i don't think anyone made them for suzukis. I needed one figured it was worth doing. now I have like 10. lol. I do this at work a lot , not reverse engineering but for parts in the production machines. I design for a living, so imho being able to draw/model the part from scratch makes it worth it.

[m in sc]

forgot to show this. I kept w the sv coils on this, but needed to make a mount since the original one obviously won't work. Drew this up and printed it.  this has Been in there for at few weeks.
Over the past weekend was cleaning the tank.  wasn't happy w the amount of pitting in the seams, so played it safe and gave it a coat of Caswell. incidentally.. those tub o towels hand cleaners do a great job of cleaning up non cured Caswell, even on painted surfaces.  but you have to move quick
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[Kawtriplefreak]

Excellent 

[RDryan]

Nice coil mount. That 3d printing is very handy indeed. I really like the mean green in the background, adding a little something different to the garage. 

[m in sc]

thanks.  oh I've had a few kawi green kawasakis in the past... :)

[Bluesmokez]

   3D printed parts! impressive!!

[RDryan]

Wow, I didn't expect to those mean green Kawi triples! Is the heavily modified one with the Kawi racing on the tank an H2? That one must've been a handful to ride,did you race it? I mean I don't see a headlight on it, looks like it was just for track.

[m in sc]

it was a street bike. reeded 73 h1 ported to the moon. it was faster than most h2's, no joke. (have had a few of those as well... none green).  there's a tiny headlight under the triple tree. you can see it on on the end part of this vid.