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by Macabry » Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:24 pm
Shes much rougher up close .....
The paint is shiny but soooo bad, rattle can over hand brushed. Every bearing and seal and rubber part is perished and shot

.... typical example of how a bike looks clean in pics but is

in reality

..... in my opinion, it's important to understand these bikes and their limits .... not worth extensive/ expensive resto unless its for love, you can tune them fairly well but you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear....i view them like a pretty old tractor, beautiful and ugly in perfect balance
As you can see, the front end shrouds are wrong ... from a later bike with a side ignition switch. It is interesting to see the frame though .... very like a M72 but the plungers are a bit longer.
Probably gonna keep the K302 carbs too .... I find them simple to mess about with, however if a can't get them balanced and running nicely i could be tempted into a set of mikuni vm28s.
Regards,
Shane
"There are only three sports: mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. All the rest are merely games"
History:
Honda C70, Honda C90, Mobylette (various), Suzuki GP125, Suzuki DR100, Suzuki DR400, Suzuki GN400, Dnepr K750 rig, BSA M20 (1940),
Current:
IMZ M61 - exact year unknown (Reg'd as 1961)
Suzuki DR400 (Basket case)