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Cafe Suzie

Discussion in 'Suzuki 250cc Twins' started by Scotty, Dec 17, 2013.

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    Welcome to my Cafe build,
    A few months ago I picked up a 81 gsx 250 on gumtree for only $400 and I got stuck into her strait away. As the bike stands now she is almost complete with only a few technical issues in the way. I have taken a few pics along the way and they will be on here shortly.
    Until then, thanks for having a look
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    As you can see somebody had already made a start and it just looks wrong
     
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    First thing I did was throw away the seat and looked for a replacement which I found on eBay
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    $140 freight included only took 4 days from Vietnam. As you could imagine I was stoked.
     
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    Stripped back the tank and have placed the new seat to how it will look image.jpg Engine is polishing up quite nicely by now.
     
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    image.jpg Chopped the front fender, have gone too far.
     
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    image.jpg Chopped the frame to match seat
     
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    Bike is starting to look the goods there!

    Ive seen that guy in Vietnam selling seats .... hows the quality? ....looks good in the pics.

    Are u going to put a rounded tail bar on the rear? .... like this kinda thing

    GSX rear cut 2.jpg
     
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    The seat looks great all hand crafted, as for the frame, I have cut off strait behind tags so the indicators can go in.
     
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    How are u going to mount the tail light /plate holder?
     
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    image.jpg This is the final product tail light/plate holder and indicators. Tail light came with the seat, cat eye indicators x4 $4 on eBay, plate holder I knocked up out of alloy plate.
     
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    The tank is what took me the longest and it is what I am most proud image.jpg It's a pearlised 70s Holden White. Came up a million dollars I'm yet to get a photo in the right light.
     
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    Looking sweet! :thumb_ups:
     
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    Thanks Murdo
     
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    This is Suzie as she stands now image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg
     
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    Other things I purchased along the way image.jpg Pod filters $9 for pair eBay image.jpg Speedo $20 eBay image.jpg Pipes unbelievable $120 also eBay.
     
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    That looks great :thumb_ups:

    How does it run with the pod filters?
     
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    Yep, SWEET! :Drool:
    Do you think you may have cut too much of the front guard as apart from no engine protection from road crap it is hardly legal. You may want to try a bit of thin plastic or film negative to clean that left fork seal.
    Rear footpegs? You must have a VERY close pillion. :lolsign:
     
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    thats cool, I think your fender is a tad short, if you do replace it, it would look killer painted like the tank, bit like the old RD400 Daytona's


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    mental note to self - keep an eye out for a GSX :)
     
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    Just took Suzie on her maiden voyage, 110 down the highway just to get the bugs out.
    Runs sweet
    Sounds sweet
    And a lot quicker than I thought she would be.

    To answer some Q's, pods seem ok and I've got another fender from a doner bike in the shed, this one was dented so cut it back to see what it looked like.
     
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    Its good to see another GSX 250 being rebuilt to a cafe racer, I enjoying riding mine and building up a parts bin of jobs to be done over winter.
     
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