If you soak them in Acetone for a few hours they will go all soft and rubbery again for a few weeks

Just a heads up to watch out for full length feature on my 1st Kettle restoration in the March issue of "Practical Sportsbikes" on sale Feb 14

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Cheers

Neal

looking forward to this rebuild morten

is that a Suzuki tank on the shelves in the background or a KH tank?

great job Dave............makes me want to start another Z1 asap

Rich wrote:nice job, but if I may make a suggestion - put some numbers on the plate - preferably not the correct ones

They're just photoshop'd out, can't be too carefull

worst one finished completely overhauled including crankshaft and pistons, new stainless spannies etc etc.........sounds unbelievable! by the way, she's for sale so if interested PM me http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/nealblath/SUZUKI%20GT750/DSC00834.jpg http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...

bloody gorgeous sound!

hutch did mine recently..............awesome job

Etching primer, then black satin enamel paint but if tap leaks it will dissolve paint!........looks new when done though

Probably anodising would be best

very nice..........thought about doing something similar with one of them.

the third bike needs quite a few parts including an engine so that one might end up the project bike!

Neil, they look like the basis of a very good project. i had two over the years A and B models wish id kept one! :( yes Andy, the M is all there, managed to get a good seat off E-bay, just needs a good tidy up! I will keep one of the A's just need to keep a look out for an engine as the third bike ...

after a good tip off form tonto, I managed to buy a kettle collection (two and a half bikes) this should keep me busy for a few weeks http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/nealblath/SUZUKI%20GT750/sonycybershot3june2012030.jpg http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/nealblath/SUZUKI%20GT750/sony...

You can't just re-bleed the system with dot 5. You must totally strip the braking system and remove all traces of dot 4 if going over to 5. Also you will most likely have to replace all the seals too in the calipers and master cyl. 4 and 5 don't play well together (glycol v/s silicone) and will mix...

Steve, they're pretty easy to make, takes a couple of hours but work perfectly

there's a drawing on the site somewhere

Eric Frith wrote:Dot 5 is non corrosive and will not harm the paint, Dot 5.1 is corrosive though.

I use Dot 5 wherever possible

yes I noticed that Eric.........apparently 5.1 has additives that make it corrosive

just ordered a bottle of Dot 5