Finished?

[@125southernnh2]

The bike no one bought here in the states but still brings smiles when ridden today. I love mine.

[@craigg4246]

It’s not that no one bought them, you couldn’t get them. I was the sales manager of the 4th largest Suzuki dealership in the U.S. at the time, and I just could not get any. There was no allocation, even for a dealership like mine that sold over 700 new Suzukis a year.

[@Wiktorion]

Super job my man, I have one of these in white with red accents and gold wheels. Will be sure to reference your videos if I have any issues with it -- knock on wood!

[@roverchap]

A great job, there! I did the same with an '83 GSX550ES last winter, although the bike started out complete and running, it just had many issues so I tore it apart. I faced similar problems to yours, doing a few things in the wrong order, buying mis-matched parts and finding various horrors lurking where previous owners had bodged up repairs. Worth it in the end, these are very good bikes and much simpler than a modern one to work on.

[@plaxsax]

Glad you liked it. Getting that swing arm out and back in was the worst. My cousin is enjoying riding it now amongst his multiple bikes. His first Suzuki.

[@johndocbikerestorations831]

Lovely job sir and very nice bike. I fancy one these, had the 550 version and it was great.

[@chopperhehehe]

Iv just bought one so hope mine turns out as nice as yours 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌️

[@jeroen.portier]

Also bought a delkevic exhaust for my motorcycle. mine is a 1982 GSX 750e. it was the generation before your bike. In my opinion my generation is the better looking bike. I have however added some exhaust wool on the baffle to make it a bit more quieter so the neighbours won't complain 🙂.

[@plaxsax]

Yep. I did the same. The Delkevic’s are quite loud. 👍🏼

[@andrewnewman6510]

Great job, it turned out very nice.. I have a Delkevic exhaust on my 82 Gs 1100e and yes I find it a bit loud as well.

[@plaxsax]

Thanks. I just cut a strip of fibreglass matting twice the width, folded it over, then wrapped around twice then wrapped it tightly with wire. Sounds good now. Cheers.

[@andrewnewman6510]

@@plaxsax I’m going to have to try that…

[@karlvanboxel561]

Another superb job much quicker than expected great looking and sounding bike have u got another bike in mind for the next rebuild?

[@plaxsax]

Thanks. I’ve enjoyed it. No bike projects at the moment. Got some building to do on my property so that will keep me busy for a while. Cheers.

[@alexdieudonne1924]

Brilliant exhaust pipe solution. I was thinking how to get that in a lathe?

[@plaxsax]

Thanks. Thought about doing it by hand at first but this worked out well. Just had to do the last little bit by hand as I couldn’t get a full 360 rotation. Cheers.