Suzuki LT230S with Ninja 500 2cyl engine
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Hello again! Been a while for an update on this one. New pics I took sucked so bad (lighting prob) will not even bother to post them, BUT, camera batteries are charging up and I will be taking new better pics with an actual camera (instead of my Blackberry...).
We got all the plastics for it, they are currently just sitting on the bike, kind of a mock-up just to make sure they will fit, seems we need some 1" spacers under everything so the stock tank doesn't sit on top of the motor, working on that this week. Got the brakes figured out and replaced most of it, got new upper and lower ball joints, swapped on a better set of used tires for the rear, will get new ones later. Got some pieces of stainless pipe to make the exhuast (straight, no baffle!!!). Made a new battery box, got a new seat latch, new throttle for a ninja bike, new cooling fan, modded the frame to fit the radiator and cooling fan.
It's not completely put back together yet, I need to finish assembling the front suspension, add the spacers for the plastics, and get those mounted up, and put all the electrical junk for the EX500 motor back on it, a few new hoses for the cooling system, etc. This coming weekend will be a 4 day weekend for me, and unless something else major comes up I plan on getting the bike back on the ground and running, may not be pretty, but will be running again. Will take some pics for sure, not sure about video, can do it, but not sure if I will have someone around to work the camera, but surely will get video of it running soon.
We got all the plastics for it, they are currently just sitting on the bike, kind of a mock-up just to make sure they will fit, seems we need some 1" spacers under everything so the stock tank doesn't sit on top of the motor, working on that this week. Got the brakes figured out and replaced most of it, got new upper and lower ball joints, swapped on a better set of used tires for the rear, will get new ones later. Got some pieces of stainless pipe to make the exhuast (straight, no baffle!!!). Made a new battery box, got a new seat latch, new throttle for a ninja bike, new cooling fan, modded the frame to fit the radiator and cooling fan.
It's not completely put back together yet, I need to finish assembling the front suspension, add the spacers for the plastics, and get those mounted up, and put all the electrical junk for the EX500 motor back on it, a few new hoses for the cooling system, etc. This coming weekend will be a 4 day weekend for me, and unless something else major comes up I plan on getting the bike back on the ground and running, may not be pretty, but will be running again. Will take some pics for sure, not sure about video, can do it, but not sure if I will have someone around to work the camera, but surely will get video of it running soon.
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