Tuesday, June 28, 2016

GS550E Paint — And Now The Lacquer.

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2000 Grit Wet & Dry After a good flatting with soapy water and the old P2000 grit, the paintwork was looking smooth and, well, dull. Ta...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Gilbert's Cylinder Head Service — Gold Coast.

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Skimming, guides, seats, porting...  Having had several car cylinder heads overhauled by Paul Gilbert since being in Australia, I knew the ...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Fast From The Past — Awesome Place!

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While perusing the internet the other day for a  Paulo Tarozzi  fork brace I, quite luckily, happened across this place —  Fast From Th...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

I'm Seeing Red... Monza Red.

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Amateur paint jobs. Because I just wanted the GS550 to look good enough to go back on the road without any fineries and, because I'm to...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

GS550 - Fitting New Points and Condensers.

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Fitting what? Contact breakers, remember them? It appears that many of the younger mechanics coming through don't really know what poin...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Charging Systems — More efficient, and a cooler engine.

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A clever update and worth sharing. Firstly, I can't take the credit for this because I read about it on GS Resources forum, but here&...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Stripped Threads... And How To Fix Them.

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Doing it in situ. There will come a time   when, if you like to dabble with old vehicles, you will happen upon a damaged thread. And, to be...