In 2006 i purchased a 1980 Suzuki DR400. It cost just £25!!! When inspecting the old tax disk, i noticed that she had not been taxed since 1989! It stands to reason then, that she had been stood since then. All she required was a new battery, a new ignition (the key was lost) and a carb clean (there had been petrol in there since she was left). Success! She ran! I rode it for a little while in a local field, until the lock nut came off of the inlet valve and snapped my cam chain. Since then ive decided to try and get the bike back into its original glory.
This is what i suppose could be described as a diary, of the work ive done on the bike.
Heres how the bike looked before i stripped her. Everything had at least a little rust, or a dent, and the inner tubes were escaping from the sides of the tyres! Unfortinetly at some point, a tin of paint had been dropped on the bike, so the left side was paint stained. The plastics were also completely perished, and as a result, all will need replacing.
The pictures don’t reflect the intire state of the bike, however i’m sure you can imagine what a bike, left for 17 years, would look like!
Looks great-I am searching for one or an SP 370
By: John OHanlon on October 22, 2007
at 2:47 pm