1975 Suzuki re5
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Nice progress. I've been looking for an RE-5 for a while but they rarely come up for sale in decent condition. I have a friend who owns one I've gotten to ride, it's an interesting experience due to the bikes weight. But the engines are really pretty bulletproof and last forever.
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Thanks, hopefully I don't run into too many hiccups getting it on the road, a lot of the parts aren't easy to come by.
I got the wheels/tires, new chain/sprockets, and carb back on today ..and She runs!! I literally screamed with excitement when it finally grabbed and held an idle first shot.
The carb seems to still need a little adjusting, however I also premixed her pretty heavy for the initial startup, probably 30:1 ..ish. Now that It's running I'll just fill it up with straight fuel and see how much dialing in it really needs, from what I've read getting them dialed in is a serious process.
The clutch seems to be frozen up as well, but it could still need adjusting, we will see!
I got the wheels/tires, new chain/sprockets, and carb back on today ..and She runs!! I literally screamed with excitement when it finally grabbed and held an idle first shot.
The carb seems to still need a little adjusting, however I also premixed her pretty heavy for the initial startup, probably 30:1 ..ish. Now that It's running I'll just fill it up with straight fuel and see how much dialing in it really needs, from what I've read getting them dialed in is a serious process.
The clutch seems to be frozen up as well, but it could still need adjusting, we will see!
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I got to actually ride it today!
The clutch freed up with just a little messing around.
The carburetor still needs some work though, I gave it a thorough cleaning again, added an inline fuel filter and it still only will take up to 1/3 throttle happily. About that same point is when the accelerator pump kicks in, so I'm thinking that I may have an issue with that. I have have fuel premixed at 100:1 right now so that's no longer an issue.
Got the new mirrors and horn on, horn isn't working..
Very excited !
The clutch freed up with just a little messing around.
The carburetor still needs some work though, I gave it a thorough cleaning again, added an inline fuel filter and it still only will take up to 1/3 throttle happily. About that same point is when the accelerator pump kicks in, so I'm thinking that I may have an issue with that. I have have fuel premixed at 100:1 right now so that's no longer an issue.
Got the new mirrors and horn on, horn isn't working..
Very excited !
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