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GS ~~750~~ 844

My brother-in-law Rob and I have just finished rebuilding a '77 Suzook with 844 Wiseco big bore kit. It has been an every-component mechanical rebuild from the swingarm bearings up, even new carb needles and nozzles. It was to become a darling custom retro bike of a bygone era, until Rob discovered your website, and started reading up about matt black paint and the benefits of parking under lime trees. The finished result is a mechanically perfect scoot with serious performance for its time, with a long life expectancy, this bike will still be running in 2020 I expect.

John Kleyn in South Africa bike & rider

I particularly like the pic of my 1981 GS1000G, ( chopped by me ) which has 36000 km on it, for real, standing next to Luce, the rat 844 in question. with GS1000

Note the updated zorst, with Rob's finishing touch, a Windhoek Larger beercan, something there were plenty of lying around during this project.
What you might not be able to see is the charming way the rev counter cable is tied to the bars, so that while the engine is going the cable end goes round and round, so you can keep an eye on engine revs ???? !!!
Since this pic we've angle-ground the lower frame tubes to the rear pegs off, and snapped off shorter, the numberplate ( which was an aluminium door handle ). Cops will love that, of course, and the straight open pipe, but who cares?
We have a human skull, nicknamed Boris, but we haven't figured a decent mount for it yet... That would be a nice finishing touch... The paint is still too smooth too......

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