Restoration Project

 


Suzuki RE-5 1975

Presented by redbug2
Pictures


Early Picture of complete bike with original carriers on.   2009-11-01 09:30:20 A beginning....   2009-10-24 12:30:27 Cover off, decided to powder coat turn signal stems.   2009-10-24 12:29:36 Front Forks.   2009-10-24 12:29:03 Right Side.   2009-10-24 12:27:54
Ouch! A mouse nest!   2009-10-24 12:31:19 Carb Cleaned enough to start it up on the primary, still need to fix accelerator pump channel...   2009-10-26 09:45:46 Cleaning mouse poop out of air filter.   2009-11-24 11:28:57 Air filter rehabbed after mouse nest, only a few more pop rivets to go.   2011-01-26 06:37:40 Mufflers a little rusty.   2009-10-24 12:28:45
Needs some cleaning   2009-10-24 12:27:29 Rear rack, it must come off...   2009-10-24 12:28:27 Rusty Fender Bottom   2011-01-10 10:49:32 Acid wash to halt the rusting.   2011-01-10 10:50:18 Re5 cover after 1500 grain paper and some aluminum polish   2011-01-13 08:37:43
Compressing the rear shock in the vise.   2011-01-26 06:35:34 Loosening the lock nut.   2011-01-26 06:35:54 Apart   2011-01-26 06:36:13 Sanding the spring   2011-01-26 06:36:32 Sanded, now, powder coat or cad plate?   2011-01-26 06:37:05
Chrome getting cleaned up.   2011-01-26 06:38:04 More chrome cleaning   2011-01-26 06:38:20 Tire off, lots of grease to remove.   2011-04-19 09:12:38 Rear of engine, still some more to go and painting to do.   2011-09-06 05:02:26 Batter box in great need of a coating. Used gloss black powder coat.   2011-04-19 09:13:48
Came out nice, happy with the results   2011-04-19 09:16:16 Battery box in bike.   2011-12-19 09:23:05 Still Cleaning.   2011-06-21 09:02:00 Cleaning up everything I can get to. This was black with grease, you could not see the color on the wires before cleaning.   2011-09-06 05:01:37 Kick Stand on... My first piece added after taking it apart!   2011-09-15 10:48:09
Fort pegs, on cleaned and cad plated and one not.   2011-11-27 08:39:58 Another View   2011-11-27 08:44:01 Cad plated hardware.   2011-11-27 08:42:27 Before Power Washing   2012-01-08 11:46:16 Engine after power washing.   2012-01-08 01:48:18
Left side as the assembly continues   2012-01-15 11:35:55 Right Side   2012-01-15 11:36:13 Radiator On   2012-01-19 09:42:17 Wiring and frame cleaned up.   2012-01-19 09:48:11 Radiator Painted   2012-01-23 10:27:51
Air Intake Polished   2012-01-23 10:28:14 Dry fit of the remaining parts.   2012-01-24 08:44:01 Guage unit painted   2012-01-30 08:07:01 Guage unit painted   2012-01-30 08:08:21 Re5-1   2012-02-01 06:51:51
RE5-2   2012-02-01 06:52:06 RE5-3   2012-02-01 06:52:16 RE5-4   2012-02-01 06:52:29 RE5-5   2012-02-01 06:52:41 RE5-6   2012-02-01 06:52:52
RE-5 7   2012-02-01 06:53:08 8   2012-02-01 06:53:19 9   2012-02-01 06:53:29 10   2012-02-01 06:53:37 11   2012-02-01 06:53:44
12   2012-02-01 06:53:52 Rim   2012-03-15 09:14:27 Replaced rim.   2012-02-05 08:56:13 Building Tire Truing stand 1   2012-02-06 08:11:22 Building Tire Truing stand 2   2012-02-06 08:11:50
Building Tire Truing stand 3   2012-02-06 08:12:15 New Cleaned up and cad coated shock   2012-02-06 08:12:53 New Horn   2012-02-06 08:17:43 Tire off of another RE5, spokes were better but needed a lot of cleanup.   2012-02-27 08:12:45 Ready for show.   2012-02-27 07:56:47
New Front and Rear tires on.   2012-02-27 07:58:51 In a show.   2012-03-07 02:06:10 Many People Admiring it at the show.   2012-03-09 12:10:08 Front view at show.   2012-03-09 12:13:00 In front of showroom.   2012-03-09 12:13:15
Old post on left. New posts from stainless steel.   2012-04-02 11:29:20 Back on the bike.   2012-04-02 11:29:43
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