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    I wonder what the differences were between the GT380 and the GT550 motors. It might be only bigger barrels and pistons on the same bottom end. The Japs did a lot of that in the 70s, even Ducati did it with the 250/350/450 Desmo.

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    im pretty sure the 550 s bottom end is bigger physically plus it had a starter motor mounted under the engine and the 380 has asix speed box 550 has 5 speed
    the good thing tho is that all the triple suzys use piston sizes similar to the singles
    hence the weird capacitys ie 380 being 3 125s and 550 being 3 185s so the later TS pistons should fit up to the water cooled era GT 250 pistons fit a 380 also

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jockney Rebel View Post
    oh btw ts125 piston s should fit
    clever bugger ,on my 550gt i fitted a stinger 3 into 1 zorst ,and a set of pods it was great fun
    the 380 was a great bike but still alump to chuck around,they really turn heads,

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    ...oh and if you are handy with a mill you can fit reed valve blocks and enjoy much more torque better fuel economy plus a reasonable increase in power ..mated with a decent set of period Allspeed spannies and some mild porting she'll likely see about 40hp+

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    Ok. Donk is on the bench for cleaning and stripping. There is some SERIOUS shit collected under the carbs and airbox. I took off the oil pump and oil line covers to have a look about. This is one dirty girl !!

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    Yeuk. When you're ready mate give me a call and I'll give yer crabs the U/S treatment if you want

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    and other engine bits and pieces....gearbox, barrels, crank, clutch, etc

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    Sounds good to me Simon old boy. The carbs are propper gopping and will need a full rebuild and new jets etc. Was thinking of soda blasting the barrels. do you think the U/S would be as good or better?
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    I've just glass bead blasted my RS flatties and they've come up great. U/S cleaning doesn't necessarily make them beautiful but it does make them clean,IE the U/S cleaning doesn't necessarily remove rust, oxidation or imperfections but the glass bead blasting will do most of that.
    I'm going to put my carbs back into the U/S cleaner to make sure any errant glass bead is cleaned out





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    Okie Dokie, I'll blast them then bring them to your house with a couple of bottles and we can shoot the shit while the cleaner does its thing.
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    Sounds good to me matey

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    vapor blasting is where its at boys and girls :-)

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    Cant wait to hear that triple burble nice one

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    Most of the small fuel / oil lines are pretty much stuffed, gone brittle over time. Anyone know where I can get some generic tubing to replce them, (Jimmi), without having to track down some OEM stuff from Suzuki?

    Note: Maybe I should have measured them before asking stoopid questions, probably readily available.
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    I'm likely to be putting in an order with these lot soon http://www.allensperformance.com/index.html if you want I can get some tubing from them for you

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    Let me know if you want me to strip the carbs down for you b4 cleaning.
    "I call it a Camberwell carrot as I invented it in Camberwell and it looks alot like a carrot"

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldskool View Post
    Let me know if you want me to strip the carbs down for you b4 cleaning.
    Cheer bro, will do
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    Been cleaning about 2kg of shit from the block, sump and cooling fins. It's looking a monumental fuck load better already.

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    wow... looks surprisingly good considering the amount of shit it was covered in.

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    That wasn't shit it was preservative. Just like peat bogs

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