momma's NEW suzi - Page 2

blaine · 01-25-2011, 07:34 AM

Love the older bikes!They are beautiful!Thanks for sharing. :2tup: :cool:

Water Warrior 2 · 01-25-2011, 05:55 PM

Now I am reeeeally impressed. Nice to see older bikes suffer from TLC.

GZBrian · 01-29-2011, 06:37 AM

Quite the fleet you have there. Really nice looking bikes. Ride safe. GZBrian

alantf · 01-29-2011, 07:29 AM

The only "problem" with importing the Geezer is that you've bought American spec. This means that the carb is set up weaker to comply with American emission regs. Canadian/European bikes are set up to give more power. Reckon your first job should be to re-jet the carb.

The way to tell the difference is that American Geezers have the "S" logo on the tank, while the Canadian/European bikes have the big plastic 3D "Marauder" logo.

advant63 · 01-30-2011, 09:41 PM

thanks for the info alan.
my wife commented on the s logo. she preferred the marauder emblem as do i.
we'll have to make do with what we have.
the carb will get the idle mix and main jet mods and i have a 16 tooth sprocket coming wednesday.
it is currently in lockdown in the garage still on the back of my pickup. i'm waiting on the last piece of paperwork to come through
and then off to the registrar of imported vehicles to confirm the paperwork matches the bike. after that it's off to get licenced.
then it gets the living room until the first dry sunny day.
i never thought i would see the day my wife suggested a bike in the sitting room. the ultimate double standard.
it will be nice doing carb work at the dining room table and replacing the sprocket sitting on the wall to wall carpet.
maybe she'll go for a bike lift between the queen anne chairs :2tup:
the best i get is my rebuild room in the basement.
the bike has no odour of fuel in the tank and nothing came out of the float bowl so i don't know how they ran it to test it. it has .8 miles on it.

my wife passed her written test friday and will have to cut her teeth on the little or50 in the last pic.

5th_bike · 02-26-2011, 10:38 PM

*drool* I love those two-strokes.

advant63 · 03-02-2011, 05:50 PM

i just brought this one home. 1964 k10 corsair.

Water Warrior 2 · 03-02-2011, 05:59 PM

Wow, I can remember when those were new. That bike is very intack for it's age. I'm guessing the tires and tubes are a few decades past their best before date.

advant63 · 03-02-2011, 10:29 PM

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Wow, I can remember when those were new

hey this is the internet. you don't have to date your self like that.
it's the most complete vintage bike i've ever bought.
cleaned the fuel system new plug and off it went.
lots of elbow grease to get the grime off though.
there is a pic after it's first bath in decades and a couple of laps around the shop lot.
i hope the gz's tires are still holding air in 2058.

Water Warrior 2 · 03-02-2011, 11:28 PM

Wow, that cleans up incredibly well.

01-25-2011, 07:34 AM	#11
blaine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: P.E.I. Canada Posts: 3,784	Re: momma's NEW suzi Love the older bikes!They are beautiful!Thanks for sharing. :2tup: :cool: __________________ If at first you do succeed, try not to look surprised. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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01-25-2011, 05:55 PM	#12
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: momma's NEW suzi Now I am reeeeally impressed. Nice to see older bikes suffer from TLC.
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01-29-2011, 06:37 AM	#13
GZBrian Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 119	Re: momma's NEW suzi Quite the fleet you have there. Really nice looking bikes. Ride safe. GZBrian Login or Register to Remove Ads
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01-29-2011, 07:29 AM	#14
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,715	Re: momma's NEW suzi The only "problem" with importing the Geezer is that you've bought American spec. This means that the carb is set up weaker to comply with American emission regs. Canadian/European bikes are set up to give more power. Reckon your first job should be to re-jet the carb. The way to tell the difference is that American Geezers have the "S" logo on the tank, while the Canadian/European bikes have the big plastic 3D "Marauder" logo. __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman.
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01-30-2011, 09:41 PM	#15
advant63 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 30	Re: momma's NEW suzi thanks for the info alan. my wife commented on the s logo. she preferred the marauder emblem as do i. we'll have to make do with what we have. the carb will get the idle mix and main jet mods and i have a 16 tooth sprocket coming wednesday. it is currently in lockdown in the garage still on the back of my pickup. i'm waiting on the last piece of paperwork to come through and then off to the registrar of imported vehicles to confirm the paperwork matches the bike. after that it's off to get licenced. then it gets the living room until the first dry sunny day. i never thought i would see the day my wife suggested a bike in the sitting room. the ultimate double standard. it will be nice doing carb work at the dining room table and replacing the sprocket sitting on the wall to wall carpet. maybe she'll go for a bike lift between the queen anne chairs :2tup: the best i get is my rebuild room in the basement. the bike has no odour of fuel in the tank and nothing came out of the float bowl so i don't know how they ran it to test it. it has .8 miles on it. my wife passed her written test friday and will have to cut her teeth on the little or50 in the last pic. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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02-26-2011, 10:38 PM	#16
5th_bike Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: HoCo, Maryland Posts: 1,349	Re: momma's NEW suzi drool I love those two-strokes. __________________ 2005 "Saturn Black", stock + tach
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03-02-2011, 05:50 PM	#17
advant63 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 30	Re: momma's NEW suzi i just brought this one home. 1964 k10 corsair.
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03-02-2011, 05:59 PM	#18
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: momma's NEW suzi Wow, I can remember when those were new. That bike is very intack for it's age. I'm guessing the tires and tubes are a few decades past their best before date.
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03-02-2011, 11:28 PM	#20
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: momma's NEW suzi Wow, that cleans up incredibly well.
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