momma's NEW suzi

[advant63]

hello everyone,
my wife has just brought home her first bike. it'a a 2009 gz. it's new old stock. 0.7 miles on it. we bought it out of ohio and did the importing ourselves.
piece o cake as the u.s customs were a pleasure to deal with and canada customs only wanted the taxes :poke2:
it's the first new bike in the house. ever.
here it is after it's first bath. :biggrin:
http://2xmfdw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pstCvc8BixT-qNu2ER_VrfdQyXo94K5jFPT6KRHpW-vVBnEk-Wjfc5HxJGUuBMdZ3UQsqndLVdqhDI7j9HyL6BoLUKELU_7Pm/IMG_1223.JPG?psid=1

[Viirin]

Welcome aboard man - nice looking bike

[blaine]

Welcome to the forum.The G.Z. will give you many trouble free miles.Don't forget to put some STABIL in the tank,and a trickle charger on the battery.In the spring you will be ready to go.
:2tup: :)

[burkbuilds]

Beautiful bike, welcome to the forum. The GZ is a relatively bulletproof bike, easy to maintain and lots of fun to ride, enjoy.

[Water Warrior 2]

What other bikes are in the garage ??

[advant63]

What other bikes are in the garage ??
that shot is at my business. the bike behind is an '79 OR50. there is also a 71 t250, a '73gt250 a a'65? t10 and my employees cbr600.
at home there is a '64 m12, 2x 66' s32's, '75 a100, '75gt550, '71 t500, 2x 68 t500's. honda '71 cl350, '72 cb350, '71 sl100. kaw '84 zx900, '67 a7
and one lowly yam '84 xj750. i think that's it.

[Water Warrior 2]

That's quite a collection. Sounds like you like to tinker.

[mole2]

Welcome aboard from South Carolina! Good luck with the new ride.


:)

[advant63]

thanks for the welcome.
Sounds like you like to tinker.
i could be considered a tinkerer. maybe even a tinkering fool.
here is some of the fleet.
http://1mypsq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ppKNZxpakaSDTtQ_Kxp6HGhhq9qLGK1c9lZ4iA9VEzfMtuXo sco-NT4IVrLv3ddtxp88WeAmfvcyuTi_MfTzTQJRVhUPNrhUx/IMG_0454.JPG?psid=1
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1vF2FJnJRoE27m9KCJ9kbIpwzKzAbm9g7IGF7uveNdYXhEh Ijk969rxCk_5-sRWhEPxqjD_0ero1cGpHvibd1A/IMG_0781.JPG?psid=1
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pd4JKWYnscSVkttGNjqxxK8Qjtc1PRWGh43K3YOh6zWwQcOa SCfcbbaU0B4ZY23WSDiWwcOup-ZDTreGa7wgvGA/104_0510.JPG?psid=1
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYvW_anda4STN5G_HJdfLWjK81jeCsYqBor9tvuzYOwJDsVl zVbwVOKH2s_fkQjPjT_7Vd1pgxD2UmPf9dn0g8A/IMG_0814.jpg?psid=1

[matchbox]

Very nice collection. :2tup:

[blaine]

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

[Water Warrior 2]

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

[GZBrian]

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

[alantf]

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]

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]

*drool* I love those two-strokes.

[advant63]

i just brought this one home. 1964 k10 corsair.
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pUkB3vQ095WxqGTQoY4KB-SZIHRZZH5stiWv04opMd1opBy0xcf1JQrdWjtuzXCNmctdjfXa WB4VKz3sy7Sn8mw/item27739.jpg?psid=1

[Water Warrior 2]

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]

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.
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-vuljj5R_1tWG5G24iPKCfLuPbZHP17T2p71kTr9ENKnsVtkUz_ ZxLZqK85cEGgjOOBJxRlOl93hjf3gzej8PA/IMG_1256.JPG?psid=1

[Water Warrior 2]

Wow, that cleans up incredibly well.