Suzuki GN400XX

Suzuki GN400XX
out with the old in with the cafe

Friday, August 31, 2012

Money well spent?

"Money doesn't grow on trees". Well since the time this phrase was first coined to now, they figured out how to cross breed grapes, apples and other fruits. They've made it so your tomatoes can become the size of large softballs and even "enhanced" the meat that we eat. But still no money tree. Seems like they're taking genetic experiments the wrong way when they should be figuring how we can all grow or stretch the dollar. With one promising interview (Before the end o the day I would get a call thanking me and being told "we went a different direction".) and a little money that I got from selling some stuff in our garage sale plus selling some unique tape to a former co-worker I celebrated by buying the cafe-style "clubman bars" I'd been eyeing. Along with that I purchased some chrome bar-end mirrors. Today was the day that I took to install them. I'm trying to keep my skills honed and gas consumption down with working and riding the GIN. I pulled off the handle bars that the original owner of this bike, my friend Robin had replaced the stock ones with. It was "drag" type bars. I also took the time to mock up the Honda CL 350 donor bikes seat to see what it'll look like. i took some pix but had forgot to install the mirrors till after. This is what she looks like with the bars and seat. No mirrors in this pic.
Noticing this oversight I put them on after I had replaced the OEM seat which is pretty ugly. Slowly, I'll make this thing look like a cafe racer. Of note, I ordered up a replacement key off Ebay. That does me in for money to spend. At the moment it'll take selling a kidney, bartering or using down home ingenuity and elbow grease to fab up or make any further changes/add-ons. I took her for a brief lil spin on the street just to check ergo's and test the handling in a tight turn radius. Passed with flying colors! Don't look to bad either and I can actually see behind me and not stare at my elbow in the left hand mirror.

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