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Well, I'm getting a few things sorted in the aftermath of our first trackday.

We have the Gpz engine lined up to swap into the frame and I'm getting the Kerker repaired:

It's good to have things to keep us busy.

Let the games begin:

Woohoo! There's going to be a lot more Zing!

loudhvx wrote: Woohoo! There's going to be a lot more Zing!

Haha! Let's hope so!

A little more progress and photo update:

Got the Gpz engine slotted into the frame. Working on the oil cooler mount. Stripped the extra wiring out of the loom and cleaned off the left handlebar. Replaced the ignition switch with a toggle switch. More to come, but that's it for now.

Photo update:

You can see we've put the bodywork back on as most of the really "heavy lifting" is now done. Brackets are finished to mount the oil cooler. The un-needed wiring has been removed along with the "now unnecessary" left switch gear.

Still to do:
- carb set up and tuning
- rearsets
- Kerker
- electronic tach

There will be more, but that's the next list.

Looking good Drew.
Have you gone downtown TO on a Thursday night?
I've been down a couple times.
Busy last Thursday.

rstnick wrote: Looking good Drew.
Have you gone downtown TO on a Thursday night?
I've been down a couple times.
Busy last Thursday.

Hey Rob, thanks pal!

No, I haven't been downtown on a Thursday night for a couple of years now. We have a Triples Ride out of Campbellville on Thursday night now too, so that's likely where I'll ride for now, but you never know!

Meet up at the gas station in town?

Xl ED wrote: Meet up at the gas station in town?

Campbellville? Ya, at the "Ice House." One of the boys lives just down the street from there.

I race at Mohawk quite a bit so I'm pretty familiar with the area The Ice House is a popular spot through the warm weather for bikes.

Nice work, just noticed this thread. There is a small but obsessive cult following for the 550's around the world, great to see another on the track.

The body swage lines work better with graphics imo, Eddie Lawson Blue/gold/white sandwich works best with kawi racing green imo. Also those original nose fairings and mounts are really difficult to find now... maybe consider the probability of crashing a race bike and the difficulty of finding another.

I know what you mean about yellow, but it sort of grows on you. I neer intended it, but I do paint and I'm on my 4th yellow now, Suzuki Blaze Yellow. There is a really hot Triumph yellow too.

had a tendency for the front fender to come into contact with the oil cooler in very extreme stops, especially if the stop is with some bumps


Interesting Lou, never had that, but did it on my GPz750 recently, luckily before paintjob.

I had a nasty tankslapper just once, also I put down to a mismatched and worn rear tyre . Very alarming and a few seconds from a bad accident..otherwise the 550 have been safe, reliable and fun for me the last 25 years..

Great thread and nice pics, good luck. :