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Bike looks good!

Much better than my blue, silver and white effort!

Iphone 4 with a 500ma usb charger with gps running continually will run the gps ok but will take for ever to actually charge the battery up.

Iphone 5 would gradually lose battery level in the same circumstances.

Recommend at least 1amp usb charger to run gps AND to charge up the battery for both ...

Or if you don't want to drill holes in your bike somewhere, just get a normal socket and wire it up under the seat. Around $2.50 at jaycar.

Terminals for battery connection, crimp to wire, inline fuse, wire to socket. I wired a small on/off switch on mine too.

Or do a proper job using a relay ...

It's been an enjoyable partnership with this old girl, but it looks like it's time for her to move on to a new owner.

Just bought a S*z*ki. :D

Not sure the Mrs will be too happy, hell, she might not even notice! That would be nice.

But I can only ride one bike so there's no point in the GPz ...

Been out and about on the old GPz most weekends. She's running really well. Pic at the parking area at Mt Sugarloaf.

It sometimes helps to push downwards on the seat whilst turning the key. Well it helps on mine!

It was a quick enough job to get them painted (i left 24 hours between coats); so If I have to do again from time to time then it's no big problem. The headers look much better now compared to the previous red rusty colour!

New shiny silver header springs arrived today also.

I was having trouble getting the right paint in a pot (didn't want a spray rattle can, plenty of those available though); in the end I found Pot Belly Stove paint (1000C I think) in Masters Home Improvements. I'll see how it goes once I've given the bike a proper run.

Back on the road again!

New plugs, new coils, Carbs balanced perfectly, starts first time every time, exhaust headers now painted black instead of flaky rust, already fed up trying to keep the white wheels white! (my fault, I overdid the chain lube)

Nice one, cheers!

Carbs back in, and she's running nicely now! Will check carb balance before the bodywork goes back on.

Carbs back together, it's just too bloomin hot in the garage to do much at the moment. Roll on Winter! :-) Hopefully will get the carbs back in this weekend.

Got quite a bit of sanding to do on the downpipes prior to painting, then thinking about options for tidying up the bodywork paintwork ...

Shiny downpipes! Nice!

Carbs now off and in bits on my bench. They didn't look as bad inside as I thought they might. Only one clogged float bowl on number 3 carb, and most of the other jets will benefit from a clean. Will get them cleaned up this week and put back together. Tidied up some other general electrical bodges ...

Oh well, its been neglected for the best part of a year while my health gets slowly better. Finally got some energy to do some odd jobs. 20 years of grime started to be cleaned off, 10 more years worth still to go! New ignition coils ordered. General all-over check and a Carb balance to do. A few ...

That looks fantastic! What sort of money did that resto set you back, if you don't mind me asking?

However it looks like i'll be putting mine up for sale imminently. My medical woes are just getting in the way of anything to do with bikes at the moment and I have lost any motivation I had to tart ...