1972 Suzuki Other

T25048751

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1972 Suzuki T250 restored. I purchase the bike about four years ago and started the restoration. The following is a list of what was done but it by no means includes every bit and part. Powder coating by Eco Clean in Atlanta: frame, swing arm, stands, peg brackets, air box, battery box, anything that was black exept for the lower fork clamp. Chrome plating by Marietta Chrome: fenders, exhausts, lower fork legs, chain guard, headlight bracket, brake pedal, kick starter, axels, gas cap, taillight bracket, grab rail, brake levers and rod assembly, over forty parts total. Polishing by Marietta Chrome: brake backing plates, engine cases, and cylinder heads. New fork tubes from Franks Engineering. Paul Miller Motorcycle supplied the following new parts: correct wheels and spoke kits, lever assemblies, mirrors, sprockets, missing brake parts, many other parts, gaskets, seals or correct fasteners. Sergeant Cycle Upholstery rebuilt the seat. New correct tread tires. New sealed wheel bearings and seals. Reproduction Decals supplied the shocks, horn and petcock. I decided to use a manual petcock because although I rebuilt the stock vacuum unit it still failed. I then bought another unit that was advertised as operating normally but it also failed. Paul Miller Motorcycle applied the paint to the tank and side covers. The turn signals are NOS from an Australian dealer. The correct rivet pins to remount the factory frame ID plate were sourced from Sweden. NOS speedometer and tachometer. The tach was sourced from Brazil, note that there are no mileage/shift point markings on the face as there are on the US bike tachs. The original speedometer showed about 3,200 miles. NOS taillight. Note the taillight is correct for a 1973 GT250, despite over a year of searching I was unable to find a decent NOS ’72 unit with the side reflectors. NOS headlight. These headlights are hard to find, although I have only recoded about 100 miles since completing the restoration the low beam has already burned out. Now I leave the light off when I ride around the neighborhood. Head bolts were zinc plated by Paul Miller Motorcycle. New ignition switch and various other small parts were still available from Suzuki. The crankshaft was rebuilt by Crankmaster in Connecticut. New crankshaft bearings and seals. New standard size pistons, rings, wrist pins and bearings. New chain. Every wire harness was cleaned and most terminal ends and connectors were replaced with exact reproduction units supplied by Vintage Connections in California. The original silicone rectifier was replaced with a Tympanium voltage regulator so that an absorbed glass mat battery could be installed. No more acid spilling on the frame or exhaust. No wires were cut or modified. I have a stock silicone rectifier that can simply be remounted and plugged back in and change to a wet acid battery if you choose to do so. There is a small bubble in the paint, less than a quarter inch in diameter, on top of the tank just a couple of inches up from the seat. It showed up just a few weeks after I received the tank back from Paul Miller and has not changed in the last 2 ½ years. Every part of this bike has been rebuilt, repainted, replaced, rechromed, polished or received some form of attention.