hello from toronto!

[chinard]

I have been lurking here for a while reading up on the Suzuki M50 forums while i wait for a break in the weather where i can pick up my new bike.
It is a black '08 M50, and i'll be trading in my old trusty '80 honda cb750k (DOHC) for it.
I know some of you are thinking that this is a step down in performance, but we are talking about a bike that is almost 30 years old.
She has served me well over the years, after the constant stream of roadside repairs i had to do last season it is time to move on..

Picking it up this weekend rain or shine. Pretty much have to before april starts otherwise i might actually have to PAY for parking

[Thundurburd]

Hey chinard, good to have you join us.

BTW, when you have a chance fill out your user profile so we know you secrets.

Ride safe.

[chinard]

ok, done!

[tricker]

[robertc729]

[SNAFU]

again to M-J Steve! Nice choice

[bikerbabe]

from Wisconsin!!!!!

[Brad_M50]

Welcome, the snow is almost gone here. We will be riding in no time, just have to watch the damn potholes in our great city.

[Uncle B]

A TEXAS

HOWDY " " NEIGHBOR


Oh what a great trip!!!

[chinard]

Finally made it down there to pick up the bike. A VERY cold ride home





very smooth ride. actually seemed to have more power than i was expecting.
Biggest complaint? Those FUGLY warning stickers on the tank and rear fender. What an eyesore, an wow are they hard to remove!
Took 2 hours with goo-gone and a hair dryer before they came off. I am lucky i did not damage the paint.
It took a while before i discovered the trick to getting it off. The goo-gone does nothing until the sticker is removed so dont waste it. The best progress was with the hair dryer and my fingernail.
This got tiresome after about 10 mins so i found a better instrument to scrape the sticker without damaging the finish.
It was a PLASTIC bottle cap to a chocolate milkshake drink that i finished earlier. It was pretty good, it was soft enough plastic not to damage the finish but strong enough to peel back the sticker millimeter by millimeter.

Anyways, after wasting all that time on removing stickers i only had enough time to install the windshield and sissy bar. I got a set of LeatherLyke hard bags waiting for another warm day cause theres turn-signal relocation involved.

[SNAFU]

Congrats. Nice Bike!

[frostbitevinnie]

Yeah, those stickers are a pain!! I need to finish taking mine off and I have heard that w-d40 does a good job.

[chinard]

the wd40 wont help much either i am affraid, the stickers are very thin plastic and the solvent has no way to penetrate the plastic to dissolve the glue underneath.
best bet is still the hair dryer and patience. The hair drier will loosen the glue gooey enough to make scraping it off slightly easier. Just take it REAL slow otherwise you will destroy the finish.
The WD40 will work as well as the goo gone to remove the residue but it will leave an oily deposit on your finish but that is much easier to remove.
From experience another thing that works well for removing sticker goo is zippo fluid. The nice thing about zippo fluid is it does not leave a residue. (my friend who worked in a book store used it all the time on book covers to keep from damaging the print underneath)