GSX 550 Rusty and Crusty Restoration Project

[imestein]

GSX 550 rusty and crusty project.
Probably wasn`t thinking straight when I bought this project bike of fleabay - either that or it was beer o`clock.
Probably the biggest bike project restoration I have taken on...
I am very new on here so hello all... and please bare with me if I mess up !!
I intend to take this crusty old GSX 550 and breathe the life back into her fading soul.
I`m pretty embarrassed to put the before pictures on here as they are so bad but will be posting here throughout and hopefully by the end I will have a perfectly respectable old school Suzuki.
I do need some help with the ignition set-up and have pictures I will put up to explain my dilemma..
So here goes....
This is how it appeared on ebay and didn’t look too bad in the pictures so I took a gamble !!
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A few weeks later and the bike is almost stripped. The frame is to be shotblast and powder coated in white next week. The engine is awaiting parts and gaskets.
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Looks ok from a distance.... but on closer inspection ..LOL !!
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Previous owner has done plenty of mods that I shall call Hacking !!!....
Hacking of suspension / electrics / bars / headlamp / fairings etc etc...

The suspension is of a CBR600 and all original linkages have been removed ... a top mount plate for the shocker has been welded in so I cannot change back to stock.. but I`ll go with the jacked up look I guess..
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