My Very First Restoration

Hey everyone, this is going to be my very first "restoration". This is my very first motorcycle and it just seems right to restore it. I originally wasn't planning on restoring it until after Christmas. But, it just so happens that the rings ended up giving out so I figured might as well restore it now.
A little bit about the bike. It's a 1976 Suzuki Ts 100. It's not a very common bike, so information is a little hard to find. Same thing goes for parts. My dad purchased it around a year ago and eventually got bored of it. He ended up buying a 1973 Honda CB350f. So I ended up taking over the Suzuki. (Also, please excuse me for the very bad quality pictures, my phone doesn't have the best camera. Can't get pictures normal as well, sorry.)

Bike before tear down.


Start of engine tear down.

wow that brings back some memories, My brother had a Suzuki 125 that just ran for ever I wish we still had it,
I had a red and white honda 350 when i got it it had a windshield which I removed.
I now ride a 250 honda dirt bike   were going to the desert next week can't wait .
good luck with your project.

dochockey wrote: wow that brings back some memories, My brother had a Suzuki 125 that just ran for ever I wish we still had it, I had a red and white honda 350 when i got it it had a windshield which I removed. I now ride a 250 honda dirt bike   were going to the desert next week can't wait . good luck with your project.

Yeah, my dad sure remembered about the times when he would ride with his childhood buddy. He had a brand new Yz 80 (not sure what year, but it was the first year for the mono shock.) He said they would ride it all day and at night tear it apart and clean every inch of the bike. I was in the same boat of not having a bike, but riding my cousins a lot. Have fun at the desert and be safe!

Justin,
Looks like a great project. Keep up the good work.

Bike somewhat put together and painted


Sorry for the big jump from picture to picture. Phone decided to delete half my photos. Anyways, this is the bike with engine back together and on the bike.


Bike all put together and looking very good. You can see my dad teaming some things.


I'm so happy with how it the bike turned out. Lot of long nights trying to get things to go together, but with the help from my dad, things magically worked .

Very upset that a lot of my pictures were deleted. But tomorrow I'll get some good pictures and a video of it running. Once again thanks to my dad for helping me through this and teaching me a lot about these old bikes and how certain things work to make other things work. Obviously this isn't as big of a deal as restoring an old Correct Craft, but for my age, it's a good way to prepare to take on something that big.

Of course the bike wasn't going to run perfect without giving us some trouble . Went to go try to kick it over and get it running but had no spark. Turns out the front headlight once plugged in, grounds out the spark. Disconnected it and boy did we have spark. Ended up frying my dads voltage meter. But took some time for it to warm up and start running good. Had an issue with the clutch, needed to be adjusted but nothing big. Final update will come tomorrow.

Nice work!
Bike looks great!

Get get it out and rip some dirt roads

Here is a photo. Tavares, Fl

Some things just make a guy smile.   
Lots of good motorcycle memories.

Justin - Great job on the bike. Hope you have some good dirt trails near you.

Ask your dad if he has heard of 'Hodaka'. That is the 1st bike I had (100 cc Super Rat)