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Originally Posted by roddy
Cool! Building your own bike is a great way to learn about your machine. There is a huge level of pride and satisfaction in knowing you have turned every nut and bolt with your own hands. From personal experience, find yourself an official Suzuki shop manual, and use it...the ones from Chilton/Hayes/etc are ok (sort of), but are missing a lot of info that you will need for a full build.
I'm with the other guys...a café style build would be a great route to take, and likely more fun to ride. Small displacement bikes are a riot to rip around on once they're lightened up and geared down a bit. Good luck, and post your progress.
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Im super excited to get started. I do all my own work on my FR-S also so I know exactly what you mean about the pride/satisfaction thing.
As far as a manual goes, I probably wont be buying one because everything on the bike with the exception of the frame and the actual headlight itself is getting replaced with aftermarket stuff. Im already looking at a different motor. As much fun as a 425 could be after its all rebuilt, I think it would get boring. Going for more power from the start! And all the wiring is going to be different so I just don't think a manual will benefit me in that situation