Hi all, I am Sooraj from Kerala. I am just planning to restore my AX100 back to its full glory. Attaching the Pics of My AX100. I I need to do a lot of work to get it back to its original shape. Hope everything goes well . I had read a lot of threads here. And I don't know whether someone will be reading it. Meanwhile i had procured some parts for my bike as well. Will try to post the pics soon. I will try to do some jobs by my self rather than taking it to some workshops. If anybody is having the workshop manual or parts catalogue of this bike it would be of a great help to me as i am not having any of those. The bike is in the same condition as in the photo. Will try to start as fast as i can because the toughest time in this restoration will be the procurement of parts.

And i will be thankfull to my dearest parents,My beloved brother Kiran, My grandfather, My uncle for their full support to me. I also need to thank my brother Roopak chettan for his full support and coordination. The list of people who help me never end so will be mentioning them also in the upcoming posts.

And like every other bike this bike also has something to tell. This bike had rolled out of the factory outlet on 1st march 1985. That is the first batch of Ax-100 produced. So basically it is a CKD model. Back in that time there were no dealership for Suzuki in kerala. So this bike was bought by the first owner from Karnataka and he transported the bike to Kerala. The bike first had a karnataka registration. After some time the owner has to go to Saudi (at that time Persia) for his work. So the bike was kept unused as there was no one else to ride. Since his house was near the coastal area the bike had started to rust. His family members had told him that the bike is sitting unused and it had started to rust. So the owner asked his family members to sell the bike. At that time the bike reached its second owner by 1987. That time it has been registered to Trivandrum RTO. The bike was in his hands for almost 20 years. Then he had some health issues and was not able to ride the bike. He never used to cross 30kmph on this bike. And when the fitness check comes he used to give it to some local workshop people to do the works. It was the worst period for the bike as it lost all the essential elements. The tank has been changed to Max100 tank. There lost the signature tank and the OE IND-SUZUKI emblem. At another stage the Muffler has to be changed and they had put a Samurai Upgrade/Max100 muffler on to it. The front fork Assy. has been changed fully. Don't know what had exactly happened. Cannot met with an accident because it has the same factory IND-SUZUKI handle bars. And the owner never cross 30kmph. Again i dont know the exact reason it is just my guess. And now it has an Yamaha Rx series fork. The speedometer is a local one. And it does not have the metal side covers any more. And another fitness test was done when the owner had a serious health issue. He undoubtfully tells that the helmet lock was taken by the last mechanic. The owner had said that he kept that thing as a treasure. Then on one fine day i thought of adding one more addition to the garage. We used to grab spares for our other bikes from 2-3 local spare shop. And that time the owner of one shop said that his brother in law(the second owner as mentioned above) is having an IND-SUZUKI and the shop owner had said that he is planning to sell it as no one is about to take care of it. I asked him what would be the price. He told me the address and asked me to go and see the bike. On a Tuesday afternoon(i recollect it was a holiday) me and my brother went to that place and began to search for the house and i saw the bike. We stop beside the house and talked to the owner. We began to check the bike. Since there was limited space there we asked whether we could move it aside and ride it. He said due to the non-usage the front wheel was jammed and yes the front wheel was solid as a rock. Then i just fired her up. The first few kicks were to wake her up from the Hibernation. Then at last she roared. Then we said to the owner about the price. He quoted 10k and we said that we will inform him about then decision later. And on that saturday we went their again to inform him about the decision and to check with the paper works. That time his daughter was in the house and she refuses to sell the bike. She had said that because she had attachment towards this bike as she went to the school and college in this bike. But the owner was so stubborn that he said he will sell this bike at any cause. Me and my brother spoke to her and left the house. On one fine day i managed to find the money and we had reached his home to take away the bike. I just loosed the front brake cable and the wheel stated to roll. And my brother tried to ride the bike. But she refuses to fire up. And i some how managed to fire her up. Then on she don't had any issue in starting. May be like some dogs take a little time to mingle with its new master, i thought like that. I bought her to home and cleaned her up. And i forgot to mention one thing, eventhough the front fork was of Rx the mechanic had not changed the hub or the hubcover: it was still 110 dia. I tried a new brake shoe and it could not solve the problem. And i found the culpritit was that this fok assemble and the hub could not match. Till now i haven't repaired it and my brother and my friends are afraid of riding it as it doesn't have a break. But i am damn confident to take her through anywhere anytime. But as time rolled i had made up my mind to restore her back to her former glory. This is all i would like to say regarding the bike.If possible do enjoy the thread
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