As the threads title says, I bought another Shogun.

Why did I buy one?

After restoring one which I ended up selling later, More details here (I bought a Suzuki Shogun to Restore. UPDATE: Back with me again!). I always wanted one. Fast forward to 2016, I was bestowed up an opportunity to restore one, The restoration took me 45 days. Here is the end result

The second one was the final nail in the coffin, that was running so beautifully that I wanted one even more. So my endless search began. All were either too heavily priced or were Samurai to shogun convert(Cosmetics )

In the mean time the prices for shogun spares began skyrocketing. A cylinder kit was retailing above 20k on facebook and OLX.

On a desperate Monday evening I was just casually surfing OLX and I found a shogun, The price was right, The registration number was visible in the ad. The first think I did was to verify if the bike is a shogun and if the paperwork current.

It checked both of those boxes, The Bike had fitness till Dec 2020 and the tax was valid till Nov 2019. Immediately send him a message in OLX asking his number, The guy was responsive, also told him that I will only be free on a Saturday.

Was eagerly waiting for Saturday to arrive, Frantically checking each day if the bike is sold.

On Saturday went and saw the bike, liked it(it is rough) paid the full amount and bought the bike. Did 3 rides from the owners place to mine in My RX 100 and in the "new to me" shogun. Dropped the RX 100 at my place and took the shogun with me as pillion, Dropped the owner back to his place, it was night already so the ride back home was uneventful, the bike performed well and the rear brakes had a lot of play so took it easy.

As soon as I came home, I wanted to make a list of things that were wrong, So here it is;





The mechanicals and electrical:

1. The bike had a Max 100 silencer the owner had the original exhaust
2. None of the lights except the headlight were working.
3. It had no horn
4. The Christmas tree instrument cluster was dead
5. The tacho was stuck at 14k RPM
6. the speedo was not working
7. It was not idling well
8. had no rear brake
9. No battery.
10. The wiring kit was a rats nest
11. The engine kill switch or the ignition kill switch were not working
12. Max 100 tail lights
13. Rear indicators missing
14. Local headlight beam
15. Front shock was leaking
16. Rear RX 100 Seat
17. Carb was leaking
18. The air-filter was bone dry
19. both tyres were shot
20. rear indicator brackets were missing
21. The flute was stuck in the exhaust
22. Both the switches are broken

The Cosmetics:

1. The tail section was missing,
2. The paint was all screwed,
3. The visor had a small crack and the glass was missing.
4. It had max 100 rear mudguard,
5. The side panels were broken
6. The front mudguard was broken
7. Rims had pitting
8. Hubs were painted silver
9. Both the mirrors are missing
10. Seat is all gone

The good stuff

1. Its a shogun and its black
2. The tank had zero rust
3. The cylinder though I lift it, is a .25 as per the seller and is powerful
4. All the locks open with one key and its a metal key
5. The bike runs straight, signs of no major accident
6. Good at a extremely mouth watering price
7. Engine has new oil seals and clutch plates
8. chain and sprocket look ok
9. the gear change is smooth
10. All bearing are good and no unwanted noise from the engine or wheels
11. The mask is original and not a cheap fiberglass replica

The game plan

The game plan is to do a complete ground up restoration including a complete engine check-up to see if a rebuild is required. If yes then a pin to pin restoration.

Full paint(same colour) full cosmetics, Front end upgrade with old apache forks and rotor and other brake gear with Fiero F2 hub.

Keep watching this space.

Pramod

Shogun in my garage(sorry for the crappy pic)