Rotor Side Plates

[gerryggg]

There is a set of side plates that have come up for sale on ebay. Heres' the link:

www.ebay.com/itm/1975-1976-75-76-Suzuki-re5-re-5-left-right-rotor-side-covers-walls-piston-cases-/261030016381?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cc699f57d&vxp=mtr

They look pretty good, but there is one picture that has me somewhat concerned. If you look at the second to the last picture, it appears there is some damage to the coating. It won't let you zoom in any closer so it's hard to tell for sure. I'd like to get soem other opinions. I have that M model motor with the bad side plates and if this would fix it for $180, I just might jump on them no matter what my wife thinks.

[steveuk]

Right click on the pic and click "save picture as" save to your picture folder then you can zoom in on it.

steve

[gerryggg]

Good suggestion. I did that and there definitely appears to be some damage there.

[raychappo]

If proper unit was good why on earth would he strip it down to its component parts, a good proper unit complete would be worth far more that in bits.

[HGH 770N]

He has not listed the Jug, Only the side plates and the Rotor that has the tips and rings seized in,
Maybe the jug had cracked and then rusted the rotor over time while standing.
Rog

[raychappo]

Could be, the rotor does look like its seen better days

[gerryggg]

The only reason I could think of would be the cost of shipping the entire proper rather than the component parts. There are a lot of people out there doing salvage who have no idea what an RE5 is. That said, I'm going to pass on this. I'll save my pennies for a go at another carb if one comes up. Now that my annual Memorial day barbecue is over (45 attending this year, BTW the RE was a big hit with the crowd, even in its sad shape) I hope to get to moving the electrics over from the M model to the rolling chassis I got. If I get it wired I can crank it over and try to get a good compression reading. It feels good with the kickstart even with the plug removed, but I'd like to try and get a real reading, even with a regular gauge.

[HGH 770N]

I have had MSG of ebay man , He has the Jug for sale but it has some rust on it.
Not a good sign.

[raychappo]

Good luck with your proper unit gerry, I hope it has good compression when you get to crank it over