Good Deed Garage

31/10/2026

That’s a wrap on assembly day two.

Electrics in the seat pan, rearsets fitted, exhaust fitted, carbies fitted.

Got to the “these #%%£^* cables won’t fit” stage and decided to call it.

More next week.

30/10/2026

Day two of GDG4 final assembly begins.

Just a few small parts to fit up, I will work slowly and methodically from the tail forward.

Should be a good day.

30/10/2026

That will do for today.

Plenty more to do over the next few days.

30/10/2026

GDG update.

30/10/2026

Next step!

Frame, headers and other parts back from Sand Soda Cerakote.

Beautiful job on the parts, the flat black Ceracote finish on the headers and custom accessory brackets is superb.

The gloss black powdercoat on the frame and associated frame stock parts is spot on. Great attention to detail protecting the areas that don’t want paint.

So now we start assembling. First step will be to get the engine on the floor and lower the frame over it.

28/10/2026

GDGTT

One of my all time favorites.

Suzuki’s T500 was a rare beast: a large-capacity two-stroke road bike that sold in big numbers in the US. And it’s not hard to see why. For a late 60s…

26/10/2026

It’s the end of an era for MotoGP at Phillip Island.

And that brings an end of an era for the traditional ‘let’s stop in Healesville for a coffee on the ride home Monday’.

There will be a thousand motorcycles through town today as they journey home. It has always been a great day for Main Street businesses and some bike spotting. But I guess it’s over now.

I wonder which towns will get the Monday surge next year? Will Mildura get the NSW based riders? Maybe Hamilton will get the Victorian riders who know that the southern route is the best ride to Adelaide.

Will Adelaide be able to provide the great camping experience - or will it only be hotel accommodation near the track?

It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

25/10/2026

Uh oh …

(See what happens when you leave me alone for a week?).

19/10/2026

Righto.

The rest of the required parts are now on order with 4into1 and Wemoto.

Metal requiring coating is with the coaters.

I am taking a weeks break before next Mondays acquisition adventure…

19/10/2026

Big push this morning to get GDG4 stripped down to bare frame, but all done by 10:30.

I dropped off the headers and a few brackets to Sand Soda Cerakote for a matt black finish and the legends that they are offered to take care of the powder coating of the frame and related parts in gloss black, as they provide that service too.

Ready in a couple of weeks - brilliant!