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1981 GS1100E - mild mods

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Thanks a bunch to this website for this project and a few others!

A project engineered by a friend of mine, lost interest after some expensive hot rod motor issues.

stock motor from a 1982 GS1100E, V&H pipe, Dynojet carb mod, Dyna ignition, carbon fibre signals, 1988 GSXR750 front end and wheels, Bridgestone Battleaxe tires, 3" stretch on the stock swingarm, Kosman offset drive w/Vortex sprockets

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Very nice! Bikes like yours inspire me and make me anxious to start on my 1980 GSX1100ET.
 
pic for winter project- seat and exhaust

pic for winter project- seat and exhaust

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Nice looking machine!
That's not the stock swingarm to an 80' 1100E, not sure what it is...
 
Looks good . I'm sure that is a big help handling wise for that big E :D.

Lots of ??? :rolleyes:

Can you measure the forks to see how long they are. (top of tube to center of axle). I know the 86-88 1100's are 30.25". Are yours 41mm?

Having any ground clearance issues?

What did you have to do to mount stock clocks and lights to forks? I see you went to clips ons. Got pics of the upper triple?

How did you do steering stops?

Intersted to see where you run those pipes? Outside of the shock mounts?

I just mounted my 3 spoker in the rear today :D
 
morpheus666 said:
Nice looking machine!
That's not the stock swingarm to an 80' 1100E, not sure what it is...
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looks like a std gsx arm to me.... the 1100ET's had the same box section arms as the katana's and EX's i think.... 750ET's had tube arm like the older GS's... (well, GS's in the UK - in the US you weren't allowed to use the X in GSX were ya ;) )

looks like a std arm with extentions welded in to me ;)
 
i think the V+H looks way better than the underseat pipes . they dont really fit with the overall muscle look that youve got going on ...if anything do the seat over to the 2-4 guilliari style and that whole setup totally looks like its gonna slam you in the mouth standing there


you know it makes sense :D
 
Stuffing those twin pipes under your rear end might call for a new rear tail, maybe off the yzf-r1? it does change the look of your bike and the square headlight would have to go;)
 
midnightcafe said:
Stuffing those twin pipes under your rear end might call for a new rear tail, maybe off the yzf-r1? it does change the look of your bike and the square headlight would have to go;)
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another classic bit of oldskool muscle ruined :-k
 
Good luck with what you're going for Jeff; don't let the cynics hold you back! :D I personally am interested to see how if it can be done and if so how it looks.
 
I doubt you have room to route your exhaust under the seat using the stock swingarm. There just isn't any room near the pivot. what might work however, is using a GSXR mono swingarm and keeping the dual rear shocks. There is an opening for the mono that would go unused and you could route the exhaust through that.

I thought about it when I built the 1100, but decided to keep the mono instead. Maybe one day I'll convert back to dual rear shocks and give it a try.

You'll need to custom fab an exhaust, but I think it's possible using a monoshock swingarm.

Then again, with 3" of extension maybe there is room. I personally like those braced swingarms though.
 
russr33 said:
Good luck with what you're going for Jeff; don't let the cynics hold you back! :D I personally am interested to see how if it can be done and if so how it looks.
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Routing the exhaust outside the frame rails is a bit of a bad idea. It gets really hot and you or your passxenge might get burned bad right along with any plastics. We're not even going to consider how to route around the rear shocks. That would be a nightmare.

You need to keep it routed through the swingarm and tucked under the seat between the frame rails. It's not just for asthetics.
 
reddirtrider said:
Routing the exhaust outside the frame rails is a bit of a bad idea. It gets really hot and you or your passxenge might get burned bad right along with any plastics. We're not even going to consider how to route around the rear shocks. That would be a nightmare.

You need to keep it routed through the swingarm and tucked under the seat between the frame rails. It's not just for asthetics.
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On that I totally agree Red. I meant just with the customization in general.
 
LOL hot subject matter here!

LOL hot subject matter here!

Excellent feedback by all, I appreciate comments in both directions on this one. I am not entirely convinced I want the exhaust moved yet. There is a little over an inch between the swingarm and the current passenger footpeg bracket. that is the only reasonable place i see routing it currently...Hot exhaust is an understatement! Fabrication is fun and really why I do many things but I dont really want to chop up the rear of this bike.

Again as earlier poster mentioned this bike will look just about right with a 2-4 guilliari style seat that would flow into the stock tail section.... none the less this is great brainstorming and I like the opinions. THANKS!
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underseat doesn't look so good imho.... short fat pipes that stop at the end of the hangars looks tough.... and as for losing the tail and headlight?... shoot then man who suggested it... lol ;)
 
sparki said:
underseat doesn't look so good imho.... short fat pipes that stop at the end of the hangars looks tough.... and as for losing the tail and headlight?... shoot then man who suggested it... lol ;)
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Lol, that was me-I wasn't quite in existence in the early 80s, too young to appreciate the style:p
 
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