1983 GS750E ideas?

[83GSE]

I have a GS750E that my dad bought brand new in 86, he is the original owner. It sat from 2002 until last summer when we rebuilt the carbs and had them synced up. We noticed one of the pistons not firing, shut the bike off, and noticed oil in the crankcase with the oil. I haven't had time to work on it until now, but I believe I have the problem figured out. But when i get it going we have a few ideas for it.

We want to keep it fairly original but strip some of the unnecessary pieces off. i.e. -Front head light (swap to a round head light, possibly GS1100e light?)
-Small round tach and speedo
-4-1 exhaust with a small muffler dumped underneath the frame
-Possibly removing the front fender or making it smaller
-lowering the handlebars, like more drag bar style.
-smaller blinkers
If anyone has any suggestions, questions, or ideas concerning this type of stuff, I'd be more than happy to to hear them and check it out!

Thanks

 

[tkent02]

I have a GS750E that my dad bought brand new in 86, he is the original owner. It sat from 2002 until last summer when we rebuilt the carbs and had them synced up. We noticed one of the pistons not firing, shut the bike off, and noticed oil in the crankcase with the oil. I haven't had time to work on it until now, but I believe I have the problem figured out. But when i get it going we have a few ideas for it.

We want to keep it fairly original but strip some of the unnecessary pieces off. i.e. -Front head light (swap to a round head light, possibly GS1100e light?)
-Small round tach and speedo
-4-1 exhaust with a small muffler dumped underneath the frame
-Possibly removing the front fender or making it smaller
-lowering the handlebars, like more drag bar style.
-smaller blinkers
If anyone has any suggestions, questions, or ideas concerning this type of stuff, I'd be more than happy to to hear them and check it out!

Thanks

Get an L model to do that stuff to.
The L feel no pain.

 

[Crazy_Russian]

whats wrong with the "L"?

got any pix of the current state of the bike?

 

[spyug]

Yup it would be helpful to see the present look of the bike. If its decent stock shape then it may be best to let it be but show us first please.

Cheers,
Spyug

 

[83GSE]

Ya, I'll be tinkerin with it tomorrow and I'll get some pictures on here. It's in great condition really for being nearly 30 years old. I wanna leave it somewhat original to keep that overall "essence" of it but I know I wanna change the headlight and handlebars atleast.

 

[Guest]

Get an L model to do that stuff to.
The L feel no pain.

It will soon :twistedevil:

Is this the look your going for ? I'm getting kind of a street fighter vibe from your description.

got this here: http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/Custom/suzuki-streetfighters.php

 

[Bill Schollmeyer holland]

Hi. I just picked up the same bike and have the same questions. Did you even do the handle bar, guage, and headlight mods? Thanks

 

[GateKeeper]

Hi. I just picked up the same bike and have the same questions. Did you even do the handle bar, guage, and headlight mods? Thanks

mine was left stock, except the paint, and seat cover

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?184389-1983_GS750E-Rebuild

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[Joe Guilbeau]

Saw this the other day. Looks to be a '79 XR750 perhaps

 

[Guest]

 

[GS1150Pilot]

This is how to treat an es, not chopping it up, removing fenders, etc.

 

[Mista M]

Bill, you can grab some stock headlight ears and run a round light if you want the stock look. Or buy some headlight brackets from any number of ebay stores. Depends on what you are going for. I'm going the latter route to compensate for the upgraded front end Im running.
Grab a triple tree off an older model gs1000. The diameters of the forks are the same, and they have bar risers.

 

[mikerophone]

This is how to treat an es, not chopping it up, removing fenders, etc.

+1! I'll have to look into his threads. Curious what front and rear end he's got on there... Looks good

 

[Guest]

Mix of gsxr, rf900 and 1200 bandit parts. Some aftermarket too.

 

[Guest]

 

[Bill Schollmeyer holland]

That's exactly the look. What the tank from ?

 

[Bill Schollmeyer holland]

Great idea on the triple tree..thanks.

 

[Nessism]

That's exactly the look. What the tank from ?

Um, it's stock.

 

[Jopshua]

Bill, you can grab some stock headlight ears and run a round light if you want the stock look. Or buy some headlight brackets from any number of ebay stores. Depends on what you are going for. I'm going the latter route to compensate for the upgraded front end Im running.
Grab a triple tree off an older model gs1000. The diameters of the forks are the same, and they have bar risers.

I know I'm reviving a dead thread, but I found it in a search about a week ago and failed my mission by half-assedly following this advice. I only bought the upper portion of the tree (the ad claimed it to be a 79 if that's relevant) and after it arrived, found the fork spacing was a centimeter more narrow (18.5 vs 19.5) than stock on an 83 750ES. Does anyone know if buying a complete tree would change the upper fork width safely? Did I buy too early or late a year of 1000 triple tree? I'd hate to buy a whole one find out the hard way that it puts the forks in a bind because of the lower part being wider than the top, but I already have bars on the way, so I'm anxious to find a solution pretty quickly.

If nothing else, this post can be a caveat to anyone else thinking they can get away doing this cheaper by only getting the upper part of the tree.