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oshanac
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Tkent02....You are the man!!!!!! I love that sight and it give me some great ideas for my 750!
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groundshock
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Updates? Pics!
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ggreenfield
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Finally got the rear of the frame welded up.
The forward protruding tab is for the stock mounting bolt on the tail piece.
The round tubing came from an old go-kart frame and so no tubing bender was required. I simply cut both rear corners from the frame. Well technically a friend did.
Thanks Justin for the excellent welding!
The forward protruding tab is for the stock mounting bolt on the tail piece.
The round tubing came from an old go-kart frame and so no tubing bender was required. I simply cut both rear corners from the frame. Well technically a friend did.
Thanks Justin for the excellent welding!
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ggreenfield
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Made some LED signals for the rear. It was actually quite simple.
Parts list:
2 ea 100 Ohm resistor 1/10 W
9 ea. red LED's.
Looks like so:
Here is my meager attempt at a schematic. It's actually how I laid it out too.
I found that I could not drive more than 5 LED's or they were just too dim. I'll be mounting them later tonite. Bought an electronic flasher at Checker for $10 and voila rear LED signals.
Just took some video with my still camera so the quality is so-so. You can dl a 10M file here:
Turn_Signal_2.avi
It's an .avi so you should be able to view it in any media player capable of video. It certainly plays on Linux & Windows.
Parts list:
2 ea 100 Ohm resistor 1/10 W
9 ea. red LED's.
Looks like so:
Here is my meager attempt at a schematic. It's actually how I laid it out too.
I found that I could not drive more than 5 LED's or they were just too dim. I'll be mounting them later tonite. Bought an electronic flasher at Checker for $10 and voila rear LED signals.
Just took some video with my still camera so the quality is so-so. You can dl a 10M file here:
Turn_Signal_2.avi
It's an .avi so you should be able to view it in any media player capable of video. It certainly plays on Linux & Windows.
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StrtLegal
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I finally got my tank polished up a little and clear coated (pics soon). I worked out a shorter tail section where I dont need to cut the frame or move the seat lock around, and be able to change it back to stock if need be. (tutorial to come). Last thing to get worked out is the rear-sets which I have to finagle a bit more in order to get them to fit correctly while still retaining passenger pegs. Many, many pics to follow within the week, depending on how long it takes to paint the tail section.
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8-[ ok... :-D
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ggreenfield
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Made a 1 piece rear fender to replace the original 2 piece.
Need to find a piece of rubber to put at the front of the fender near the bottom against the swingarm and protect the battery compartment. *Maybe* this week I can get the seat made. It was delayed until I could get the new rear inner fender in place since the old one was not quite right and the tail wasn't exactly in its final position.
Coming soon - the Acewell gauge and a new bezel for the gear position indicators.
Need to find a piece of rubber to put at the front of the fender near the bottom against the swingarm and protect the battery compartment. *Maybe* this week I can get the seat made. It was delayed until I could get the new rear inner fender in place since the old one was not quite right and the tail wasn't exactly in its final position.
Coming soon - the Acewell gauge and a new bezel for the gear position indicators.
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StrtLegal
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The Promised pics
The Promised pics
Right side
The Promised pics
Right side
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StrtLegal
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Opinions welcomed....
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Colin Green
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Sweet looking ride. Congrats on a tasteful build
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Craiger
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Agreed! Great looking machine, StrtLegal.
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n1elkyfan
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Did you just clear over the raw steel.
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Zooks
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Nice bike StrtLegal. It must go fast, the rear licence plate has melted.
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StrtLegal
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Yes I did... thanks for the compliments guys!
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Bad Kaw
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StrtLegal,
VERY cool.
Ggreenfield: got any recent pics...I'm diggin' your work. Any thoughts of suspension mods after the seat conversion?
VERY cool.
Ggreenfield: got any recent pics...I'm diggin' your work. Any thoughts of suspension mods after the seat conversion?
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ggreenfield
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Well it's been a busy time here lately but I did finally manage to get the seat pan made.
More photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/glenn.greenfield/1981SuzukiGS750E
Building the pan wasn't too terribly difficult once we decided how to go about it. It's actually made from 3 pieces of aluminum. If I had it to do over I'd do it out of one single piece.
Still undecided if I'll cover the seat and the forward tail section (I guess that's what it's called) entirely or paint the complete tail in one color. The aluminum isn't too far away from paint. Either way I think some door-guard around the edge would be a good way to sort of seal it up (at least a little more than it is). Or perhaps I could fit a gasket inside the joint.
The backrest will be curved and I'm trying to visualize a mold for the seat. That lump of vinyl over foam is still the same temporary seat i've been riding on all year.
It's pretty comfortable to ride and nice to have something to hold my heavy backpack which just sits on the tail and rests most of its weight there.
The latch works quite well and really snugs the seat pan up tight.
More photos of the seat pan off the bike to follow.
Justin - thanks for all the welding!
More photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/glenn.greenfield/1981SuzukiGS750E
Building the pan wasn't too terribly difficult once we decided how to go about it. It's actually made from 3 pieces of aluminum. If I had it to do over I'd do it out of one single piece.
Still undecided if I'll cover the seat and the forward tail section (I guess that's what it's called) entirely or paint the complete tail in one color. The aluminum isn't too far away from paint. Either way I think some door-guard around the edge would be a good way to sort of seal it up (at least a little more than it is). Or perhaps I could fit a gasket inside the joint.
The backrest will be curved and I'm trying to visualize a mold for the seat. That lump of vinyl over foam is still the same temporary seat i've been riding on all year.
It's pretty comfortable to ride and nice to have something to hold my heavy backpack which just sits on the tail and rests most of its weight there.
The latch works quite well and really snugs the seat pan up tight.
More photos of the seat pan off the bike to follow.
Justin - thanks for all the welding!
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lostsoul74
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heres how mine came out, got the bike for 350, stock with a few mods last winter off craigslist, spent another 300 on ebay parts and paint, and heres the final. Not bad for a total cost of 650.
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NetBSD
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heres how mine came out, got the bike for 350, stock with a few mods last winter off craigslist, spent another 300 on ebay parts and paint, and heres the final. Not bad for a total cost of 650.
i like it, it has an onion ass
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Flaggo60
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Some bar-end mirrors would really finish it off nicely.heres how mine came out, got the bike for 350, stock with a few mods last winter off craigslist, spent another 300 on ebay parts and paint, and heres the final. Not bad for a total cost of 650.
Cheers
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ggreenfield
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heres how mine came out, got the bike for 350, stock with a few mods last winter off craigslist, spent another 300 on ebay parts and paint, and heres the final. Not bad for a total cost of 650.
That blue is absolutely stunning! What color is it and where did you get it? How exactly did you do the stripes? Nice looking bike.
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