81 550 its comin along. what do yall think

[cody3935]

so ive been steady workin on my gs and i thought id put it up here in its current form and see what yall think.
it looked like this til about a week ago

then i was walking through the garage with an angle grinder and tripped

oops :twistedevil:

so i patched it back up,made a seat and decided to run a jockey shifter with a hand clutch

put some springs in so it doesnt ghost shift when i hit bumps

all buttoned up

but my tank was too long and was poking me in the stomach so i did what anyone with half a brain would do and

hit it with a ball peen hammer
well that didnt work either so i cut my fuel gage out tagged it and scrapped it

lemme know what yall think

 

[cal_look_zero]

 

[cody3935]

because racecar

 

[cal_look_zero]

because racecar

Valid argument. Carry on.

 

[cowboyup3371]

You don't want my honest opinion.

 

[cody3935]

I want everyones opinions that's why I posted it on here this is an open thread tell me what y'all think but I just want y'all to remember I built this for me idgaf about how it looks this is my bike and I built it for me to be a fun horse to ride I want you guys to look at it with an open mind and to tell me your opinion

 

[7981GS]

Why did you waste any time on it?
Wouldn't it have saved time/effort to just throw it in a dumpster?
Same outcome.

Daniel

 

[cowboyup3371]

Although I don't understand how you can say you don't give a crap what we say but still want our opinions? Normally, that means you are interested in hearing what we think in order to maybe adjust your approach. But I'm not one to lie so here goes.

Honestly Cody, that's going to be one helluva hard ride that I wouldn't want to do any kind of miles on. You don't have your location in your profile so I have no clue where you live but to me, that shifter looks like you will find yourself in a wreck faster than you can blink an eye; especially if you miss a shift or wrench on it just the wrong way. Although the tank had a crappy color and needed repainting, it had a decent size to it so unless you put roughly the same back on your gas mileage will suck like crazy. I assume this bike is for running the mile or two to a bar and back home?

Either way, good luck with the build. Hope it works for you.

 

[cody3935]

what only 2 people have an opinion about this?

 

[tkent02]

I'm not sure about the gas tank, it seems like the gas might fall out those square holes.

But if you cut a little more metal away and you will have a nice engine stand.

Perhaps you should have practiced your "craft" on that silly Harley first.

 

[Steve]

what only 2 people have an opinion about this?

No, I have an opinion, too, but am civil enough to keep it to myself, in spite of being invited to do otherwise.

I was just thinking of the awkwardness of reaching under your butt at every stop to handle the clutch and shifting chores.
Too many times (virtually ALL the time), stopping is something that I prefer to do with BOTH hands on the bars.

Stopping on an uphill and trying to take off would be worth the price of the ticket to watch the show, though.

.

 

[cody3935]

new tank

 

[Nessism]

I thank you for keeping at least some mufflers on it.

 

[cody3935]

yea man im not a total jackass those are cherrybombs btw though it actually sounds really good, try it sometime

 

[Go Mifune]

much better with that new tank. How about running some shocks.

 

[cody3935]

thanks man but my struts are welded on,i love the feel of a hardtail when im riding cuz you can actually get a feel for the road and peoples faces are priceless when you tell/show them how you came in,aginst the thought of just about everyone on here i really wanna build an actual hardtail for it and ditch the struts

 

[cody3935]

can anyone tell me the speedo ratio for my stock speedo ex. 60mph@xxxxprm?

 

[twotimeGSr]

Well ... that's just very cool. I have to say I hope to see the end result. In my other life I am a reverse-glass paintings artist (I make paintings on glass.. backwards) and I love the results of creativity. This will stand out. Kudos. Clutch on the side? ...Well, I would not do it, but I've gotten a bit more reserved with age. The good news is that if you decide you don't like it you have the skills to change it... way beyond my capabilities. Have fun with it.

best wishes!

 

[cody3935]

thanks bro but i think the day its done will be the day i sell if im always tryin to change it up ya feel me if it was done i would have nothing to do ha

 

[Tim Tom]

you should paint a giant eyeball in that tank. that would be sweeet