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82 GS1100E rebuild

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I personally love the duck bill on the cowl. Just my $0.02.
 
What did you have the frame painted with? curious what a shop would use that will stand up. Nice build, looking forward to the rest.
I stripped the frame with aircraft stripper, our body shop painted the frame with automitive paint, the same that would be on your car. I looked at getting it powder coated but the paint job fit my budget better. I've had a few frames painted like this and they hold up great.
 
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I personally love the duck bill on the cowl. Just my $0.02.
It's growing on my also, I wasn't sure about the color at first either but now i really love the look of the bike, and the duck bill does flow nicely with the body line. Time for tires next, the old Dunlops are bald and cracked, then get the seat cut down and recovered. All as the budget allows.
 
Where did you learn this from? I've never heard of it before?

Search for block-off plates. The anti-dives modulate the fluid that flow through these ports in the forks. If you just block them off then the forks will get very stiff.
If you do cartridge emulators it does not matter becuase you drill the damping rods and so the oil flows around and through these holes(in damping rods) and the anti dive becomes inoperative.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?134634-Anti-dive-block-off-plate
 
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