Back together - mostly (photos)

[QuaiChangKane]

I'm thinkin' future BOTM!!!!!

Just gotta wire the signals and give her a bath....

-Q!

 

[first timer]

nice looking bike


-ryan

 

[moto_dan]

Loooooking Gooood !

 

[MikeW665]

Very Cool Color ! ! ! !

 

[mdole]

Very nice bike.

 

[jtcrespo]

ME LIKEY!!!

 

[QuaiChangKane]

Thanks, guys!


It really needs to be detailed - I didn't notice how filthy it was until I put the newly painted plastics back on...

The paint was more effort than it was worth, but I'm very satisfied with it. I was going to polish the fork legs, but I've got a line on some NOS units, factory gloss black. I've also got a donor motor I'm swapping in, so I can rebuild and repaint the original. I'm torn between gloss black or bead-blasted with polished cases for the engine. Time will tell.....


-Q!

 

[Anonymous]

I've also got a donor motor I'm swapping in, so I can rebuild and repaint the original. I'm torn between gloss black or bead-blasted with polished cases for the engine. Time will tell.....

That's easy - bead blasted block and polished cases. There are lots of black motors around, but the bare aluminum look is not that common.

Mark

 

[Hoomgar]

Dood, that is sweeeeeeet! It is awesome in every corner. That is totally my kind of bike. I can't find a thing on it I would change.

My two cents. On a bike like that with the layout and color is has the engine needs to be black.

I don't know if you plan to or not but if it was mine I would also reapply new emblems.

Super sweet man. Kudos!!!

Best GS I have seen in a while.
I mean that.

 

[Anonymous]

SAH-WEET!!! Well done!
As for the engine,I'll side with Hoomgar and say keep it black-the bright aluminum would clash with that cherry paint job!

 

[wrench]

Very nice job Q

 

[DMPLATT]

Very nice indeed.
You've got 1 vote for BOM. :wink:

I'd also keep the engine black. As Earl once told me, the black'll grow on ya.
And it has.

:lol:

 

[AOD]

I like the exhaust. What size is the Supertrap inlet ID/OD? I want to cut my megaphone off...

 

[Jethro]

Very nice indeed! Love the lowers and the shorty signals. Nice attention to detail there.

 

[pano]

Looks good!

How do you like that Supertrapp exhaust? Has it got the tunable discs? If it does have you fiddled with it? How does it perform and sound? Thanks

 

[MichaelHoward]

Looking Good Man!! 8) :wink:

 

[Eliseo Monteverde]

Very, very ,very NICE !!!! :lol:

 

[isaac]

Nice work putting it back to nice stock condition. I bet it's fun to ride. You wouldn't be planning on modding that up would you?

 

[QuaiChangKane]

Nice work putting it back to nice stock condition. I bet it's fun to ride. You wouldn't be planning on modding that up would you?

Mods - like a custom smashed tail light???? :lol: :lol: :lol:


Actually, it is modded. It's really an "E", not an "ES".

Besides the reshaped seat, the Supertrapp system, the Telefix clip-ons, and the '90's Katana controls, I've got a shaved tail with flushmounts that I'm fabbing a new tail light bracket for (already painted to match, of course). I've also got a full Kerker system which is in better shape than the 'Trapp.

I've been toying (like every other GS owner) with the idea of a fork and swingarm swap, but it's still too expensive for my taste. I'd like to get a Fournales shock, but again - too expensive. I'm hoping to find a trashed late-model Katana for the wheels, forks, and calipers (if the price is right...).


Otherwise, I dunno. I've got a complete parts bike, so the sky's the limit with engine work - I can still ride while I'm building. 850 kit? 36mm RS's? After awhile, it's just too costly....


Probably keep it close to stock - I'm losing second gear, so I'll swap engines and rebuild the original trans, and maybe the top end after a compression test. I want to cut the signal mounts off of the fairing stay and go with some small flush-mounts up front, along with fairing mounted mirrors. SS brake and cooler lines with anodized fittings, and clean/detail every painted bit on the bike... This ought to keep me busy for a long, long time.

Performance mods? Other than making sure she's reliable, stable handling, and stops - the money's better spent on a newer 600. They weigh less, handle better, make more power, and actually have parts available for them....


I mean - don't get me wrong. I'd like to see a hundred ponies, modern rubber, working suspension and solid brakes on this thing. But I'm torn between wrenching time and riding time, so I think I'm going to stay in the saddle for awhile now that she's back together, and try to keep my paycheck out of Dennis Kirk's pocket.....


:wink:
-Q!

 

[DMPLATT]

I mean - don't get me wrong. I'd like to see a hundred ponies, modern rubber, working suspension and solid brakes on this thing. But I'm torn between wrenching time and riding time, so I think I'm going to stay in the saddle for awhile now that she's back together, and try to keep my paycheck out of Dennis Kirk's pocket.....

Same here. I've got lots of things to do, paint-valve seals-strip down and paint frame etc...
Too costly and lots of riding time lost. I ride daily. Wife let me buy this bike to save on gas. Got it cheap, got it running well and finally looking decent, it's time to ride the wheels off it. 8)