Extreme Makeover- Bike Edition

[Shoota]

Hi all, My beautiful girlfriend and i have started restoring my 1980 GS1000. So far we are still in deconstruction mode. Probably one more afternoon of pulling stuff apart. We have logged about 10 hours work so far. The motor runs nicely so we will only clean it up and replace gaskets and bolts etc for now. When it needs a rebuild we will cross that bridge. I guess you all know the bikes so i will let the pics tell the story so far. Any feedback is welcome.

 

[Leigh]

Is that an O'Brien exhaust?

I have one like it on my 750 and I can't find any information about them.


EDIT: Scratch that. I just found out the history.

Cheers

 

[steve murdoch]

Good luck with the rebuild, Shoota.
Are you going with stock paint and decals? Even if you aren't do you have any info on the stock paint of an '80 from your country.?

 

[crazy canuck]

Nice looking ride Shoota. Always great to see these bikes restored. In the process of doing one myself. Take your time and don't rush dude. It'll be a great pastime over the winter...Nick

 

[Billy Ricks]

Nice looking ride Shoota. Always great to see these bikes restored. In the process of doing one myself. Take your time and don't rush dude. It'll be a great pastime over the winter...Nick

It'll be spring down under next week.

 

[Leigh]

It'll be a great pastime over the winter...Nick

There is no Winter in Perth..
It's just hot.

 

[Shoota]

I probably wont be going with a factory colour. But it will be classy. I have a colour in my head and the only way i can describe it is it is a dirty silver. I know very little about the exhaust. And i dont know a lot about these bikes either except that they are nice to ride. Here is one my father and i prepared earlier. Unfortunately we sold it and when my ex wife and i sold our Hyosung Limited editions i needed a bike. So i bought the gs im working on.

 

[Shoota]

and it turned out like this.

 

[Shoota]

Anyway back to my current bike. Why cant we put more than one pic up at a time?

 

[Shoota]

Labelling every nut, bolt and washer.

 

[Shoota]

Im the bitch holding the torch.

 

[Shoota]

She will tell you she has done all the work.

 

[Shoota]

Getting lighter

 

[Shoota]

and then..........

 

[Shoota]

I hope there is an easier way to upload multiple photos.

 

[Shoota]

This is the easy part. Not looking forward to squeezing the motor back in once the frame is powder coated.

 

[Shoota]

Lots of polishing ahead.

 

[Billy Ricks]

To post more than one picture store them somewhere like Photobucket or Imageshack. With Photobucket you choose the picture you want to display. The click on the Direct Link. It will automatically copy the image location. Then if you look above the reply box you'll see an icon of a mountain. Click on that then copy the location into that box. The image should appear. You can do multiple full size images instead of thumbnails that way.

 

[Shoota]

Not afraid to get dirty. I think she is enjoying it more than i am.

 

[Billy Ricks]

This is the easy part. Not looking forward to squeezing the motor back in once the frame is powder coated.

Lay the engine on its side on a blanket then lay the frame over it. You'll have to have a bike lift or block the frame up for the chassis assembly.