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gs 1000 e restoration

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hello to all just wanted to post some pics of my 79 gs 1000 e i am restoring . i had some before pics but hard drive crash a lost most of them but still have a few bike sat for 10 yrs in a damp shed was a mess not one part on it was not rusted or corroded but the engine fired up after a little carb clean
 
will post a few more pics tommorrow in the last pic i still havnt got to the front wheel yet have the slotted discs from a 82 850 to put on when i redo the front wheel and yes the front turn signals are from an 850 they will work till i get the proper ones
 
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Love the stainless socket head screws! Looks really great!
 
more pics gs1000 e rebuild

more pics gs1000 e rebuild

i found some of my before pics and i have got a bit more done to bike since last post here are some more pics before and after.

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after
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after
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boy what a lot of elbow grease but well worth it i still have to have the fuel tank painted and i got the decals from reproduction decals i love the black with the blue and gold pinstriping. i also installed a pair of renthol streetfighter handlebars wich fit great also have the guages and iggy switch mounted..
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still have a lot of stuff to do the next two big things is refinish front wheel and put the wireing harness back in and hook everything back up .

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Please share what the process was to get the jugs looking like that..Did you paint them or what? Bead blasted then paint? Always lookin for more ideas and methods!! thanks.
 
Bike is looking fantastic. Looking forward to following the thread. Like Chuck said about the paint, as well as what you did/used on the frame. I can only imagine you have spent more than a couple of hours on the buffer or wet sanding.
 
AZR..on frames i use the rattle can VHT epoxy gloss black. Just lay it on even and its like the fcatory finish.You can spend a lot on poder coating if you choose. The thing i want to know is about the jugs. Theyn look 180 dgrees from he befores. I am thinking they were bead blasted and repainted. In any case i wanna know what he did to them.
 
Coming along great!
I too have a '79 GS1000E and it's an ongoing project. Never wanted to put the money and time in it to be a show bike, just wanted a good daily driver. Someday I'll put those polished stainless allens on mine (which I have), I don't want to risk a leaking gasket doing it now. I had my tank, tail piece, side covers and seat underpan painted, the guy that painted them for me even painted the pin striping on, no decals, no edges where the stripe is, he is good! You can see some pic's of it here in my photobucket, along with other bikes I and friends owned going back 40 years. I don't have close-up pic's of the trainwreck it was when I got it, but it looked alot like yours, my first thoughts were, "Where do I start?" Alot of elbow grease is right!, Still have my seat to recover. Your engine looks great! Kudo's to you!

http://photobucket.com/albums/l570/sredelen/
 
sedelen said:
Coming along great!
I too have a '79 GS1000E and it's an ongoing project. Never wanted to put the money and time in it to be a show bike, just wanted a good daily driver. Someday I'll put those polished stainless allens on mine (which I have), I don't want to risk a leaking gasket doing it now. I had my tank, tail piece, side covers and seat underpan painted, the guy that painted them for me even painted the pin striping on, no decals, no edges where the stripe is, he is good! You can see some pic's of it here in my photobucket, along with other bikes I and friends owned going back 40 years. I don't have close-up pic's of the trainwreck it was when I got it, but it looked alot like yours, my first thoughts were, "Where do I start?" Alot of elbow grease is right!, Still have my seat to recover. Your engine looks great! Kudo's to you!

http://photobucket.com/albums/l570/sredelen/
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Wow! great vintage bike photo's, thanks for sharing.
 
thanks for all the replies . Chuck as for the frame i used epoxy enamel then clearcoated it . the jugs i used an industrial paint remover and coated the jug and the head and let the remover work there was paint on mine and was tough to get off . once it was removed i used a product called aluminator http://www.orisonmarketing.com/corrosion/aluminator/aluminator.html

let that sit on there for about half hour where it etches the metal and makes it to where paint will bond . make sure you dont let it dry on there keep checking it and spray more on if necessary also used it on my carbs then cleaned it off with water let dry and painted it with hi temp VHT engine paint on the head and jug
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/VHT-SP127/?rtype=10

on the cases i used vht satin new cast aluminum
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/VHT-SP995/?rtype=10

then cleared it with vht engine clear coat
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/VHT-SP145/?rtype=10

the covers i just buffed the hell out of them started first with wetsanding them with 1500 grit then used various compounds on the buffer .
AZR you got it right i have been wetsanding and buffing for weeks :D

will have more pics in the coming weeks
steve
 
sedelen said:
Coming along great!
I too have a '79 GS1000E and it's an ongoing project. Never wanted to put the money and time in it to be a show bike, just wanted a good daily driver. Someday I'll put those polished stainless allens on mine (which I have), I don't want to risk a leaking gasket doing it now. I had my tank, tail piece, side covers and seat underpan painted, the guy that painted them for me even painted the pin striping on, no decals, no edges where the stripe is, he is good! You can see some pic's of it here in my photobucket, along with other bikes I and friends owned going back 40 years. I don't have close-up pic's of the trainwreck it was when I got it, but it looked alot like yours, my first thoughts were, "Where do I start?" Alot of elbow grease is right!, Still have my seat to recover. Your engine looks great! Kudo's to you!

http://photobucket.com/albums/l570/sredelen/
Click to expand...

awesome pics and your bike looks great
 
i just ordered my avon tires 130/90-17 for the rear and a 100/90-19 for the front :D. i also mounted the oldschool kerker header i got from a friend who has had it since the 80s when he bought it still in excellent shape chrome is still real nice pipe wasnt used much looks great on the bike. have some pics i will try to get up tonight

i also have the dynojet kit coming i ordered from z1 enterprises for the carbs i have read on here that these kits are pretty much plug and play when using pods and header . i will post pics of carbs while doing them and also i have took some pics of the front wheel i am working on now . man i am getting ansi cant wait to get bike done and ride it :)
 
Chandler..I got all the ingredients for your recipe..I plan on starting the tear down next week..If everything goes to plan, i am hoping to have everything stripped and repainted and then reassembled.. May have to wait for the body work and tank to get back from paint though..Gonna try to have it all done by time that happens though. So hows your project coming along?
 
hello chuck you should be happy with results i know mine turned out well and 1980 GS your bike is beautiful .
well i have finished the front wheel today here is a pic of it before i started on it some of the pics are crummy because of the sun.





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this is after i painted it took quite a while to tape off the wheel


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here it is a few hours later after buffing polishing installing slotted rotors and mounting new AVON tire will put up some pics of it when i mount it tommorrow after work


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Nice work, that bike is going to be super sweet.
Watching with interest.
 
here are a few more pics of the front wheel mounted . now she is a roller and i can move it around . i still have the brakes and wiring left to do also i am going to paint the fuel tank last ,

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i really like how the slotted rotors look



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still have a lot to do but it is coming together now . wish i didnt have the computer crash because i lost all the pics of engine work and chassis work but have lots of pics now next thing to tackle is the brakes i am putting on stainless brake lines . i found a link on here to an ebay store sells the complete brake kit for 78 bucks with the banjo bolts included


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