GS1100G Cafe Racer

[mindtrip]

You sir have given me much inspiration for my shafty! Thanks for the detailed pictorial and stuff! I'm not even half as organized as that, so hopefully my project will turn out ok.

Any ideas on gauge set up yet?

Is that an OEM side stand? I cant seem to find one anywhere.

killer build dude!

 

[Guest]

Mate, any progress? You've been quiet for quite some time...

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Crickets...

 

[oohsam]

Hey guys,
Yes I've been very quiet lately. Sorry bout that.
It's been very very busy for me the past month. I promised the mrs this year that I'd get her a pergola for the outdoor area. So I've been building that. I've also been trying to get my car on the road. 1978 ZH Fairlane. Which should be ready this weekend! woot! Pics to follow.
However, I have been working on the bike ever so slowly.

I got my 100 or so missing bolts, nuts, washers from america and I did all that fitting. Nothing exciting to report, just things that needed to be done.

I've been finishing up lose ends on the wiring, coz I did leave some things. Brakes, rear indicators, and the new R/R had to be modified.
Cleaned up and painted the dash mount and fitted the dash, and im about 99% done with the wiring just gotta add the head light and run those cables.

Im going to start the bike this week so I'll put a vid up when that gets done.
I'm back on the project 100% and hope to have it finished and ready for roadworthy in 2 weeks.

The Mount :

The Dash...

The modified R/R thanks to Duneage.

 

[7981GS]

The new wire loom looks nice.
You are going to mount it UNDER the frame rail like stock, right?

Daniel

 

[Guest]

Mate that's lookin' good! Nice bit of progress

Definitely want to see pic's of the Fairlane too of course!

Oh, and yes, what Daniel said, that harness has to go under the frame otherwise it's not gonna be happy with the tank...

 

[oohsam]

The new wire loom looks nice.
You are going to mount it UNDER the frame rail like stock, right?

Daniel

Yeah Ofcourse, its just thrown on at the moment so I can finish and test everything before I chuck it in some conduit.

Mate that's lookin' good! Nice bit of progress

Definitely want to see pic's of the Fairlane too of course!

Oh, and yes, what Daniel said, that harness has to go under the frame otherwise it's not gonna be happy with the tank...

haha Yeah i'll get pics when I get her back.

 

[md48377]

I can't wait to see the bike finished. I have spent the last 45 minutes or so reading from the first post to the last. That's lookin real nice.

 

[oohsam]

Thanks man.
It's gettin there...I have more progress to show but not just yet

 

[Flyboy]

Coming along very nicely, I really am liking that electronic cluster. :dancing:
What you mean, we gotta wait??????? Spoiler.

 

[oohsam]

Cheers!
Yeah i had to make sure it was neat and clean...was a PITA to be honest!!

 

[Guest]

So how long 'til you reckon she'll be done and on the road?

 

[oohsam]

Pete - I reckon another week, im at the annoying bit of the build where there is lots of little fiddly things that need to be finished off, but im knocking them off.

Worked on the bike till 2am last night, just didn't realise what the time was. I bought conduit to run the cable in from Supercheap. Glad I did actually. Looks very neat.

I forgot to wire up the front brake line....and I also forgot to run a cable for the headlight. SO I had to pull the harness out of the conduit and add 3 cables...fun!
I mounted the headlight, and indicators...

The brake line runs behind the light and sort of does an S bend, is that ok? or should the brake cable and the clutch cable both run infront of the headlight, never had a naked bike so Im unsure how it goes...pics anyone?

I bought a new switch, as I hated the stock factory one, looked ugly. I didnt realise that the old switch is setup to "always on" and the kill turns it "all off"....was playing with my multimeter for 30 mins scratching my head, as the new switch is "always off", and another cable activates the KILL. I had to pull it apart and resolder the switch to how I wanted it....got it going so all is good. Just spent alot of time on it! Took me 1 hour!
Looks nice.

Headlight mounted, and indicators. Tested all the switches and headlight and it works lovley. Very happy.
Now I just have to cable tie the conduit to my frame, and fit the rear end (rear fender, rear light and indicators) and then I will give it a turn over :O
I've been delaying the starting of the bike, My wife, friends and family always ask me when they see me "have you started it yet", to my same reply "No"...and then i get a funny look or a "Far out man, just start the damn thing". lol...bit of fear in there somewhere that i'll push the button and nothing will happen

Oh and as promised, I go the ZH back on saturday with a brand new 351 dropped in.
Runs and sounds beautiful, however, my feul consumption has gone through the roof. Its very very veyr very thirsty! :O
Running the engine in still so I have to take it easy, then after 1000kms i'll see how it runs....

 

[drivera84]

thats going to be one good looking bike! I like your work...


the ford is sweet!

 

[oohsam]

Cheers @drivera84.

 

[Leigh]

Looking good, mate.
I can't wait to see the whole thing together instead of just these teaser pics.

 

[oohsam]

hahaha Me too Leigh! lol

 

[Charlie G]

That's an interesting Ford you have there. We didn't get that one here.

cg

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Those 351-C's are darn good engines, should be a runner for sure! You Aussies got quite a few Fords we didn't here in the states... Even though we had Fairlanes they didn't look like that. They were their own model until about '68 when they were changed. Then, base model Torino's were called Failanes up to '70.

After that the name was dropped all together. Yours looks more like what we called an LTD here. I remember them because my Grandparent's had one.

 

[Motocrossx23]

They put your steering wheel on the wrong side! =p