• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

GS450 Mega Build

  • Thread starter Thread starter scottychop
  • Start date Start date
Thanks Charlie,

Believe it or not, I got it on ebay. The guy was trying to sell it here locally on CL for awhile asking $1300 with no takers. I got it for a little more than half that! Normally I wouldn't have taken such a risk but it seems to have turned out ok. It also happens that the main contributor on the twins forum lives like two miles from me and has a ton of parts. No project for this one though, just going to enjoy my time riding.
 
I remember I saw a silver one on CL for weeks! I wonder if that was the one I saw? Very nice find!

So what ever happened to the guy that bought your GS450? I sure hope he joins the GSR.
 
He's coming over to do a re-jet this weekend. I still have the bike in my garage for a few days.... (FC you need to come check it out!)

And yes this is the same guy that was on CL.
 
scottychop said:
He's coming over to do a re-jet this weekend. I still have the bike in my garage for a few days.... (FC you need to come check it out!)

And yes this is the same guy that was on CL.
Click to expand...
Yeah, this will probably be my last chance to see it in person. But guess what? The bike isn't running, the car is in the shop, and there's no way my parents would let me borrow the car :(. Oh well. I have no school until Monday too.
 
Welcome our newest GSR member! Jesse Aaron was born on this weekend. Wish I was awake enough to celebrate with you all!

DSC_7128.jpg
 
Congratulations! He looks alittle P.O.'ed. Did you tell him your selling the 450?

cg
 
Congrats to you and your significant other Scott :)

Have you got him a helmet and jacket yet?
 
Got the carbs all synced up. 127.5 mains and 20 pilots, two washers. About 1.5 turns out on the air screw. I know sounds strange seeing as the book says the screws are set at 2 turns at the factory. We drilled the plugs and found that they were set at .5 turn out on both carbs!

Here he is riding home. Hope the air held in that rear tire!

P1020101s.jpg


P1020102s.jpg
 
What a nice piece of work!
If darth vader were a motorcycle it would be this.

The engine cases would look great in black wrinkle coat.
 
**** my car :( Wish I was there... The bike's looking real good. Hopefully the new owner does something about that tail light.
 
Yah, the taillight is an eyesore. He has some ideas though. Turns out the bike made it home ok, but there was a battery charging issue? Not sure what happened there as I never had a problem. Uh-oh....... You guys better buck up and help him out!
 
scottychop said:
Yah, the taillight is an eyesore. He has some ideas though. Turns out the bike made it home ok, but there was a battery charging issue? Not sure what happened there as I never had a problem. Uh-oh....... You guys better buck up and help him out!
Click to expand...
I'm not sure where to put the tail light with the exhaust in the way. I guess you could either mold a tail light into the ducktail or a side mount.

But yeah, good to hear he got home safely! As for the charging issue... We can't help unless he joins the GSR!
 
Looking forward to welcoming him to the fold, he's sure to get the charging issue sorted here in no time.

Scott, you did a spectacular job on that, looks brilliant.
 
That is kick ass. I wanted to build my 750 similarly but gotta have some pillion ability.
 
Thanks guys! I learned a ton on this build, and hope to apply it to a future cafe more along the lines of FC. I'm satisfied just riding for now.....

Did I mention the 500 has an intake leak, oil leak (x3) and needs a bit of work on the suspension.......old bikes rule!
 
Yes it is a great build you did there. As far as the work needed on your new one, thats what we get with used bikes. It all good.

cg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top