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GS650 custom chop/bob whatever

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silverkrown

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So my bike is pretty much finished, at least for now. Just got doing the new paint and making the new seat. Been working on it for about a year and a half. This site has been an amazing resource during the course of building this thing.

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yaddy said:
Agreed, very nice work.
How do you operate the lights or are they on all the time? Ignition, kill switch?
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Over the winter I re-wired the bike and removed anything that wasn't necessary. No tach or speedo. I installed a new barrel ignition key switch which you can see in the pic under the seat. The kill switch, push button start and hi-low beam switch are all mounted in front of the gas tank, right by the neck.

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Tight! I dig the paint.
First time I've seen a sporty tank look good on a frame with the weird "W" backbone.
 
ho.... ly.... ****.

makes mine look like it came out of a swamp.
 
I love the custom details of the ignition key and electrics on the side, a really nice touch. If I have the energy for it with my own project I would like to steal your idea. It is that kind of simplicity that I am looking for :) Inspirational!!

Cheers
 
How does it run with those pod filters? Did you use a Dynojet kit or sort it through yourself?
 
Interesting bike. Just one question - how does the tach and speedo fall into the 'not important' category?

The words 'speeding ticket' come to mind.
 
If you need a speedo to worry about a ticket yur either riding like a squid or you don't have any experience.. The word "dumbass " comes to mind. I have NEVER gotten a speding ticket on a cycle A tach is simply another guage to watch, anybody who has rode a bike for very long can judge their engine speed without a tach regardless of the bike:clap:.. NICE BUILD!!!!! WTF is a TACH or SPEEDO !!!!!
 
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atb1998 said:
If you need a speedo to worry about a ticket yur either riding like a squid or you don't have any experience.. The word "dumbass " comes to mind. I have NEVER gotten a speding ticket on a cycle A tach is simply another guage to watch, anybody who has rode a bike for very long can judge their engine speed without a tach regardless of the bike:clap:.. NICE BUILD!!!!! WTF is a TACH or SPEEDO !!!!!
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Whatever!!! If you can gauge your speed at all times without a speedo you're a better man than I.

Who are you, Rainman?
 
Flaggo60 said:
How does it run with those pod filters? Did you use a Dynojet kit or sort it through yourself?
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It runs strong. I did use a Dynojet kit. It made it alot easier and kind of took the guess work out. Right now they are the emgo pods but I'm probably going to upgrade to the K&N pods.
 
Zooks said:
Interesting bike. Just one question - how does the tach and speedo fall into the 'not important' category?

The words 'speeding ticket' come to mind.
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I actually had a mini speedo and tach on the bike when I first got it running. I really didn't look at the speedo when I was riding so I decided to get rid of it. Usually I can judge how fast I am going when there is other cars around me. When it's an open road with no cars it is a little bit more difficult. I still have the tach and hook it up when I'm synching the carbs. I just don't leave it on when I'm riding.
 
Zooks said:
Whatever!!! If you can gauge your speed at all times without a speedo you're a better man than I.

Who are you, Rainman?
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Must be!! Because like i said. NEVER had a ticket on a bike with working speedo or not. Thirty years of riding and owned more than 25 bikes..No tickets
 
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Silver, digging your ride man. Clean and classy, like a good chop should
 
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