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Newb Project!: gs1100gk....

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As another GK owner, you're going to love the bike. But, I cannot wait to see what you do for paint. ANYTHING would be an improvement!
 
thanks larry. the couple of test rides i've been on, it shows me what it will be, has some issues though. hopefully i'll get them sorted soon and finally have some power to put down.
 
picked up some woodcraft gsxr1000 clip ons with switches, dyna s showed up yesterday, changed up the headlight mount a bit and dropped the stock gauges down a few inches. just need to finish up making bushings/spacers for the clipons and i'll get some picks....
 
I usually love 'different' paint jobs.




but


LOLOL... glad you RESCUED IT
 
trying to picture this on my head and figured i'd get opinions. was looking through hot rod pics, cafe pics, etc for inspiration.....what i have figured out for now is frame suspension and motor will be gloss black. tank, rear cowling, belly pan, front fender, and small front cowling(think buell) will be matte army green. I thought I had decided to do the wheels gloss black as well until I was reminded of the bright red wheels on many restomod hotrods. so what do y'all think? bright red? or gloss black. also if i do bright red there will have to be a red accent somewhere on the motor to bring it together.
 
i would say matt green with black, but i would say matt or satin black rather than gloss.
i dont think red wheels would look good.

but then i am not really good with colour coordinating, that is why my bike is white and black!
 
that's the best looking GK ever! much nicer than flat black rattlecan. great find! and good luck!
 
btw agemax, your bike is gorgeous, that's where i realized i should do a belly pan. we'll see, i have much time to decide, and even if i change my mind the wheels are easy enough to pull off and repaint. full strip down an paint won't come until this winter, if i can ever get it running worth a crap i'd like to ride the guts out of it by then so i won't be doing too intensive of work on it.
 
You realize there is a federal tax credit of 83% if you use a GL model for a cafe conversion, right?

:D

Just kidding, I'm sure what you are doing will be an improvement over how it arrived.
 
lol yeah, not many to come by locally though. that or people want too much for them. honestly i wanted a bike i could ride right away. this one has proven to be more initial work than expected but should be on the road in a couple weeks hopefully.
 
I bought my GK last May & figured it would be on the road in July. Reality is that I will register it this June. It was more work than I expected. However, now after doing all the previously neglected maintenance & fixing the PO's botched work. I am much happier with the result.
I didn't like the crap brown that the bike was also. So, when I finally got a good used tank, I had the trim removed. Had it & the side covers sprayed a darker, deeper brown ( never would have guess that one in the beginning). That changed the looks of the bike tremendously. Next, I want to find a painted "G" fender & get rid of the touring "GK" one. Also, threw away the shield over the instruments. That looked rediculous!
So, do keep us posted on your "renovations"!
 
don't tell me that lol, i'm still banking on my naivety to keep me motivated :D
 
Guess i should post a little update. coils FINALLY showed up today, who would have thought UPS would not only have to make a shipment go through 5 distribution centers in kansas alone, but resort to having USPS do the actual delivery.....anyway, this weekend I get to go pick up a new battery, speedo cable, valve cover gasket, spark plugs, and maybe a few more things.....
 
minor update...haven't had as much time as i'd like lately but finally had an hour or so to get a couple things done today. Got the right side switches wired up and throttle cable ran, need to build a small adapter for the bracket at the carb end of the cable in order to accept the gsxr 1000 cable.

Also pulled off the airbox and boy is it purdy in there, most likely won't worry about replacing the filter, just go with pods and jetting.

Looks like the carb to engine boots have been replaced, all pretty soft. Also missing a couple of cap screws on the carbs...the more I dig into this bike the more I feel like the kid I bought it from needs a decent father figure, either to slap him or to teach him to take pride in his work.

And here's a lovely pic of the air filter...
 
Ooof Staring at that paint for too long almost gave me a seizure...

LOL I've considered a GS1100GK but I log enough miles on my FZ1 to make it illogical get another bike made for big miles...

As for pictures. I just use my Facebook and link them over that way. FYI

Umm looks like a mouse got at that filter... Time to buy some pods! LOL .. now watch the bullets fly.

Welcome aboard!
 
got a few little things done. pickd up a speedo cable, got turn signals mounted, and got bored today and didn't have much time so all I ended up doing was dropping the front end, took it down and inch and a half, made a HUGE difference. sorry didn't have time for picks. I'll get some when i get
the headlight back on, but the rest of my weekend belongs to the other love of my life.....
 
it was bound to happen, finally broke something. while thumping on it with a rubber mallet(lowering the front end) i smacked the ignition switch a couple of times. now I get no juice when I turn the key. unless there are obvious, easy fixes I think I will just do a hidden on/off switch and keep the ignition switch as a dummy/steering lock. thoughts?
 
You probably just separated the contacts by hitting it. You can take the switch apart and see if anything is broken with the contacts. If so there are aftermarket switches available.
 
good to know, I have no idea how to pull it apart lol, guess i'll fiddle with it.
 
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