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Project:Old Yeller on the road

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A brief recap

A brief recap

Here is a brief recap for those who don't want to go through 42 pages:D
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The local bike salvage had 4 GS750's for sale.1 85EF and 3 83's,an E and 2ES.$800 for all 4.
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The 85 had papers and the 83's didn't so the older ones became parts for me and others.
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They where bought as non runners so imagine my surprise when I popped the tank of and this happened,Bad petcock:rolleyes:
 
Cont.

Cont.

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Took a 4>1 off one bike and the Supertrapp mid and can off another and it all played nice.
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Put the best 83 forks with new seals on the front.Switched the 85 PDF units mostly for looks
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Did lots of other stuff to get her ready to.It's all in the other thread.But she was ready to ride for what was left of the summer!
 
Cont.

Cont.

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In the fall she was stripped down to under go her transformation.
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The frame and everything else I could was painted
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or polished:eek:
 
Cont.

Cont.

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Then I put it all back together.
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Was I happy to see this after all that work!
Then
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it was bodywork time.This is after just a few hours preparing it.:rolleyes:
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The reason for the project name.
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And where we are today.Had a real compliment today.Was going down the street coming to a stop light.Teen on a bicycle turns and looks a us and says "Cool bike".
 
did the teen also ask if the bike was NEW ? cos it sure looks that way! great job !
 
Had a couple of people at work think I had a new bike.Not bad for a junk yard dog. Could have been another name for this project.
 
Sure looks great! Well done.

Have you thought about filling those lines/channels on the fender in with black? Could be a nice accent.
 
Thanks Mike,actually I was thinking if doing the ones on the side covers red.Now that you mention it I may do those red to.Since this is an "On the road" thread that is what I did today.
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Me and AZR went into Victoria to visit my pal Scott at his shop then went for lunch.Was great to finally do a ride with AZR.Been talking about it for a while.
 
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Fixed some issues today.Center stand was not up the way it should have been.The wrong spring got on it.Just a little light and a tad to long:rolleyes:Checked the charging voltage yesterday,was an anemic 12.6 volts.Checked today,a heathy13.98.Hmmmm.....
 
Had my wife take some pictures with me ans Old Yeller today.Here are my favorites.
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As my face is now on here my name is Greg as a few of you know already:D
 
Now you gotta paint the grills on the fairings. Can't leave them yellow now can you?

Love the bike and the leathers :).

EDIT: There's a member here with the user name "Greg B". Just saying lol. :rolleyes:
 
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Nice ta meet ya again Greg :D

Lookin' good, and those leathers are definitely red! :p
 
Guess I didn't break any monitors then:DYeah they're red all right.Yes I have seen that user name Allen,good thing I had mine picked out before.I'm kind of liking the yellow gills.Had a funny thing about keeping my real name off here,kind of silly.
 
Sold what was to be my wife's 400S leaving me with nothing to do this winter:(So I've been on the hunt for one.Went to see this today http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/mcy/2387524431.html .He had people give him insulting offers,I told him I wasn't going to bother.He phoned me later to see what I would offer,told him $300.I could see potential the but just a little to much work.Emailed my friend AZR33 about it.Seems he has picked up a 80 GS1000G and has this
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78 gs1000 project he would like to pass along.All the parts are there so it looks like I have a skunk in my future.A skunk is my plan for the paint to.You guys know I can do this and make AZR proud.:dancing::dancing::twistedevil::lol:
Edit:Yes I'm doing a build thread.Probaly won't be much going on till Old Yeller goes away for the winter though.It's got papers,real happy about that:dancing:
 
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Nicely done! Will be looking forward to seeing you stink up your shed...
 
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