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Scratch built 79 GS 1000

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Hey everybody, I have been looking for a bike to build from the ground up, never done this before and I thought this would be a great way to really get to know everything about my bike. Also learn about metal fabrication, engine building etc. My budget is microscopic so it's taken me a while to find something, I had thought 3 or 4 hundred bucks would get me a real sad case but I had not bargained on what I found which is pretty minimal - A frame and a motor in a box. Cost - $200, some expert help/guidance - trade for one block of aluminium, set of '91 GSX 600 forks, wheels and brakes - $120, and hopefully some more help for members of this forum. This project will take a while as I gather parts, money, knowledge, and fit it into my sporadic work schedule (I am an architectural modelmaker) Plenty of experience making things, just not in metal.

The sort of bike I would like to build is a resto-mod type bike. I am too old for a cafe or hard tail, don't like factory restorations and I want to ride this bike as much as I can. I live in Seattle, my previous bikes were a Honda C70, a Suzuki GSX 250 which I toured around Europe on and then a '81 BMW R100RS about 20 years ago which I put some serious miles on.

Step 1 is finish de-tabbing the frame and chopping off the rear footpeg brackets, I will be changing to a mono-shock setup. The newer forks are a straight swap as the central steering shaft on the '91 triple trees is identical to the '79, so I'll just need to fit new bearings.
 
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Greetings and Salutations!!

Hi Mr. Bluezuki,

This should be a fun thread. Thanks for sharing!

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Many thanks for the greeting BassCliff, quite a lot of reading and good looking information on your site. I shall be using that a lot i think.
 
Thank you 7981GS, only time will tell how far this project goes. I really want to enjoy this a lot so it may take a while but I generally don't give up too easily. I like your bike a lot, I have much respect for shaft driven bikes. I notice also you have a '79 mono shock project, how did that turn(ing) out?
 
That project keeps getting put back on hold as other projects have followed me home and
plans keep changing for it. :o
Now, finally, it will be getting a 1230cc 4-valve engine. :twistedevil:

There is currently a 2008 Triumph Sprint in the way of it. :-s

Eric
 
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