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this was once a G model...

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well I guess its not All that different now, but its getting there :-D

here's a little history on my latest mod

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=101248

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=99032

and here's the 'finished" result
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I'm starting to like the sound of it, and I wonder if its actually running lean or not... no blueing so far?
 
Can't you tell by the plugs? I like the pipes, they look good. On my 850 GL the baffles are shot so it sounds pretty throaty.

By the way, those hills in the background look familiar. Are you near the north eastern range of the Colorado rockies?
 
oh right! thanks for reminding me to grab the plug wrench ;-)

good eye! boulder front range
 
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Hey Beard, Looks to be progressing nicely. The shorty pipes look good. Ray
 
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oh right! thanks for reminding me to grab the plug wrench ;-)

good eye! boulder front range
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No worries. KISS, right?

I thought so. Where is it Rollinsville, Nederland (my sister used to live in Ned)?
 
Nice Bike!

Nice Bike!

Looks just like an "L"! - Actually a lot like my L, minus the side saddles! :-DOnly difference is those non-extended front forks...nice job!
 
thanks all, I'm pretty pleased with it!! but I do want to baffle it a little bit more.


emjay, actually its from a south west boulder neighborhood that backs up to open space, those are just south of the flatirons. 'course the residents thought I was nuts laying in the road taking pictures :oops: but at least you recognized them so it was all worthwhile!!
 
update 071107

update 071107

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put the old bars back on and blacked out the shocks. I kinda like the way it's looking these days (if I do say so myself)
 
yeah, actually had some L bars for a bit, but decided to go back to G. looking for some even straighter bars too. not sure why, just to play I guess. I have some mini apes on the 850 that I thought about moving over, but the brake line barely made it to the L bars, and then they had to be up really high. unless I change the whole brake line system I think I'll leave it be...

I'm near-ish to chatauqua, but I just drove up the neighborhoods until I found a nice vantage of openspace and flatirons.
 
got some free time this weekend and swapped out the mufflers again, I was going to lose my hearing with those turnouts. I wonder if I stuffed them full of glass wool if they'd lose that edge...

good shot of the shiny front wheel I stole from my 850L when I got new tires for the 650. had to replace a rotor on it, but now it's solid and much cleaner than the one I've been running. put the 650's with a semi decent tire still on the 850. good enough to rip around the block and see if what I do working on it helps or hurts.

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from the side.

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best shot of the pipes. these things are still from a harley, but they were im the recycling metal bin one day at eco cycle, the whole exhaust system in fact!! I took it all and cut off parts to build up my turnouts, never thought I'd use these, but they sound great, and with the sheet metal "duct" tape they don't pop one bit on decel. I'll probably take it off just to see if it makes a difference, but for now it's nice.
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all stealth now, I can't even hear myself coming anymore... :wink:
 
I have some pipes like that (more recent pic) someone gave me after we were at a swap meet with another group and she didn't sell them and didn't want to take them home.

Is the tank still a G tank? It looks more narrow than the typical G tank. Sorry, I didn't read the other threads 8-[
 
no worries, no it's an L tank, I think from an 81 or 82 850. got it from Jeckler I believe, four years ago with the same paint as is on it now.

that weird extra frame part in the side view is a piece of plywood that spans the 1 inch gap from the G mounts.:oops:
 
Hey,
Lookin' good there. Wanna cruise out real fast and make a road trip with me to Indiana, bradleymaynar will be meeting up with me on the way south for a short run..........:-D:-D
 
Snowbeard, are you a telemark skier? I just swtched over a few years ago. It's taking some time, but I'm getting used to it and loving it.
 
I said I got stuck floating it, funny how that air in the tires is just barely short of keeping it afloat...:-s


:mrgreen:
 
wow, when it rains it pours, got some saddlebags yesterday that are newer than I've had so far, they didn't even start off with holes in my possession!

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then got some new bars today, having put such "respectable" pipes on there last week, I have a sudden urge to conform...:-s

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I might even paint that tank sometime.:shock:
 
What forks are those, they're significantly lower compared to my 550L. The bottom of your tank is parallel to the floor which is what I'm looking to do as well. Thanks

-groovin
 
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