working on the bike

[RotaryRodder]

ive been on here for a little while but I havent posted much recently..

here are pictures of my bike im working on right now

low

removing stuff

ready for primer

 

[RotaryRodder]

tank design

i dont need no stinkin airbox

 

[jaberwok]

looks good so far.... please post more pics later in the project....

Do you have any info on the bike? which G is/was it? year? displacement? mileage? just curious Thanks!

 

[80GS1000]

What kind of look are you going for in the finished product?

 

[RotaryRodder]

The bike used to be a 1100GK if you can belive that, it looked just like this plus chrome trim with lights in it and some extra crap

. I was wanting to make it handle well (gixxer swingarm/front end, lightening) but im thinking more drag bike now. There are plenty other bikes more capable of handling, ill just get one of those. Im lowering it 3 inches, 4 into 1 exhaust, ignition, some cool paint, running the valves, and generally just cleaning it up and putting new bearings and stuff in. As you can see ive chopped off the rear part, I had to get rid of the seat... it was just too comfortable

here are a few more pictures

 

[RotaryRodder]

80GS1000, what were the complications of the gixxer front end? would adding a bit of rake worsen the interference?

 

[Tarbash 27]

I dont think a shaftie is a good idea for a drag bike.

 

[RotaryRodder]

This motor is old, eventually I plan on getting a chain motor and swingarm.

here are a few more pictures

[before]

[after]

 

[RotaryRodder]

and more after

 

[Billyboy]

Cool beans.

 

[RotaryRodder]

slapped the tank on pre-paint to figure out the seat

 

[80GS1000]

That's going to be a hot bike when it's done. Nice.

 

[isaac]

That thing's looking pretty damn pimp daddy. I really like the lines of that bike so far.

Where'd you get that rear fender? I like that a lot. I'm gonna try to make one myself out of sheet metal if I can't find a short one. What's going on with those forks too? I can't tell what those are. Also, where'd you get the guage and how'd you mount it?

 

[hp1000s]

Looks like rubber fork gators and an autometer monster speedo.

 

[RotaryRodder]

The speedo isnt solid mounted yet, its just a stock one that I twisted over to see what a single guage looked like, I think I like it better, but a tach would be nice.

The forks are stock slid up in the clamps with the rubber boots from the rear airshocks on them.

rear fender is just one that was laying around the shop, I think its a harley front fender or something.

you can barely see the huge pile of wires I took off this thing in the bottom right of the picture

Anyone know where I can get fairly stiff ~10" shocks/springs without spending my life savings on them? Also Im running a 12v 6 LED array for a taillight/running light. I guess I just need to figure out how to make the 12v signal for the running lights to step down to 6v, then connect both leads through a diode to the positive LED lead. Its been a while since ive done electronics and circuits, can anybody confirm this?