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    Just getting started

    I just joined the forum, from Huffman, Texas. Been riding and wrenching since I was a kiddo. I'm currently building a 1981 GS850G cafe fighter. Got it from a brother who owed me money and it was in terrible shape. Someone attempted to make some sort of bobber out of it and failed miserably. So far I have stripped it down to just the frame and engine. Had to cut the subframe completely off due to a bad hack job on it. Decided to do something less fugly with it. So far I'm fitting a 02 ZX7 front end on it. Got a majority of that done today. Next I am adapting the final drive to the rear wheel from the same donor bike the front end came from and building a new swing arm and drive shaft. Then it's on to fabbing up a new subframe. I love building bikes and I'll post pics of the progress soon. So that's it in a nutshell.

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    You're going to adapt shaft drive to a ZX7 swingarm? Wow.
    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
    ~Herman Melville

    2016 1200 Superlow
    1982 CB900f

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      mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
      hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
      #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
      #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
      Family Portrait
      Siblings and Spouses
      Mom's first ride
      Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
      (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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        #4
        Damn ..... you're nearly next door

        soon be enough of us to form a SE Texas "modified GS" club

        looking forward to seeing what sounds like a pretty radical build
        78 GS1000C- Now sporting 1100E suspension and numerous goodies
        82 GS750E/82 1100E/ GSXR Frankenstein bike completed
        83 1100E "rescue bike" saved from the barn
        2008 Bking - Torque Torque Torque
        Next project slowly coalescing

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          #5
          Originally posted by GS1150Pilot View Post
          You're going to adapt shaft drive to a ZX7 swingarm? Wow.
          He said he was using the ZX7 wheel, but building a new swingarm and drive shaft.

          Still interesting though.
          Current:
          Z1300A5 Locomotive (swapped my Intruder for it), GS450 Cafe Project (might never finish it....), XT500 Commuter (I know - it's a Yamaha :eek:)

          Past:
          VL1500 Intruder (swapped for Z1300), ZX9R Streetfighter (lets face it - too fast....), 1984 GSX750EF, 1984 GSX1100EF (AKA GS1150)
          And a bunch of other crap Yamahas....

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            #6
            Yeah, I caught that after posting. Not sure how that will be done without some pretty impressive fabrication.
            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
            ~Herman Melville

            2016 1200 Superlow
            1982 CB900f

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              #7
              The fabrication won't be that difficult. It's not hard to disassemble and reassemble a motorcycle. It takes time and skill to build it to suit what you want. I'll have to build the swingarm wider, with a second universal joint to get the shaft around the wheel. It'll have a support bearing internally ( meaning inside the swingarm). It'll also be mono-shock and most like a few inches longer than stock.

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                #8
                Originally posted by bsharpish View Post
                Damn ..... you're nearly next door

                soon be enough of us to form a SE Texas "modified GS" club

                looking forward to seeing what sounds like a pretty radical build
                Where you from bsharpish?

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                  #9
                  This is the only pic I've taken so far, but I'll try to take more as I go. Don't pay any more no to my messy ass shop 😳
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                      Originally posted by BlackWolfGray View Post
                      The fabrication won't be that difficult. It's not hard to disassemble and reassemble a motorcycle. It takes time and skill to build it to suit what you want. I'll have to build the swingarm wider, with a second universal joint to get the shaft around the wheel. It'll have a support bearing internally ( meaning inside the swingarm). It'll also be mono-shock and most like a few inches longer than stock.
                      When you install the second u-joint, be sure to phase it correctly, so you will essentially have a CV joint. Will save a LOT of wear and tear on various parts.


                      Originally posted by BlackWolfGray View Post
                      Where you from bsharpish?
                      Looking at the location he has posted, it appears to be "Katy".

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                      mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
                      hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
                      #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
                      #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
                      Family Portrait
                      Siblings and Spouses
                      Mom's first ride
                      Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
                      (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by BlackWolfGray View Post
                        This is the only pic I've taken so far, but I'll try to take more as I go. Don't pay any more no to my messy ass shop 
                        Please take a few moments to set up an account at a photo hosting site. By pasting the IMG link to pictures on a hosting site, you can show full-size pictures (but please make sure that "full-size" does not overwhelm the screen) and you can show up to TEN pictures in one post. You can also show the same picture in more than one post.

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                        sigpic
                        mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
                        hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
                        #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
                        #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
                        Family Portrait
                        Siblings and Spouses
                        Mom's first ride
                        Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
                        (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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