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@belkgd - Welcome to the forum!
If you post a "hi i'm new here" thread the newbie section you'll get a hello from one of the members named BassCliff. He's assembled a HUGE knowlege base of suzuki GS info, which has helped me tremendously as I've worked out the gremlins on my bike over the years... Check it out here: http://gsarchive.bwringer.com/

Post a pic of your bike here! We'd love to see what you're working with

Hey, new to the whole motorcycle restore thing. I love the 450. Long story short. I'm hoping you can share your contacts for parts and hopefully service manuals. I have inherited a 1986 GS 450L and its in a state of confusion. My son picked it up on a trade and has since joined the Army, leaving the bike for me to deal with. I love the size and am hoping to do something with it. last owner started the Café Racer mods and then quit to sell it. the wiring is a nightmare. We have been able to get it running but I'm not sure if the gas tank that is included even goes with the '85 bike. So a Service manual would be great just to see what goes where and what doesn't belong if you know what I mean. any help you guys can give would be great.
Service Manual
OEM Parts Vendors
Original Pictures - indepth

@hestons - your rear fender/plate holder looks really good! Did you do anything specific (buy new or paint) to it?

Fortunately, the rear fender was in pretty good shape to begin with (the bike lived its entire life in southern California) and I just reconditioned it using Mothers Back-to-Black. Back-to-Black is really good at restoring black plastic trim since it does not leave a glossy finish.

@hestons - your rear fender/plate holder looks really good! Did you do anything specific (buy new or paint) to it?

[steve murdoch]

The bike looks good.
When you do get it back on the road can you give a follow-up on the RFY shocks.
Your type of riding and weight would be appreciated.

It was a slow process...but I'm very close to getting a long-sleeping 1980 GS450e back on the road...

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[hugo151]

The caliper ia off an early gsxr 400 or are also on rg250 s if they had them in your country. The 750 ones are bigger. The front fender is the bones of the original with all the rusty tinwork cut off & a fibreglass shell on top.the headlamp ears have been reversed ie left one on right as they are 1" longer top & bottom the clocks dropped about 2" & bars are about 5" lower, is quite comfy to drive actually.

[Charlie G]

I always liked this bike.......

[dorkburger]

86-7 gsxr?

[Chuck78]

Gsx250e

What kind of front brake caliper is that? Also, where is the front fender from?

Thanks,

Chuck

Wow lots of great bikes in this thread!

Let's keep 'em coming... I'd love to see some updates from some of the older posts!

[Gorminrider]

It's sort of sad but here's what my 400EX is going to look like in a few years as I give up more and more chrome and pitted aluminum to BLACK...



I'm taking good care of those those cam covers though!

[Gorminrider]

Gorminrider,

I'm interested in what pipes you are running; they look great and appear to be below the axle level so the axle comes out easily. The stock ones are pretty silly from a maintenance POV, but the short upswept look must have been in.

Mine still has stockers, but one is starting to get the bulge and we all know what's next. I've had 2 into 1s before but would prefer to keep the stock look if I can get anything worth buying. Plus I'm not into anything louder than stock if I can avoid it.

Hi John I know-nuts isn't it. The manual would have you remove the whole exhaust pipe because the OEM exhaust was welded to header as a single piece??!!!at least mine was(those are the originals in the middle picture RedBike)... The real answer for me is to take the shocks off while on the center stand or just lever the rear wheel up-


...The TX (black) has a pretty common slipon from China or Taiwan knock-off of an Emgo ! -t h i n chrome. BUT the axle removed will still hit the just across the top and scratch that groovy chrome . Lots of room for chain adjusting though.

These should be ez to find in any bike shop that sells anything from a wider catalogue for about $100 retail per pair.(or ebay) I see them everywhere. (I mean the two stores I frequent here) They are very quiet.... in fact the bike sounds like a sewing machine . They sound like ....tappets! I like it, myself.
... On the EX (red) some different kind of slip-on that came on a bike gifted to me - Different because they are heavy built and straight, where a normal slip on has a slight upward tilt but less than the originals. These are also louder-not seaplane/Harley loud- just blotblot blotblot. Unfortunately No name to tell you- too much barbecue paint slapped on them.

Obviously still working on the body work.

[John Park]

Gorminrider,

I'm interested in what pipes you are running; they look great and appear to be below the axle level so the axle comes out easily. The stock ones are pretty silly from a maintenance POV, but the short upswept look must have been in.

Mine still has stockers, but one is starting to get the bulge and we all know what's next. I've had 2 into 1s before but would prefer to keep the stock look if I can get anything worth buying. Plus I'm not into anything louder than stock if I can avoid it.