So I bought a GR650 back in August for $400 from a mechanic in Orwell VT. It was corner of the shop, dead battery, dead charging system but the carbs were in good shape for they were drained and I'm about 90% sure only real gas was run through them last. I bought it, replaced the stator, battery and R&R in the driveway and drove it off with 13k miles on the clock. Put a tire on it and finished the season with it.
What she looked like when I first got it:
I decided since it was so crudded up to give it a full detail restore and replace any worn bits, check the engine over, do valve clearances, port match the boots and intakes. Exhaust is going to be a custom 2-1 (don't make a post factory GR650 exhaust). I've already put on super bike bars and am using an HID lighting kit and upgraded all the Dash lighting to LED made a huge drop in charge load off the charging system.
When she entered my shop for the winter:
Shortly after the first day of tear down:
Engine On the bench for valve adjustment and port matching
Wow look how uneven the ports are to the boots...
Even themed out with the burr tool I used for my FZ1 (freed up a noticeable amount when I did this on my FZ1), next to sand smooth
Motor back in the frame, Frame painted silver like the newer E's. Gold Chain, new sprockets.
Next step is to replace the rear shock unit with an R6 unit. I also will be looking into upgrading the front shocks so I can run a twin disc setup with stainless lines. I also will be running pods with a stage 3 jet kit. Fabbing up the 2-1 is quite a challenge but I think I will be successful. the tins and tank are going out to be professionally painted Suzuki blue with red and silver accents like the GSX650F I have. I'm debating running the chrome fenders or not... any input?
Pic of the color scheme I want.
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