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    GS1100E, Photoshop, and some custom seat/cowl ideas

    As it is:

    Idea #1:

    Another idea?

    just thinking out loud.

    -KM

    #2
    I think that would look good. I personally like it without the back pad in the third pic. I like #2.

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      #3
      Hope you don't mind me messing with your photo, but how about the "full cowl for the seat" look
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      Doug aka crag antler

      83GS1100E, gone
      2000 Kawasaki Concours
      Please wear ATGATT

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        #4
        not at all Doug.
        feel free.

        I was thinking about the same thing, but for some reason it looks like too much. (purple in this case)

        If I was going to build something like this, I thought it would be cool if it flipped up into a backrest like Corbin does with some of their new stuff.

        my wife has such whimpy arms, that she can barely hold on when I get on the gas.

        If you've seen a Moto Guzzi V-11 with the simple little rear seat cover, you know what I'm trying to achieve.

        I should have used a picture of the bike from a little further back so I could see how it looks with the overall lines of the bike.

        Photoshop is so cool for this kind of stuff. I wish I was better at it.

        I guess its all for nothing. I dropped off my seat at an old friend's house last night. turns out her husband does MC seats on the side. it's kind of a gamble, but I'm hoping it turns out killer.

        -KM

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          #5
          You said a"flip" type seat.
          Didn't Buell have one yjay did that?
          i know BMW has one that does.

          maybe pillage one or take field trip to a a dealer and get some more ideas.
          I have a "superbike" seat for my 1000S that is dished out for the driver and the passenger section has a bum stop built in.
          works nice, just not much padding in it.

          I do like that second pic.
          Keith
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          1980 GS1000S, blue and white
          2015Triumph Trophy SE

          Ever notice you never see a motorcycle parked in front of a psychiatrist office?

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            #6
            how it turned out. just picked it up tonight.


            -K

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              #7
              Nice job kevin! I personally think the black seat with your black bodywork will look awesome and "flowing" from front to rear. If you put a seat cowl, i think you won't really see it (the seat cowl being black as well). Strictly JUST my opinion

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                #8
                Looks good man

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                  #9
                  Looks almost precisely like a clean version of mine - black bodywork, seat and lettering.
                  "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist." Bishop Helder Camara

                  "Beware of the man with only one gun. He probably knows how to use it."

                  http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...dStatesMap.jpg

                  82 GS1100E....black w/WC fairing and plenty o corrosion and low levels of attention

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                    #10
                    Sweet.

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                      #11
                      I am thinking about doing something similar...I am going to basically eliminate the passenger section of the seat and move the stock rear section up in its place. It would bob a several inches off the rear and I think it would really clean up th e rear.

                      I would also like to put a wider rear tire out back but I don't know how big I can get away with. I have seen some pretty wide ones in the gallery section of this sight but I what has to be changed to make a tire like a 150 or even a 180 fit???

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                        #12
                        Travis,
                        Fitting a 150-180 onto your bike is entirely dependent on what kind of bike you have and how determined you are.

                        I have a 180 on the bike now. I used a 1990 GSXR1100 swingarm and wheel (5.5x17) you have to off set the counter sprocket so the chain clears the tire, and move the rear brake mounting.
                        You can check out my whole job by clicking on the WWW tab in my sig.

                        There's a ton of other swingarms that you can do this with, Bandits are a good doner bikes. I think you can even jam a 4.5x17 wheel with a 160 rear in the stock swingarm.

                        I found it easiest to find someone that has done the exact mod you want to do, then pummel them with questions

                        Parts are abundant on Ebay and from guys here on the GSR.

                        Bert,
                        Do you have picture of your bike? I'm sure I could find one in 4000+ posts, but where do I look?

                        Thanks for the compliments!!

                        -K

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