My project

[brownie]

G,day all,Thought it time to get some pics of my project.Which is a 1980 GS1000G
Please feel free to be Judgemental or give over some advice,as it will be welcomed,even if it is negative.

This is where I am at.
Things that still need to be done are
Seat needs to be finished along with back rest.
Frame needs powder coating{shade of blue not really sure of shade}
Body work needs to be painted Maybe pearl white with blue flames,Once again not sure??
A chrome speedo then clean up all the wireing.
The Exhaust pipes are off a 1982 1100 GS/G They need to be painted or some type of Protective coating,Any Ideas???
The rear cowling is my own, I made that out of polyurethane then Fiberglassed and finshed off with Body filler,I made a few of these so I can Change them around if I want to as they are all different.
Wheels are going to be Bead blasted,from there not sure of what I am going to do with the wheels,maybe try to have them polished???
As you can see I am useing Flat drag bars I still have to fit bar end mirrors.
any who thats where I am I will try to load as many pics as I can But computer only lets me put one at a time and I have Compressed it,Oh and I am very much Computer Illiterate,Still Learning

Cheers Brownie

[brownie]

Heres a pic of cowling, start of fabrication.
As you can see its only a block.

[brownie]

Another pic, I for got to mention that I have changed the rear end around a bit, Done away with pillion foot rest, shortened the frame some,I cut it from about 20mm before shock mounts,and then added a couple of lenghts about 300mm long to the frame and lowered them a little to give the bike a lower rear end with out changing the shocks.

[brownie]

This pic was taken before the fiberglass was layed,this is the most Important part of Fabrication as it has to be smoothe and evenly diementioned so it makes laying down of the fibreglass an easier job ,and end product looks perfect.

Brownie

[mkaczmarek]

Short 'n Muscular

Good work brownie, I like the shortened rear, I actually made a post or two about a week ago or so regarding the same thing. I saw an 80's Kawasaki which had a similar look, slightly different angles, but the shortening of this bike makes it look SO MUCH MORE muscular and you achieved that for sure.

You mentioned you made a few other cowlings, when you get a chance post those pics, it would be interesting to see the various shapes and how they transform the bike.

Again, Good job and good luck with the rest of your project.

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1979 GS1000E

"The less you know, the more you believe."
"We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong."

[ramjet]

hi

dude that looks cool. keep up the pics cause i will be checking on your progress. i am rebuilding my 83 gs1100 g and so am always looking for cool ideas and dude you got a couple

cheers

[brownie]

Thanks for the comments,
Mkaczmarek I will try to post some pics of the other cowlings,They are only in the raw stage there just Polyurethane,I am still getting them ready for the fiberglass.


Ramjet,Ill keep posting pics as I am going, the hard part about my prodject is I am trying to keep the bike on the road as I go, but she has to come off at some stage as I am going to need to apply the paint,so a stripping her down I will ago,I want to have her back on the road Before spring.

Cheers

[RotaryRodder]

looks great, i plan on doing something similar using the stock tail.

[Rake78GS]

That looks really sharp! I love the way that rear end looks with your cowl.

[ron bayless]

Rake,i am also a southern cruiser.denton texas chapter.

[ccratin]

I'm afraid my 6'4" frame would look like origami on that bike! Cool project though.

[XJeRge]

Nice job brownie, really like the seat 'n rear.

Got no experience modelling poly/fiber myself, so i'm just going to chop up a regular rearside to fit my seat.

[brownie]

Nice job brownie, really like the seat 'n rear.

Got no experience modelling poly/fiber myself, so i'm just going to chop up a regular rearside to fit my seat.

Gladd you like it,I have never done this before either,It is easier than it looks.
And laying the fibreglass, well" there is nothing to that,as long as the polurethane is shaped and finished off smoothe,then its just a matter of applying the body filler,When I was making it I had a corvette in mind You know that sleek fastback look,and you are only limited to your Imagination.when I am finished Ill probably have 4 or 5 of them to select from,Maybe?

Cheers Brownie

[XJeRge]

Not hard eh... hmmm...

After you moddeled the foam, did you just lay out the fiber on top of that, wouldn't that stack up on the original size, making the finished product too large?

[brownie]

Not hard eh... hmmm...

After you moddeled the foam, did you just lay out the fiber on top of that, wouldn't that stack up on the original size, making the finished product too large?

The fibreglass matting I used was the mesh type you only need to apply one layer,so the over all thickness will only be 1.5 to 2 mil thick,so when you are making your foam mould you can take that in to account,just keep the mould under size to allow for the couple of mil,It just means as you are removing the waste foam you keep sizeing the foam againt the frame until you have what you feel is the right size mould to do the job.

Cheers Brownie

Ps The foam is really easy to work with, The waste is easly removed with 36 grit sand paper or even a Rasp The type panel shops use for removing waste body filler.