Improving the "L" model...

[Deesel]

Some of them forward controls would set off an "L" nicely. I got to save a few bills and get some! Ron Bayless you are the one making those right?
I started making some myself but quit my job in the machine shop so I might buy some.

[Headphase]

Man, where is the love.
I've never owned, or been interested in any type of 'custom' bike ever, till I saw my gs(x)750L , and the moment I saw it I thought, now that's a good looking bike!

The shape of the tank, that big fat engine stuffed in there, it's brilliant.

(course, I'm gonna change a few bits :-D )

[sandspur]

I LOVE my L ! the way it is now

[ron bayless]

Some of them forward controls would set off an "L" nicely. I got to save a few bills and get some! Ron Bayless you are the one making those right?
I started making some myself but quit my job in the machine shop so I might buy some.

YES,I AM THE ONE.TOO HOT HERE RIGHT NOW,103 IN THE SHADE.I WILL POST PICTURES SOON.I HAD TO CHANGE THE DESIGN,MY SUPPLIER,THE PARTS I COULD NOT HAVE MADE,ETC.LOTS OF PROBLEMS.STARTED THIS IN JANUARY,STILL HAVENT GOT IT DONE.DECIDED TO RELY ON MYSELF SINCE NO ONE ELSE IS DEPENDABLE.

[BadBillyB]

Heres the improvements I made to mine back in around 1981-1982. Kerker header, 1175cc piston kit, 33 smoothbores, cams, ported head, etc.....

[ron bayless]

82? thats a long time ago.1175 kit?I cant imagine the gs 1000 or 1100 needing to be hopped up,they are plenty fast enough for me as they come.I think the 750 and 850 are the best looking though.

[Deesel]

Heres the improvements I made to mine back in around 1981-1982. Kerker header, 1175cc piston kit, 33 smoothbores, cams, ported head, etc.....

Awesome!!!
Thats had to have been one mean machine! What a Bad Azz Bike-very nice!
How did it run compared to an old Kaw KZ1000?

[Poot]

yeah,. on my L I've changed the bars to the G models, but I've kept the sissy bar since its so useful.

[BadBillyB]

Awesome!!!
Thats had to have been one mean machine! What a Bad Azz Bike-very nice!
How did it run compared to an old Kaw KZ1000?

The guys I rode with, one had a KZ1000 MKII and the other, had a Yamaha XS1100. After a few times out with my new motor, they wouldn't even ride with me anymore. The guy with the Yamaha went into hiding and the guy with the KZ had me build his motor for him after I let him take mine for a ride......My L model as pictured with street tires ran 9.70's in the quarter. I almost had a head on crash with a police car one day going around a corner (he was in my lane haulin but, no lights, no siren, on a lonely stretch of road) and decided it was too scary and too fast for the street. Plus I was tired of riding alone....So, I put a 7" slick on the back with a 4" over arm and a 1238 Wiseco piston kit in it and ran it at the strip only..... Set my first national record in 1984 with it at an AMA Dragbike national event....The class was D/Altered, the time was 9.17 @ 143.31 ......You can see the evolution of my bike at my personal website. Its not organized, but there are a few good pics. In the final years that I raced it, I put an E model fiberglass tank and side covers on it but never painted it. Its black gel coat finish to this day....BadBillyB
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/commun...pid=178726&ck=

[Deesel]

You must have earned your name BadBillyB with that bike. Thats pretty kewl.

[Mike_H]

Well, I was not trying to offend anyone with the mods I made to "my" bike. This is an appearance modification thread though, so you have to be expecting to see some things you may not like. The reason I want to change fenders is that I would like to see my chrome fenders go to a needy home, rather than paint them. I understand that some like the look of the chrome. I personally do not. The bike was given to me, so I was not picky, knowing that I could change it into what I want. If I were to sell the bike, I would get something newer, like an SV650. I can't afford a new bike right now, so a hundred bucks on a fender is a cheap way to get me closer to what I like. That being said, anyone out there looking for a decent set of chrome fenders for an 82 650GL? PM me, and we can try to work something out.

[MissFabulous]

Any chance they'd fit a 79 GS425? I sure like me some chrome fenders, and man, am I a needy home! PM me if you think it might work - I've been researching that and am more confused than when I started!

[J_C]

Or,use a tomstone light with the license plate holder on it.I dont like the big square stock taillight either,but just havent decided if i want to change it or not.

Yeah I've been thinking about this for a while, but I've yet to see pictures of the tombstone on an L... I would LOVE to see how this works out!!