750 cafe project

[beergood]

If I buy an exhaust, it will most likely be a 4-1. I don't feel like spending more money on another 4-2 or pipes.

Do you have any pics (larger/different angles) of your license mount? I have three ideas I am juggling between, and I like yours. Also, do you ever get any guff from cops about it?

[Tarbash 27]

never had a problem with the plate, alot people have side mounted/ sideways plates around here. People mostly do it for looks, I was trying to put it somewhere so that it didnt look stupid, yet kinda tucked in. No room under my tailight. I just welded 2 peices of thin angle iron that I cut in half down the seem. 1 bolt holds it on

[jonesti]

Beergood sounds like you are going to do the same as me with the stock exhaust.
As far as the plate I'm mounting under the tail section on a piano hinge. Also, I'm "stratigically" placing a magnet on the underside of the tailsection, so the plate folds up. For aesthetics only...really.

[beergood]

Clever Jonesti, I like your idea.

I think that I will probably end up mounting mine under the light, although I do like the look of it off to the side.

It has been my experience that certain officers (not all) like to exercise a missplaced sence of authority by finding whatever marginally valid/invalid reason to pull you over, then expand that into other reasons. I'm not saying that I endorse drunk driving or anything, but I would be really annoyed if I had two beers at a BBQ and got yanked over because the officer mistakenly thought/claimed it was illegal to mount a plate on the side of a bike, or ride without signals. Then, what is that? Do I smell beer? You don't by any chance have thousands of dollars and tons of time to spend on this, do you?

Once again, I am not endorsing drunk riding at all, just using that as an extreme example. Although, I will admit that I do ride every now and then after having a couple beers. And by couple, that's what I mean, far from drunk or impaired. But in this day and age, enough alcohol in your system to barely make a 100 pound woman feel a buzz is enough to get a 200+ pound man in trouble.

There, did I qualify that enough?

Also, I just don't enjoy being hassled by 'the man', even when I am free and clear of trouble.

And I am not claiming that all cops are like Bueford T. Justice, I have known plenty of cool guys on the job, the jerks are the exception. Unfortunately, they are the ones you seem to run into the most, because they are the ones that like to interfere with people's good times.

Wow, that got off topic in a hurry. Sorry.

Jonesti, you wanna do me a favor and chop your exhaust first, so that I can see how you do it? I'd appreciate it.

Also, what are you going to do about signals?

[jonesti]

I'll see if I can borrow the chop saw this weekend!

Turnsignals? We don't need no stinking turnsignals in TX! I tend to disregard things such as mirrors, speedo(be using a roadbike speedo on the cafe), and signals. Sometimes even a headlight

It was always easier when I took my bikes to the track. Besides, I usually got away without the "fix it" ticket crap cause of the other infractions8-[ Supreme Squid!

[mortation]

After some grinding/preparing/painting


Front half of frame done, engine is beginning to get scrubbed

So you did this with the engine still in the frame? Thats what I would like to do as well for now. What paint did you use and how well did it hold up?

[beergood]

Indeed I did.

I used Duplo-Color's gloss black ceramic engine paint. I have used it on frames (one motorcycle, various bikes) in the past. I can't speak for the durability of this job, since I have yet to take it out (lot of snow, cold weather), but it has proven to be pretty strong on my other projects.

Originally I was toying with doing the frame a different color (red with black tins, I may still do that somewhere down the road), but taking the engine out wasn't really in the cards this winter. So I figured it would be easier to go over the existing black, clean it up in the places that required it, and give it another coat of black.

I thoroughly wrapped the engine, removed a couple of the mounts, and painted. Simple as that. Since the frame was already black I didn't worry about 100% coverage. I just concentrated on the visible and/or damaged parts.

I little over spray did get on the engine, but I planned for that, and saved polishing the engine till I was done painting. The over spray came off easily.

All in all, I am very happy with the results. I still have to do the rear half and swingarm. I am waiting for it to get about 40F and I will start on that, then finish polishing the engine.

[shoggoth80]

This has to be the coolest Suzuki GS I have ever seen. Very nice.

[beergood]

Yet another piece of the puzzle.

This has to be the coolest Suzuki GS I have ever seen. Very nice.

Thanks. I'm trying.

So, I did a little drunken ebaying Wednesday, which can prove dangerous. Luckily, I got out without spending a ton of money I don't have. I did end up getting some gators.





Gonna get some ring clamps to replace those zip ties.

Some SS brake lines would finish off the front end quite nicely.

[beergood]

When I read this, the first thing I think is "I gotta take a saw to this".

[Tarbash 27]

shouldnt those fork gators be a bit less scrunched up?

[beergood]

They are pretty close to the relaxed length, but you are right. It stands out a lot more in the photo. I put them on and tied them down when I had the front jacked up, like an idiot. When I lowered the bike, the forks compressed, of course. Oh well.

I intend to adjust just them when I replace the zip ties, I think they just need to slide down the legs about 1/2 inch. It was getting cold and dark and I didn't feel like monkeying with them anymore today.

[Tarbash 27]

Oh yeah, dont hack up your xhaust, people will pay a good amount for a stock exhaust, probably enough that will almost pay for a 4-1.

[courier11sec]

When I read this, the first thing I think is "I gotta take a saw to this".

If I build an exhaust for my bike, I'll cut that out and weld it on the new one like a contingency tag.

[mortation]

If I build an exhaust for my bike, I'll cut that out and weld it on the new one like a contingency tag.

Hey ... But what if I WANT excessive noise??