Post a picture of your custom GS

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Great looking bikes! Lot of work involved. Thanks for sharing.

[Charlie G]

Next time left click on the IMG code to the right in your screen and paste in your post. Nice gear.



I like that tank raised. If those pipes are in good shape . don't cut them..... Cheers!

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Bigger pic: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...sytp14boz.jpeg

I made a thread for it a while back, but it's a 1982 GS650GL my buddy gave me last May. I got it as a roller with a cut up wiring harness, stuck carbs, stuck pistons, and a couple boxes of parts. Not only does it run now, it runs really good, and I've been riding it back and forth to work when the weather lets me. It used to be a try hard chopper, now it's a very basic standard. Here's the list of stuff I did with notes:

-Cut the rear and added a hoop
-Custom wiring harness using Rick's Motorsports connectors, Tefzel (ETFE, NASA/MILSPEC, for our purposes this stuff is pretty much fireproof and indestructible) wire, and assembled using a sweet ratcheting crimp tool. There are quite literally 4 solder connections on the entire bike. 2 fuses. Point at a wire, and I will tell you exactly what it does. There are like 14 wires total, lol. The high and low beams run off of their own relays. The charging system and everything else (headlight, brake light) works. The rect/reg is mounted right under the steering stem on the front of the bike (lots of airflow) and everything else is bolted to a plate above the center stand pivot. No turn signals. You have to ride this thing slowly, sanely, and use hand signals when there are other motorists around. I use hand signals even when I have indicators, so this is not a downside for me. This is the third wiring harness I've built for it. I may do a 4th "salt grade" harness using Weatherpack connectors, concentric twisting, and covered head to toe in heat shrink. Maybe, we'll see. It would be soooo overkill, but I'd have fun doing it, talking about it, and showing it off. I really like building wiring harnesses!
-Forks lowered 3" using spacers on the damping rods. Forks still need some work. They don't work as well as I'd like them to.
-Canned the stock bars for superbike bars and my favorite Renthal grips. Eliminated all gauges and displays, retained run/kill switch and start button.
-Pods, DynoJet Stage 3 kit (110 mains). Runs perfectly. Lots of fun rowing it through the gears. I have no idea how it ran "stock," so I can't tell you how the kit compares. You can whack the throttle open whenever you want, the bike just works. It feels bloody fast to me for a 650cc bike that's older than I am!
-Raised rear of tank to make it more level with the rest of the bike
-General tune-up stuff: oil/filter change, pods oiled, valve check (in spec), new plugs. Old wires (they work fine). Cables lubed. Pivots lubed.
-Left mirror pilfered from the shop's parts bin. Probably from a Chinese scooter of some sort.
-New tires. Cheapo Shinkos for $117/pair. Work great as far as I can tell.
-Did the best I could to avoid cheesy aftermarket parts. Retained stock stuff where I could (headlight, tail light, levers, controls, switches), used OEM quality stuff (Bosch relays, etc) where I couldn't.
-The bike has never been cleaned except for the parts my hands, rags, and tools touched while I was working on it. I haven't painted, polished, or cleaned a single thing on it yet. Obviously the carbs have been cleaned inside. You know what I mean.

Stuff still left to do:

Get my seat pan covered
Mount tank permanently
Have SS brake lines made

Stuff I REALLY WANNA DO:

Cartridge emulators in the forks
$$$ shocks out back
Lots and lots of powder coat
Trips to Indy, COTA, Pike's Peak, Speed Week, Laguna Seca, Daytona, El Mirage, South Dakota, etc

[nvr2old]

Absolutely the most masterful craftsman on this site. Those bikes are amazing.

[azr]

That's right out of 'Mad Max' except better. Very nicely done, congrats!

[Blower]

My supercharged -86 GS 1150.



This winters project -84 GS 1150.

Heres my 1980 GS550E. Had it about a year and have put a few things on it. Looking to cafe it eventually.

so many great looking bikes! Nice to see the passion for these bikes is incredible!018.jpg

[Hayabuser]

Added clip-ons and a new exhaust to my '80. Played with the graphics as well... it's a never-ending process....

[posplayr]

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Well this is my project

Hope you just picked that up[ from a PO; it looks a little.......... can we say 'tweeked"?

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Well this is my project

Build thread in Projects section.

[Charlie G]

I like that!

1982 GS 750 E
1978 GS 1000
1983 GS 1100 E023.jpg6 Months to go.