Almost done...81 gs450

[curseboy]

Let's see if the pics work.

[curseboy]

A partial list of appearance mods:

Red Powdercoat on:
Front shock tubes
Brake calipers
Swing Arm
Battery Box

Black Powdercoat
Front fender (chopped and trimmed)
Pegs and Peg stays (Rubber removed from pegs, replaced by grip tape)
Brackets for exhaust and rear fender mounts
Rectifier/CDI plate
side and center stands

Custom made parts:
Front headlight from gs750
small turn signals
LED brake light
Shorty "hugger" rear fender"
Side license plate bracket

Other:
Honda CX500 tank, painted black and hemi orange
Bar end mirrors from Ebay
GSXR controls
Mustang Harley Davidson Seat
Aftermarket horn

Soon to come/future plans.
Single person home made seat/rear frame chop
Front suspension swap?

[Richharr]

I like it, are you going to make covers for the side? where the battery is

[NetBSD]

i like it.

really glad to see people modding the 450's, i was starting to think my bike was junk

[curseboy]

I like it, are you going to make covers for the side? where the battery is

haven't thought much about it, perhaps in the future.

I get the feeling the 450s were more of a city bike, and not as popular back in the day, but now mine gets me lots of props

[NetBSD]

haven't thought much about it, perhaps in the future.

I get the feeling the 450s were more of a city bike, and not as popular back in the day, but now mine gets me lots of props

i think most people just used the 450's as starter bikes and then sold em dirt cheap for somethin bigger. hopefully over the winter i can get some work done to mine and make it look more modern.

EDIT: how does that exhaust sound on the 450? been looking for something to do with mine to get a lil more noise outof it so she looses her nickname "sewing machine"

[curseboy]

At idle...it sounds like a lawnmower. At full throttle? It sounds very angry. On deceleration it pops a bit and there are some flames coming out here and there (I am a couple of jet sizes too big.)