1985 Suzuki GS700EF

[jwhelan65]

I will have to make a trip north and see this thing when you get it finished. Mabe we can do an "E"and "ES" photo shoot? I have some polishing to to do on inner parts first of coarse , not even close to the superior detail you have done on yours.

Great job man!

[Rkt-Rch]

My eyes are bleeding... We shouldn't have to were sunglasses when we go on the computer !! Great job, can't wait to see/HEAR it run.

[tejasmud]

Joe,

Your family is close, once I get this bike done, yes, we will need to do a photo shoot.

Rtk-Rch,

I just followed what Billy, Dusty and Frank say, "Go get your self some Cheap Sunglasses."

Thanks, when the time comes there will be The YouTube Video.

Anyways, back to polishing the last few pieces.

Here is a pic of the passenger heel guards I picked up off the "Bay." Cost; $10 included the passenger pegs + exhaust mouning brackets, heel guards, but just needed the heel guards. Not too bad a deal.



A little closer look.




I sprayed some of this stuff on them.



And whala.............. They turned out like this.




LOL, I wish.

A bit of sanding, then buff on a wheel is the truth.

[tejasmud]

Here they are mounted up on the bike with the Tarozzi rear sets.

[tejasmud]

Also been working on fitting the harness to the bike.

Here was a thought, because I didn't like the look of just zipties in general, but thought that just bare zipties might be a little rough on the newly painted frame as well. I took some 1/4" ID, before shrink, tube and cut some pieces to slip on the ties. Sort of like this.



Put them on the ziptie.



Then with a heat gun shrank them.

Here is an example of them fitted on the frame.




Which sort of leads to the next project. Mounting the Green Dyno-Coils.

[tejasmud]

Before I had mentioned the clearance issue as I had mocked them up.

Just mounting them as they were it could be done with the plug wires facing down, or facing up. Really not much clearance in the down position as the wires would rub the valve cover.

So, mounting brackets were fabricated.

Here is the initial design.



This works pretty well, but the bracket was really too close to the connecting 12v and primary wires using the mounting holes spaced for the frame.



Here is the Rev2 designed bracket, still needs some work, but it should keep the bracket off the wires. A little crude, but up for revision.



Another angle.



Using the outer mounting holes of the coils it should keep the bracket spaced far enough from the wiring.



Again, still up for revision. Just part of the process.

Here is some examples of what it will sort of eventually look like.



And, back to that picture with the ziptie.

[tejasmud]

Another little thing.

On the clutch lever there is a rubber cover guard over the adjuster. This has been discontinued on the 700E.

I was looking around one day and decided to purchase a cover off a 2000 750 Katana. It is not original but looks better than the 25 year old piece.

Here they are side by side. Top is 700E, bottom is 2000 Kat.



Eric

[jwhelan65]

This is getting better and better....

Great tip on the zip ties, the coil fab looks incredible!!!

[67fire]

What an intelligent idea to use heat shrink tube!!!

I will HAVE to steal that idea!

Eric

[tejasmud]

Thanks, I think I have seen this shrink tube on the ziptie before, but don't remember.

If it is original, it was just a thought. Sort of cleans them up a bit I think.


Been hitting the wiring pretty hard. Also built some battery leads as well out of 8 AWG.



And, here is the initial picture of the headlight bucket. Opppsssss..still need to take the masking off the clamps. But, here is the general idea.

[tejasmud]

Well.

Aside from the GS1150 rim conversion, soon to come.

I did happen the put these silly carbs back together. They have been sitting in zip-lok baggies under the desk for, what, 4-5 months.

Here is a pic of the progress.



And, I got them back together, I think.

I did have a bunch of parts left over (in the baggies) after rebuild, and pretty sure I know where they go. Didn't see any reason to put the parts back in though.





But, it should run okay I think.

Might be better with 29s, but we shall see.

[jwhelan65]

Looking good Eric, are you swaping out the front end or just fitting the front wheel of the 1150? I know the rear is wider, is it a matter of spacing to get it to fit?

[tejasmud]

Looking good Eric, are you swaping out the front end or just fitting the front wheel of the 1150? I know the rear is wider, is it a matter of spacing to get it to fit?

Well Joe,

Yes, I aquired a front 1150 wheel from Ed.

Measurements of both front wheels show it is not a direct bolt up, disc/rotor spacing as well as bearing width is different. Some of this has been covered. For the most part, if I were to look at the details..........

I would say cost wise/bolt up, swapping the front end would be best.

I'll revive his thread on the subject of '1150 wheel to a 700/750' to clarify the thoughts, why's/why not's with detail.

The direction I'll take will make it work, in a radical way with the 700 front end ,but again easiest would be the 1150 front end, I believe.

The rear, have yet to get a wheel. Most of the research I have done says it will just bolt up. Maybe some spacers are involved. Not sure yet. On the agenda though.

Eric

[Mindless]

Really nice work there. Love the idea with the heatshrink on the zipties.

[tejasmud]

Thanks, Mindless, I have been reading your thread as you progress, quiet impressive.



It is update time again.

Figure it is about time to post on the latest and greatest things I have been working on since the last update. Little bit here and there, but the bike is coming together nicely.

Well, I left off on the 85’ GS1150 wheel swap. I have already converted the rear over to the 3.5” wheel of the 1150, and it is pretty much a direct bolt up except the need to run the GS700 bearings. They will press right in, and the only difference is the inside diameter, which is smaller.

Right Side showing the wheel with the pipe mocked up.






Left Side.





Gap at the chain guard and brake torque arm are pretty tight. This is with a 130 rear tire. The swing arm on both sides has plenty of room. If the torque arm were bent a tad, and the chain guard either removed or slightly modified I figure it could go wider on the tire.

Chain guard side.





The front 1150 wheel, well still going to be done, I just have not had access to a big lathe here lately.

I have been trying to convince them that the 1150 front wheel is more important than the $500k of work they are doing for the paying customer, but it is not working too well. lol




I suppose next would be the Vance and Hines chrome 4 into 1 megaphone as seen in the picture above. On this I decided to change over to the “racing baffle,” which was purchased form Dennis Kirk.







Here is a picture that shows the difference in length and size of the center outlet hole.




And a picture of hole diameter inside the pipe. I’m sure it will be plenty loud…lol







Next is the O2 sensor bung that was welded into the collector on the header. This will be plugged into the Innovate LM1 data logger to measure air/fuel ratio. I still need to touch it up with some high heat VHT silver paint to keep if from rusting..