78 GS750 Chop, had to do somethin with it!

[Henryinva]

Picked up a beater for nothing. Posted a pic of it a while ago in another thread. Decided to chop it instead of bobbin it, just for shnitz and giggles. Quick update of where its at.

[ShortyzKustomz]

Since your chopping it you might have some extra parts right? I really need to get my 550 going

[Henryinva]

Well, what ya looking for? I havent hit ebay with stuff yet.

[ShortyzKustomz]

To start I need forks and rear shocks if they will work on a 78 550E, Also need a guage cluster if it will work as well

[Octain]

Picked up a beater for nothing. Posted a pic of it a while ago in another thread. Decided to chop it instead of bobbin it, just for shnitz and giggles. Quick update of where its at.

Oh my god.. Another hack job.
Poor GS this poor GS that...

Just kidding dude. You do good work, keep us posted

[Theo]

Sweet...it's henryinva from TCU. You spending your time here while TCU is down. Looking forward to see what you do.
-Theo

Edit: Whoa. I just noticed the serious rake you got going on.

[knowyourenemy66]

just remember... LESS IS MORE!!!

[Henryinva]

Sweet...it's henryinva from TCU. You spending your time here while TCU is down. Looking forward to see what you do.
-Theo

Edit: Whoa. I just noticed the serious rake you got going on.

Just a tad of rake. Yeah, Im in withdrawl right now..I belong to a bunch of forums and cruise em all. This is the best GS tech forum there is, hands down. Lotsa info!

[Henryinva]

Welded in my two rear crossbars and added a lower arched backbone brace today. Frame is about done.

[bobbed750]

nice, what front end are you going with?

[Henryinva]

Ive got a 16 over springer I'll probably cut down to around 4 over. Havent measured it up yet to nail down the final length..

[atb1998]

What is the degree of rake on that gonna be?? Looks like it has too much and instead of the front wheel truning it is going to want to flop and hard to steer with the wheel flop tendency. I would for sure do a mock up with the fork and wheels befor getting to far. I've seen too much rake a couple times before, makes the thing miserable to ride. Just a suggestion, keep up the work.

[Henryinva]

Trail is why you see wheels floppin one way or another.

[atb1998]

Rake, trail.. sorry i get them confused.

[Henryinva]

Tank showed up in yesterdays UPS...Get to play some more..