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    Check out this GS450, unbelievable yet Awesome!

    So I was wandering the web yesterday & came across this GS450 that utterly just put me in awe, I cant believe how a person can take a plain jane GS & turn it into a modern custom looking bike like this, thought it was a Harley when I first glanced at it then I was like well ill be a SOB, its a GS!!

    So here it is, check it out. Gimme your thoughts & feedback on it. Not mine obviously but Im interested to see what yall think.




    Just amazing what a couple bags, new fender, handlebars & a seat will do so far as the overall "LOOK" of a bike. I wish I knew enough about bikes to do this here. Like the rear fender looks wider than your typical GS chromed fender, how do you find these or whatever, its just stuff like this that makes me wish i knew more about the hobby,lol.
    Last edited by Guest; 06-19-2011, 08:19 AM.

    #2
    Not exactly my cup of tea, but nicely done if you like that sorta thing
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      #3
      Not my cup of tea either but I think it's really well put together. Wouldn't have taken it for a GS at first glance.

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        #4
        What a shame, it wasn't even an L to start with.
        http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

        Life is too short to ride an L.

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          #5
          If you want a Harley, buy a Harley. Why waste a bunch of money trying to make a bike something it isn't?
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            #6
            looks really uncomfortable to me. maybe moving the bars back a bit may make a difference, but yes, very nice and clean
            1978 GS1085.

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              #7
              If it had a functional set of handlebars on it, I'd say it was a nice job of customizing a bike.

              Bars that high make a motorcycle essentially unrideable for more than a few miles, and unsafe for any distance. A standard set of GS "E" bars on it would make it perform as well as it looks.
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                #8
                Not to mention, ape-hangers are illegal in several states/provinces.....grips cannot be above the rider's shoulder height, IIRC. So unless that happens to be Shaq's bike......
                '82 GS1100E



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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Griffin View Post
                  If it had a functional set of handlebars on it, I'd say it was a nice job of customizing a bike.

                  Bars that high make a motorcycle essentially unrideable for more than a few miles, and unsafe for any distance. A standard set of GS "E" bars on it would make it perform as well as it looks.

                  When you say GS "E" are you referring to these? GS "E" handlebars

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                    #10
                    I think they did a nice job. Either way you build it I can appreciate good work and the effort that went into it. A different bar and some spoked wheels might finish it off. Kinda reminds me of the new GZ250.

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                      #11
                      Someone does nice work. But some different bars on it and it would be a really cool little scoot. Ape hangers are the bane of motorcycles.

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                        #12
                        So close! Spoked wheels and a v twin will complete the morph.

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                          #13
                          I hear Suzuki makes a pretty decent v-twin.
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Pac-Man View Post
                            When you say GS "E" are you referring to these? GS "E" handlebars
                            These look to be about right:




                            I put handlebars from a GS750E (it got Daytona bars) onto a GS550L and the transformation in handling, comfort, and the overall rideability of the bike was remarkable.

                            In order to truly be in control of a bike, you need to have a little bit of forward lean onto the handlebars, otherwise you are "pulling" instead of "pushing" input into the bars. You have far more control applying positive pressure onto something than negative.

                            Plus, your lower back will thank you after a couple hundred miles.
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                            HONDA: 1981 CB900F Super Sport
                            KAWASAKI: 1981 KZ550A-2; 1984 ZX750A-2 (aka GPZ750); 1984 KZ700A-1
                            YAMAHA: 1983 XJ750RK Seca

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