My 77 GS400

[Guest]

Here is the work I have been doing on my GS400. I am getting close to getting it on the road. It started as a barn find decked out in classic 70's touring accessories.

[tkent02]

Very nice, got any close ups of the tail light and the paint?

[pete]

+1, very nice indeed! Good job!

[bigskybldr]

I like that rear cowl/tail light..great work!
What's that front fender off of?

[steve murdoch]

Welcome to the site, Calliway.
Nice work on the bike.
Spying the Triumph rug...got one of them as well?
There are a couple of us here that are fans.

[Calliway]

Yes i have a 2007 Triumph Bonneville all done up in the Porsche Lemans Gulf theme.

The front fender is the stock fender. I just trimmed it and painted it. Tail light is is a real nice replica of an old Ford or Chev tail light with stop in the top glass. I'll post some more pictures of the tail and paint shortly.

Right now i am dealing with hanging throttle. It shoots up to 3000 rpm and stays there. Cand find any vacuum leaks...driving me nuts. Ill have to search it out.

I also just bought a 1977 GS750 B to work on. Pretty coo, bike.

[pete]

If your intake boots are original, guaranteed they're hard and shrunken but will "appear" to be ok... I had that same issue. New boots and O rings and problem solved!

[Calliway]

Intake boots are orginal and they do look like new....I have replaced the o-rings already but maybe I should try and find some new boots.

[Agemax]

lovely bike there mate, love the paint job. the Triumph looks really nice as well.
welcome to the site.

[Tamara]

That looks amazing! The Triumph looks pretty nice too.

[pete]

Both bikes look great!

[850 Combat]

Nice work. Is there storage in that tail?

[tkent02]

Can you put up a little info on how the stripes were done?

Very nice looking bike.

[Calliway]

Tail is hollow so yes I could create storage under there but I haven't. It would be pretty easy.

Details on the stripes: No different than any other paint job. You work your way from lightest to darkest and mask. Once all the colors are down I wet sand with 2000 grit paper to knock the transitions down. In this case I used vinyl gold stripes then used heat to set the vinyl. From there I laid down about 6 coats of clear. Let it harden and wet sand and polish.