The Official GS Brat, Tracker, Scrambler thread

[Gorminrider]

A rear wheel could get something started too, I think...Give that a wiggle at swing-arm bushings..

.... there is a ton of info on the web
example

http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/instability.htm

all that red ink and highlighting!
but the trouble is there is a ton of info on the web even long ago I had an yamaha 650 ... people swore plastic swingarm bushings were THE issue- I replaced em but it made no diff. Not to say, it wasn't their or an issue but it wasn't mine.

[chucksuki]

Figured I'd show y'all my little brat. She kinda has a crazy story how she ended up in my garage. 78 750e. And before anybody gets their panties in a wad, the original condition before the chopping was terrible. It was not in any condition to go original




she has a inner fender now keeping the junk out of the stacks. I was fabbing it when I took these pictures. Predictably though, the one piece I didn't personally weld (the taillight) failed while I was riding and the wires drug on the bike tire causing a short that compounded into a bit of a fire in the headlight bucket. I noticed in time, seems all the important bits are fine, just need to rewire the whole girl and reweld the taillight. Correctly this time. Bummer cuz I just got the jetting right.

[chucksuki]

Oh, I will be putting the other front caliper back on, as soon as I can find one that doesn't have one of the bleeder valves seized or broken off in it.

[loud et]

Looks good Chuck, I'm halfway through my 850 brat project.
Care to share some info on the headlight?
I'm looking for some of the finishing pieces now and headlight shopping is a miserable experience. So many on e bay, some at great prices but I fear buying one with good looks and crap performance.
So what is that unit?
How's it perform?

[chucksuki]

Well, that's one of the pieces I didn't purchase for it but installed it. It's awesome on high beam, terrible on low beam. I'm trying to figure out how to push more power through that bulb. Since I need to rewire the whole thing again, now is as good as time as any. I've just been driving with the high beam on. Here is a link to the same one I have. If you look at the other headlights these guys offer, I'm sure you'll find something.

http://www.speedmotoco.com/CAFE-RACER-STREETFIGHTER-headlight-LED-motorcycle-p/smc.3028.htm

[smartin108]

I just finished this GS450T that I brought home in pieces on Easter Sunday. It's my first attempt at a build.

[loud et]

I just finished this GS450T that I brought home in pieces on Easter Sunday. It's my first attempt at a build.

Super clean and well done. You should share more pictures of it.
It's sort of classy and aggressive at the same time. Thanks for not being a Craigslist hack!(flat black, flat black, flat black....grinder grinder, bedliner spray, hand sledge to the tank....on and on. Haha
Love the color.
I'd be proud of that bike.

[chucksuki]

I just finished this GS450T that I brought home in pieces on Easter Sunday. It's my first attempt at a build.

That is pretty!

[BADJACKSON]

I just finished this GS450T that I brought home in pieces on Easter Sunday. It's my first attempt at a build.

Very nice! I hope that MY 1st build turns out that nice!

[BADJACKSON]

Chuck, I really like it! You nailed the simplicity look!

[chucksuki]

Chuck, I really like it! You nailed the simplicity look!

Thanks, man! That's exactly what I was going for. Now one of these days I'll get around to putting a proper paint job on her.

[salty_monk]

no I think he means the stock metal bracket under the original plastic fender was a fork brace of sorts. not a good fork brace, but better than a simple metal fender. I think those fork tubes move around a lot (independent of each other) without proper bracing.

I have one of those from an 1100 somewhere... yours for postage

[BADJACKSON]

Hey Dan, can you post a PIC of the 1100 fork "brace" please, I would like to do something different upfront, and I'd like to know what my options are.
Thanks

[loud et]

Hey Dan, can you post a PIC of the 1100 fork "brace" please, I would like to do something different upfront, and I'd like to know what my options are.
Thanks

Just search "suzuki gs front fender bracket" on e bay. It's just a bracket that contours the fender and bolts together with the fender to the 4 fork mounts.
It's the sub fender so to speak.

[salty_monk]

Ton of the them on Google image search or Ebay such as this. My one is not that shiny... I don't use it even though I currently have the plastic fender mounted but then I have a Tarozzi brace above it.