1982 GS1100EZ Winter Project

[oldschoolGS]

Nice job,

the GS1100 looks so much better with a smaller front and modern rear wheel. You will have a head turner when paint/powdercoat is done. I love it when some young kid who knows only the letters CBR comes up and asks "what is that".

Ride On, Ed,
1983 GS750ED
2005 GSF1200SZ

[outofcontrol]

tearing down... again

yea, I've gotten over the cost of the paint. I just can't wait to see it now.

I've got plenty of parts to clean before the "tins" get back.

I stopped by the painter's shop to drop off the decals:

While I'm busy sanding and rattle canning the frame and all it's little bits.

I also had some more chain clearance issues, but it's all good now.


Pretty soon I will have a beauty. I'm just getting really anxious.

Cheers
-Kevin

[solo suzuki]

this is fun,
wish i had done that with my project, it's like a Soap!
can't wait for the next post!...

[outofcontrol]

anticipation

thanks claude. I have so much to do, and I just started a new job. so I'm working 12 hr days to get up to speed. that means I leave and it's dark, and when I come home it's dark. kind of hard to play in the cold ass garage.

It's good to be working hard. it means I can pay for my paint!!

I have a little race on my hands between the powdercoater, the painter, and myself polishing and cleaning parts. I really hope I have my job done before they have theirs done.

My wife fully hates this bike now...she's just jealous. all I want to talk about is that stupid bike.

Oh, that reminds me. anyone know of a good place to get a seat recovered in Portland, OR?

-K

[Road_Clam]

Re: anticipation

thanks claude. I have so much to do, and I just started a new job. so I'm working 12 hr days to get up to speed. that means I leave and it's dark, and when I come home it's dark. kind of hard to play in the cold ass garage.

It's good to be working hard. it means I can pay for my paint!!

I have a little race on my hands between the powdercoater, the painter, and myself polishing and cleaning parts. I really hope I have my job done before they have theirs done.

My wife fully hates this bike now...she's just jealous. all I want to talk about is that stupid bike.

Oh, that reminds me. anyone know of a good place to get a seat recovered in Portland, OR?

-K

Pretty labor intensive huh??!! I am about 80% done polishing and painting, and have logged 81 hours so far!!! (Thats JUST cleaning, polishing, and painting/clearcoating skanked parts). Thats not including my custom exhaust I fabbed (another 13 hours). I also plan on fitting a vintage 1/4 fairing, and a superbike lower fairing/scoop. I can't imagine the time you have invested in all the machanical mods you did with the big wheel swap! Keep at it dude, we will both be smiling in the spring! BTW you thgink your wife hates you and your bike, I am sleeping in the basement ! It's all good, I sleep better in all the Krylon black paint fumes!
Rich

[solo suzuki]

Re: anticipation

thanks claude. I have so much to do, and I just started a new job. so I'm working 12 hr days to get up to speed. that means I leave and it's dark, and when I come home it's dark. kind of hard to play in the cold ass garage.

It's good to be working hard. it means I can pay for my paint!!

I have a little race on my hands between the powdercoater, the painter, and myself polishing and cleaning parts. I really hope I have my job done before they have theirs done.

My wife fully hates this bike now...she's just jealous. all I want to talk about is that stupid bike.

Oh, that reminds me. anyone know of a good place to get a seat recovered in Portland, OR?

-K

wasn't this supposed to be a 'winter project'!? :?
take your time, don't rush it. you know once you put it back together you'll never take it apart unless something breaks. half the fun is building your bike the way you want it.
ok, maybe i'm just rambling on here 'cause i haven't started on mine yet!

[solo suzuki]

Re: anticipation

... I am sleeping in the basement ! It's all good, I sleep better in all the Krylon black paint fumes!
Rich

don't you just love the smell of krylon in the morning!? 8)

[outofcontrol]

what time?

I did have all winter, but I might loose my garage for several months in January due to a construction project. There's talk about getting a shipping container for all my garage stuff, but I kind of want to get it done before then. I have 6 bikes and tons of tools. There's no way I'm rolling that GS down the stairs into my basement. I did that with my dirtbike last winter, and I had to fire up the engine and kind of ride it/push it out up the stairs.

The wheel and swingarm swap seemed like a snap compared to all this polishing and painting. It's mostly because I'm not very good at it. I don't have alot of patience for the detail work needed for shiny parts and sweet paint. I'm accustomed to racebikes where performance and function are paramount. Looks and comfort are far, far, far down the list.

stay tuned GS lovers. there's a monster waiting to come out and show off it's teeth.

I'm pretty psyched. I just wish this damn job thingy wouldn't get in the way of my spare time.

[outofcontrol]

clutch rattle???

I've heard that the clutch rattle on these bikes is pretty normal.
I was planning on taking apart the clutch while I had the cover off to clean it up, and I found something.
I just started to take out the clutch, and I heard something drop. "freeze" what was that?

I don't have the right socket right now, but the clutch basket seems to have a lot of play in it. I don't know if this would have caused a clutch plate to break, but I think I'm going to rebuild it while I'm there.

http://gszone.biz/clutches.html

Big Jay, do you guys have a GSR discount? Can you hook a brother up?

Still waiting for the wheels and body, so I have some time.

-Kevin

[katman]

well, now is a good time toi find that out rather than spring??//

[RacingJake]

Weid..... Was that just one fiber or more.......So how fiber's are you using.

[outofcontrol]

It's just the outer most clutch plate. I want to know what caused this before I just throw another clutch in there.

I took the basket out and looked around.

when I grab the basket in it's place, should there be any play?

when I grab opposite sides of the basket, it rocks left and right, just a little. so little that you can't see it, but you can feel it. is that right?

do you think I need to replace the basket bearing?

would this kind of play break a clutch plate?

maybe the noise I heard was just the clutch plate and it was faulty.

Picked up my body work yesterday, and dropped off the seat to have it re-covered/shaped.


Of course this picture does not do the paint job justice.
I'm getting closer...
-K

[outofcontrol]

I'm out of Control!!!

I attempted to start touching up the rest of the frame tonight. One thing led to another, and I have a bare frame now. since I was 90% of the way to taking the bike down to the frame, I guess I'm not going to wait until next winter to powder coat the frame.


-Kevin

[Road_Clam]

It's just the outer most clutch plate. I want to know what caused this before I just throw another clutch in there.

I took the basket out and looked around.

when I grab the basket in it's place, should there be any play?

when I grab opposite sides of the basket, it rocks left and right, just a little. so little that you can't see it, but you can feel it. is that right?

do you think I need to replace the basket bearing?

would this kind of play break a clutch plate?

maybe the noise I heard was just the clutch plate and it was faulty.

Picked up my body work yesterday, and dropped off the seat to have it re-covered/shaped.

Of course this picture does not do the paint job justice.
I'm getting closer...
-K

I'm so jeleous! You actually have side panels without the posts snapped off???!!! Every post on my sidepanels are snapped. The PO, held the panels in place with zip ties (so friggin' "frakenbike" looking, I hate those stupid things!)!

[outofcontrol]

There's only one tab left on each of the side panels. If you look closely at the picture about 15 replies back, you can see drill holes for the makeshift attachment bolt.
Also the tabs on the tail section have been re-glassed into place. I'm actually pretty impressed with the fiberglass job someone did to save the body mounting tabs. it feels really strong.
-K