1982 GS1100EZ Winter Project

[outofcontrol]

OK, I'm back. why is this thread so hard to find? and my username has expired?
and all the pictures are gone? and the timeline is backwards???

Oh well. I assume that there was a significant server change/crash and all the old (2006?) forum posts were salvaged?

Anyway, I sold my bike months ago after it was just sitting and getting neglected in the corner of the garage for months on end. I regretted it the day it went away. Anyway, the deal with the sale was that I got first right of refusal if he ever wanted to sell it. well, I got the call back from the buyer last week and picked it up. But it's been crashed, and I'm trying to figure out where I bought some of the parts so I can replace them.

BTW, I sold it for $1900, he got hit on it and the 80yr old man's insurance paid him $2600, then he sold it back to me for $450. The insurance supposedly "totaled" it, but they didn't take the bike or the title. I'm wondering if it will ever show totaled??? He took it to a shop that said the scratch in the exhaust was a $750 fix, etc. even though the whole exhaust cost me $253. It will probably cost me $150 to make it exactly the way it was minus fixing the scratch in the exhaust.

So anyway. I'll be posting up to continue this story if anyone cares.

-Kevin in Portland

[solo suzuki]

nice to hear from you sir!

lemme know if you need anything...

[blowerbike]

OK, I'm back. why is this thread so hard to find? and my username has expired?
and all the pictures are gone? and the timeline is backwards???

Oh well. I assume that there was a significant server change/crash and all the old (2006?) forum posts were salvaged?

Anyway, I sold my bike months ago after it was just sitting and getting neglected in the corner of the garage for months on end. I regretted it the day it went away. Anyway, the deal with the sale was that I got first right of refusal if he ever wanted to sell it. well, I got the call back from the buyer last week and picked it up. But it's been crashed, and I'm trying to figure out where I bought some of the parts so I can replace them.

BTW, I sold it for $1900, he got hit on it and the 80yr old man's insurance paid him $2600, then he sold it back to me for $450. The insurance supposedly "totaled" it, but they didn't take the bike or the title. I'm wondering if it will ever show totaled??? He took it to a shop that said the scratch in the exhaust was a $750 fix, etc. even though the whole exhaust cost me $253. It will probably cost me $150 to make it exactly the way it was minus fixing the scratch in the exhaust.

So anyway. I'll be posting up to continue this story if anyone cares.

-Kevin in Portland

welcome newbie

[outofcontrol]

Well, here's all the damage.

doesn't really seem like enough to total a bike eh?

I'm not going to replace the Exhaust just for this blemish:


I know I bought this Ignition Cover NOS from somewhere, but I don't know where. I thought it was only like $20 too. This, I will have to replace.


I need a new fender and fork brace thingy:


I know how to find these turn signals, but I might want to replace the headlight surround/rim.


This banjo bolt needs to be replaced, but I'm thinking of a whole new M/C for the front brakes. I never really liked the feel of this one. Might be a good time to try something new. I got this one to seal up and bleed out, but it doesn't have the best action.


I stole these mirrors off my wife's 450 nighthawk. I like them so much, I'm just going to wait until a right one shows up on Ebay. there's a Left one right now for $9. I'm sure the match will show up some day.

[blowerbike]

hmmmmmm,
1150 forks

[rapidray]

hmmmmmm,
1150 forks

& you can get just the megaphone from V&H! Ray.

[outofcontrol]

hmmmmmm,
1150 forks

Yea, I know. those 1150 forks allowed me to run a 3.5x17 tire up front while keeping the correct era look. And the fancy polished fork brace was one of my favorite features of the bike. Plus that's what Solo used. I just missed a fender on Ebay (it was about 40 miles from my house too!) but he didn't have the fork brace to go with it.

& you can get just the megaphone from V&H! Ray.

I do remember buying the whole exhaust system for $253, and if I was going to do it, I'd replace it all. I was always bummed that I blued the headers when I first got the motor running. it was super lean! D'oh! But I was too eager to ride it than to re-jet it.

[blowerbike]

1150 triple clamps are wider than any other GS.