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Here's a link to the leading post. I decided to do it seperately.
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Well, I bit the bullet and purchased a banged up Busa tank for the fuel inlet area and cap. When I get it, I'm going to graft that area into the GS tank. I've always love the look of the modern gas caps and now the old GS is going to get one.
I also picked up a set of 954 triples (2002) and will be replacing the GSXR triples. If Katman is correct, I should get another inch in the front (I trust him).
Once the fork assembly and bars are in place I can mount the controls. I'm also very close to ordering paint. It's starting to come together now. I'll post more pics in another week or two. My goal is to have it running when Matt is discharged sometime in May.Comment
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WooHoo! Your getting me excited to see it finished
That techy gas cap is going to be cool.Comment
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very impressive
I just read this entire thread and I am very impressed with your project. Both you and Katman have covered all the bases. I am starting to sound like a broken record, but am very much in awe of you finnish work and the overall quality of everything you have done. It is very obviouse from the quality of your work, that this is not your first project. Are you still on schedual for a May test ride? In my experience things always take longer than my estimates so it won't surprise me if you run over. I can not wait till you get a chance to ride it and report back to us. What year front end is that? At some point I would like to see a right side shot taken at 90 degrees with the exhaust in place. SteveComment
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1100 front end and 954 yokes?
Hi Swanny. I just reread the first few pages of your thread to make sure i got it right. I don't think you will be able to use the 954 yokes on the 1100 forks.The 1100 forks are beefier! Make sure you mike them before you go through alll the trouble of attempting to change them. The good news is that the 1100 forks end up about the same lenght as 750 forks with the 954 yokes so it is no big deal.Another benefit is that the 93 1100 is a tank by gsxr standards so you may get lucky and not have to change the springs. SteveComment
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Re: 1100 front end and 954 yokes?
Steve, I bought the forks off Ebay and they were advertised as 1100 units. I made some measurements before I purchased the 954 triples. The top was 40 mm and the lower was 44 or 45 mm (I forgot which). In Katmans thread he indicated the top of the 954 was 40 mm.Originally posted by maru
Sooo - I'm not entirely sure what I have here. Just like everything else on this project I need the parts in hand for fitting.
Thanks for the compliment in the earlier post. No, this isn't my first project. I've built quite a few cars and a couple of motorcycles. This is the first motorcycle that I'm changing to this degree however. If I was putting it back together stock it would have been done a long time ago. This has been a challenge, but I enjoy that.
You should see my wifes 1970 Super Beetle. Complete ground up resto with lots of modifications. 1776 motor w dual webers, custom interior, viper red paint w shaved turn signals, lots of mods. She likes it.Comment
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954 yokes
Just remember, you must use the top and bottom yoke from the 954 as you can not combine the 954 with the bottom gsxr as the offset is different. Please double check your measurements before you dissasemble anything. The 1100 mounts the clipons above the top yoke and has bolt holes in the top of the yoke to locate them(This is why they are longer.). This is the easiest way to tell them apart at a glance. My dad was a VW nut. He bought his first one in Germany in 1957, the year I was born, and later became a professional VW mechanic at a local dealwership. Eventually he ran his own shop, specializing in VW's until he died in 1967. Steve You seem to put an unusual amount of effort to build personalized vehicles for the folks you care about. You interested in adopting another big kid?
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Next up is my daughter. She didn't want the VW when she saw what I brought home (pretty rough). My wife loves VW's so she was right on it. Now, after it's finished my daughter is begging me to build her a car. She wants a Karmen Ghia - lol.
I need to get out of this apartment before I start on anything like that. We had a home lined up in the mountains but the plumbing broke and the deal fell through. Woe is me.
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Karman Ghia
Think I sent you a private mesage by mistake. My mom had a Karman Ghia convertible. One of those with the Swammy treatment would be way cool. i'll take mine in yellow.
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plumbing
With all your talent, you let a little plumbing stop you? 8OComment
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Ok, I got the Busa tank yesterday and today I cut the filler neck out and fit it to the GS tank. I tried butt welding some pieces of the Busa tank without much success. I kept burning through (welding is not my forte). I tried welding one on top of the other and did pretty good.
I remembered seeing a pretty cool tool in Eastwoods catalogue once upon a time. it puts a lip on sheet metal so that when you weld it together it sits flush. Here it is.
The tank is thinner than the guages they list (it's like 0.025") if I remember correctly, so I hope it works.
Here is a pic of the tank with the Busa lid sitting in place. The GS tank is more rounded on top so I had to cut the Busa filler more at the front and back and then do some slight bending. All in all, it fits pretty well.
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Swanny, Before long you'll have your own show on the Discovery Channel. Looks like a great project..EULC ONComment
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Lookin good man
That techy filler looks trick!
It's going to be sweet. Are you going with the brushed metal look on it then?Comment
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I'm not going to change the cap at all. The ring will still have the aluminum brushed look. Thanks for the compliments guys. I wasn't sure how this was going to look when I got the idea for it. The cap is bigger than the stock unit but still doesn't look out of scale.
The Busa cap is vented out of the bottom of the tank through some copper tubes, while the old GS cap is vented through the top in the cap itself. I'm planning on using the same setup as the Busa since I have the entire tank. It needs to be cut for length and installed.
I found a flange tool at Harbor Freight this morning. If they are open today, I'll pick it up. Hopefully I can get most of this done in the afternoon.
If I don't get any more ideas on this bike I can start wrapping it up.
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tank pic
For some reason I was not able to see the pic which is odd as i have been able to see the other pics you have posted. Did the 954 yokes work out?Comment
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