Where I'm up to

[80GS750]

that wes cooley kit totally changed the bike....

either way i am confident that your gonna have one badass looking bike when your done....

[pan]

that wes cooley kit totally changed the bike....

either way i am confident that your gonna have one badass looking bike when your done....

Lets hope so, God knows I've spent a fortune just getting it this far!!

[gshub]

Gs

tell me about it my wife says we could of bought a brand new bike
for what we spent on our Gs1000s.
But I must admit I now and learnt an awfull lot about it over the yrs
trying to get it how it work properly.

[pan]

tell me about it my wife says we could of bought a brand new bike
for what we spent on our Gs1000s.
But I must admit I now and learnt an awfull lot about it over the yrs
trying to get it how it work properly.

Wait until you start to modify it! this is a bit of a folly for me as I never intend selling it. Even when I am riding it I don't expect it will really ever be quite finished :-)

Mark...

[Billyboy]

Wait until you start to modify it! this is a bit of a folly for me as I never intend selling it. Even when I am riding it I don't expect it will really ever be quite finished :-)

Mark...

Well, of course not. There's always something

[pan]

Well, one step forward & two back. Started to fit the new narrowed ZRX swingarm and after all my careful planning, modifications, special bushings, I missed one crucial thing! I had cut the rear end from my old frame & used it as a jig for the new setup, I thought it was a good plan, I could still move the bike around the garage as it would be complete until the change over, half a frame would only take up half the room and I would be sure it would fit.
Or so I thought!!!!!!!! WRONG :-( when trying to fit it to a bike with an engine in the thick alloy front tube that the pivot bolt goes through hits the back of the engine :-( . All is not lost, it is made from very thick tube and has a section in the center that is milled out tho clear a section of the ZRX engine so this will have to be extended both ways and if I also remove all the rough casting lip / protrusions from the rear of the crank cases then that should work. Ah' no one said it would be easy but it does look good when its almost in ;-)

Mark...

[pan]

Well, its now fitted :-) and looks the business. I decided to remove the extra metal with a powerfile as this arm conversion is now way over budget :-( and I could not justify shelling out even more cash on machining. A black & decker powerfile cost under £30, did the job in 10 minutes and looks neat as hell. Plus I only removed the bare minimum of metal as I was able to remove a little and offer it up to see how it fitted. This is the very tool for cleaning up a frame after removing lugs & unneeded brackets, its easy to control and wont leave deep gouges like an angle grinder, so I've plenty more work for it. I even managed to convince Mrs Pan that I was buying it to do jobs in the house :-) Result !!!

Mark...

Pics to follow.......................

[pan]

Looks like it may have to be red for now as I need to concentrate on getting it up & running and change the body kit at a later date.

Mark...

[allenbrown]

Do you know what year the pipes are off of? Update on the fitment?