1981 GS450E Rebuild

[pete]

Looking good Pete, you've put heaps of hard work into the old girl and its good to see her finally finished.

There is a gsx750 here you can work on now.. i'll mail it up in envelope part by part.

Thanks Josh! Yeah happy for sure... happy she's done and happy with the result

A GSX750 'ey? Hmmm... hahahhaah

Pete,
When a machine looks that good, water spots on top of your tail light are just unacceptable. Would you please grab the chamois and shoot another pic. Seriously, you did a great job.
Niels

I know Niels, disgraceful! Needs a bath big time...

Thanks mate

Awsome Pete, congratulations with a fantastic build. The luggage rack looks great and the colour matches in very well.

Cheers Greg! Pretty happy with it overall. Even got to use it to strap the wet weather gear to on the way home today, nice to have the option.

[Woodsy]

echo... echo... echo...

[pete]

Sheeesh 2311 replies (2312 after this one) and 39,253 views and he's still not happy

I still haven't got good enough "complete" photos to plaster all over the forum yet (never posted in the custom GS or twin photos thread) so these will have to make do for Mr Impatient in the meantime

[razor02097]

The bike looks great Pete

[pete]

The bike looks great Pete

Thanks mate! The filth of a week's worth of riding to work in the rain is cleverly disguised in those photos...

[Woodsy]

Thanks mate! The filth of a week's worth of riding to work in the rain is cleverly disguised in those photos...

Nah its not........ lol

looking good though Pete, how do you find the heat from the exhaust on your leg?

[surviverguy]

Nah its not........ lol

looking good though Pete, how do you find the heat from the exhaust on your leg?

I was wondering the same thing. It must get pretty warm on left side! I'm glad to see a heat deflector attached- which must help a lot, at least to prevent leg burns...

[pete]

Nah its not........ lol

looking good though Pete, how do you find the heat from the exhaust on your leg?

Hahahaha

I was wondering the same thing. It must get pretty warm on left side! I'm glad to see a heat deflector attached- which must help a lot, at least to prevent leg burns...

Seriously, I don't notice the pipe at all while riding. It sits at the bottom of my calf just above my ankle and between the Draggin Jeans or cargoes and my boots I don't even notice it, not even on the GSR runs where we've been out for several hundred km's.

If I pull up at the lights and put my leg down I sometimes brush it with my thigh and yeah it feels warm but moving my leg out 1/2 an inch sorts that out.

That ceramic coating is awesome...

[surviverguy]

oh- you got ceramic coating...no wonder! Good job!

[Soyanarchisto]

Pete thats a beautiful bike! I love what you've done with her. One question: is that seat stock? Not the actual seat portion but the rear cowl? Or did you fab that up yourself?

I love how that looks.

[pete]

oh- you got ceramic coating...no wonder! Good job!

Yup I did indeed! The pipe's warm to the touch without burning very soon after shutting her off and it's definitely cooler than chrome while running.

Pete thats a beautiful bike! I love what you've done with her. One question: is that seat stock? Not the actual seat portion but the rear cowl? Or did you fab that up yourself?

I love how that looks.

Thanks mate! I'm enjoying her very much now she's done

The tail piece I made myself and the details are somewhere in this thread, probably this time last year maybe?

I used the framework from the stock duck tail, bent some metal rod and welded it to the frame to make the outline, put some wire mesh over that to mould the shape, then a couple of layers of fibreglass over that.

I then used several layers of body filler to get it smooth.

As a result, I was able to keep the stock seat pan and seat lock but with what I think is a much better looking tail piece.

[Soyanarchisto]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[pete]

I wholeheartedly agree.

Haha cheers

It starts here at post 954 but I do rave on for a few pages there...

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1438105&postcount=954

The body filler and paint is much later on, September/October last year maybe?

[ged]

Hey Pete, my regulator/rectifier is shot, I am pumping 17.5 volts into the battery at about 4000rpms. I cannot remember if you replaced yours during your build, and if so where did you get it from? I think I remember you did replace your stator. Z1 is selling replacement RR for my bike at $99.50 what do you think. There are some on ebay used but you cannot be sure they will be ok as well.

Regards

[Woodsy]

the bloke that bought my 250 got conned by a workshop to only fit a genuine suzuki RR, cost him $500 to get it done!