Got my GS 750's

[Hoosier Daddy]

I've used their appliance epoxy paint in black and you are right... though stuff! Funny, I saw the stainless just th other day and read the label. Claims it has actual stainless steel for the metalics.
THANKS!

[Mrs Sooke]

I am so glad that my husband is now getting on with the work on his bike. If spring comes and it isn't ready to ride he will be a very upset man, which I really don't need.

[pete]

Trust me when I say we're all glad he's working on it

[SVSooke]

Some people here over dramatizeIt will be done when it is.Yes I'm moving along OK?
To that end got a few things done

Put this on and went no not good enough.So:

off to the parts bin.Then to the buffer to polish it up.
The only shifter cover I got.Pretty sad,other than spending $ on EBay what am I going to do.If anyone says duct or electrical tape I will hunt you down and.........


Got the rear brake stuff all hooked up,pegs to.Going to polish the rear brake lever to.

[castlekin]

Where did you get the anodized parts for the carb? you know the blue bits.

[Hoosier Daddy]

They do stand out nicely!

[SVSooke]

Picked up the Metalcast on clearance at the local Wally World.This a kind of Candy paint,silver base with a clear pigmented top coat.Looks good but its a little fragile.The Plasti-kote is used on pretty much everything else.It's they're satin black,love the stuff!

[mcycle-nut]

Yeah, I saw those down at Salvage a while ago. They sparked my interest for a second or two, but then sanity clicked in. TOO MANY PROJECTS!! Oh yeah, and not enough room.
Good luck to you!! I see you've come to the right place!

[SVSooke]

I knew you where in Vic.Couldn't remember your user name when I responded to this thread http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171231 .Yeah I was the right guy with the $ to do it.Don't really have the space either,just did it.Been quite a good deal,selling parts has made the 85 almost free.From what the owner of Salvage was saying there where a few poeple looking.Really lucked out getting it running like I did.Yes this is definatetly the right place to be.

[SVSooke]

Meant to do an little update yesterday but got lost in things.Put a battery in and turned the key on,no smoke or blown fusesThe instruments didn't light up though,wondered whyHit the starter and the motor went round and roundThought "probably not a good idea with no oil in it" So I put a new filter and O ring in(yes I took the old ones out) and put some 15/40 Rotella inThen I seen why the instruments didn't light up,they weren't plugged inHad already taken the battery out by then but it should be fine.
BTW if you do get the Metalcast don't buy the yellow,looks nothing like real anodizing

[pete]

Meant to do an little update yesterday but got lost in things.Put a battery in and turned the key on,no smoke or blown fusesThe instruments didn't light up though,wondered whyHit the started and the motor went round and roundThought "probably not a good idea with no oil in it" So I put a new filter and O ring in(yes I took the old ones out) and put some 15/40 Rotella inThen I seen why the instruments didn't light up,they weren't plugged inHad already taken the battery out by then but it should be fine.
BTW if you do get the Metalcast don't buy the yellow,looks nothing like real anodizing

Ooooh nice one! Wish my electrics were in as good a shape as yours!

[SVSooke]

Yeah I'm happy they are good to.One less thing to worry about.
Out of 4 bikes this is the only shifter rubber I had

And the rest didn't look to good either see pics in post #269.Got some O rings at the local home improvement stores plumbing section,here's the result:

O yeah polished up the rear brake lever to.Here's a close up of the shifter:

[Hoosier Daddy]

Brilliant!

[SVSooke]

The stock rubber is still available,not expensive in the States.If I had other parts to order I would have tossed one in.As it is I think I like this better anyway!
Going to insert a plug for the new 83-86 GS700/750 Owners Group I started http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...php?groupid=40

[Billy Ricks]

The o-rings look good. I just use fuel line cut to length. Doesn't look as good as the rings though.