77 GS400 to Cafe Project

[pete]

Pete, well yes I have put a few miles on the Guzzi, but I have moved a few things on with the GS. I have a small nose fairing fitted but had to modify the mounting brackets and headlight. Will take a few pics this weekend.

Mark

And it's about time

Cool, looking forward to the pic's

Sorry, I'm having withdrawals from almost no progress with the little Duc...

[pete]

Hey Mark, what's happening? Still waiting for those pic's... any further progress?

[Englishman]

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Not so much progress over the summer but it continues to take shape. The arrangement of the fairing and headlights tested my patience between the headlight and fairing brackets I had to juggle to get the position right.

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Mark

[pete]

Well Mark she looks good!

That bodywork looks great with tank and the tank alignment is spot on as well.

How soon 'til you pull her down for paint?

[Englishman]

Well Mark she looks good!

That bodywork looks great with tank and the tank alignment is spot on as well.

How soon 'til you pull her down for paint?

Thanks Pete. I'm happy with the overall alignment of the tank, seat and fairing too. I still have plenty of work to do before paint though. The gas cap sealing may be compromised as once I had sliced the old filler neck off, the hole left was larger than the stock 550 tank I had originally bought it for. Very little surface area for and effective seal. Also I have to extend the seat with glass to meet the tank. Not a job I'm looking forward to.

Mark

[pete]

Should turn out well though... I'd think with the fuel cap you could graft another filler hole in from a rusted out tank perhaps?

Glassing the seat pan shouldn't be too hard, but yeah it's a messy horrible job that... next time I get to forming something like I did with my tail piece I'll be giving serious thought to using aluminium instead...