Gs550m

[snotty]

Hi, just got a 1983 GS550M, my first bike for many years ! In a bit of a state so totally stripping it down at the mo, found this page and thought I'd join !!

[Billy Ricks]

You certainly found the place for all things GS. The 550M is a cool bike. Everyone will be asking for pics so be ready.

[snotty]

i already have some pics ! how do i post them here ?

[BigD_83]

Hi, just got a 1983 GS550M, my first bike for many years ! In a bit of a state so totally stripping it down at the mo, found this page and thought I'd join !!

I think yours is the third or fourth 550M to show up on here in the last little while. I LOVE that bike. There's one here in Vancouver I've been drooling over for a while, and the owner is oblivious to it's value or even as to its heritage.

Congratulations on the pickup.

[Billy Ricks]

i already have some pics ! how do i post them here ?

You have to have them somewhere like photobucket or imageshack. You copy the image location then click on the box with the mountains above the dialogue area where you type your meassage. Paste the image location into the box that pops up when you click on the mountain scene.

[cowboyup3371]

When in Photobucket you'll see an image link for the picture (last one when you mouse over it), copy that link and then just paste it in your post. You don't need to do much else.

[snotty]

why is my pic sooooo big !!!! ?????? anyway this was the state of it when i got it last week !!! gs550m 1983

[snotty]

gs550m

then it turned into this !!!

[snotty]

then into this !!!

[snotty]

and after a long day of grinding the frame now looks like this !!

[snotty]

can i shrink my pics coz they look wayyy to big to me ?

[BigD_83]

and after a long day of grinding the frame now looks like this !!

I guess it was a slow day in Notts?

[Flyboy]

Welcome to the nut house, she does look a bit rough, but seems to be all there and a good solid base to build from, this is going to be a good build, I am in for the ride.
I know about stripping the frame, dong mine nearly drove me to distraction, but it is all worth it in the end, keep it up and you will have a really sweet looking ride.

I just open my pics in micrsoft picture manager and resize them to 'web large' and save them on the pc before I upload them, brings them down to a nice size, 640x480 I think and drops the file size drastically as well, so much easier and faster to upload, you can see them in my build thread in my signature.
Looking forward to updates.

[Steve]

I just open my pics in micrsoft picture manager and resize them to 'web large' and save them on the pc before I upload them, brings them down to a nice size, 640x480 I think and drops the file size drastically as well, so much easier and faster to upload, you can see them in my build thread in my signature.

I found the advanced settings in Photobucket that will re-size every picture I upload to them to be 800x600.

I don't have to do anything special on my camera or computer, I keep my large files intact. (Camera shoots 2816x2112.)

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