Another Aussie GS rebuild - GS1100G

[pete]

Thanks mate! No I did all the drilling. I was stoked when I found I could drill through the triple trees and run the wiring through there. I also kinda angled the holes to help the wires run through. I really don't like seeing wiring! Because the bars are aluminium the walls are quite thick so the hole down the tubes is not so big.

It's kinda not difficult and kinda is! The easy part is drilling, marking out where holes have to be etc. The hardest part is convincing a whole bunch of wire that it wants to go down that hole. I used some thin steel single strand wire to pull the signal wires through but it still took some persuasion.

Cool, sounds fiddly but definitely worth while! I really like that neat look...

[7981GS]

Hi all,
I brought a 1982 GS1100G about 4 weeks ago and have recently stumbled across this site. I am supprised how many Aussie are posting into the forum.
I recently done up a Honda CB900 and I cleaned and repainted the motor without dismantelling it. What I done was to;
1. seal up all the holes with tape, rubber bungs, plastic as best you can.
2, Brush on paint stripper to remove all the old paint and get back to a nice clean surface, use really small soft wire brush from the cheap shop to help remove paint and clean alloy. (work in small area's at a time).
3. Then hose off using garden hose and jet setting on nozzle.
4 . When finished with paint stripper wash motor down with soapy water and rinse really well to remove all paint stripper residue.
5. Then blow dry with air compressor.
The final result is a really nice clean bare alloy motor, that when resprayed with heat proof paint looks like new.

After Painting


Back in the Bike

Nice work!
Please DO start another thread and introduce yourself to the group though.

Daniel

[JimmyR]

Finally got the exhaust on. Much swearing took place. But it was worth it I think.

[pete]

Mate that's a nice system you got there

I may have missed it but who made them for you?

[JimmyR]

A guy in Brisbane. I'll have to look it up again. They look really good on the bike and they were built on time and I received them with the minimum of hassle, but they were an absolute bugger to install. I haven't heard them yet and that will be a while off but I am very happy with how they look.

I got a call late this arvo that my battery box is ready. I didn't have time to collect it today (Friday) so I will swing by the aluminium place on Monday. I designed a little box to sit at 90 degrees to the original and sit right behind the airbox. I'll prob bolt the RR under it. Then I can finish up the wiring. Once the wiring is done I will check the valves and tune the carbs and get her registered.

[pete]

Was it Tranzac at all?

Battery box sounds like it'll work well, looking forward to seeing it!

[JimmyR]

That's it - Tranzac. The fella was very helpful over the phone and I was very happy with how it all went. Except when it came time to fit the headers to the mufflers. I realise that they probably fit together just fine before chroming but damn it was difficult to fit them afterwards. Maybe something happened to slightly skew the roundness during the trip from Brisbane to Perth, but even after taking off the chrome from the part of the headers that slips into the mufflers they were incredibly difficult to fit.

Best thing is that it's all behind me now. :-) And they look great - exactly what I wanted. I am chomping at the bit to get this bike done now!

[pete]

Aaaah yes he does awesome work! Take a look at my rebuild thread at what he made for my 450...

[ged]

JimmyR, thats exactly what I want for my GS850, would it be too rude to ask you to PM me with the price you paid for the headers and the 2 mufflers from tranzac?

Regards

[pete]

JimmyR, thats exactly what I want for my GS850, would it be too rude to ask you to PM me with the price you paid for the headers and the 2 mufflers from tranzac?

Regards

Greg, if you can do it, get the bike to him as well. I got mine towed down there given mine were a custom one off job, but I think it's easier for him if he has it there.

Mine was just under $800 fitted including the ceramic coating, but of course mine's a twin and it was a one off and I got the reverse megaphone... I really like how it sounds too

[JimmyR]

Cool - I'm glad to hear that it sounds good. I haven't got to hear mine yet, although that shouldn't be too far away now. I have almost finished the wiring and have a new stator, new R/R and new ignition and coils. I also have a new air filter! It didn't have any filter in it at all when I bought it...

Here is a (bad) pic of the battery box I got made. I also have an insert for it which goes around the front of the battery. I got them as separate parts because I want to finish this bit in black but have the "cover" in brushed aluminium. Now that I have this box made to fit a stock battery I have gone and ordered a Shorai battery to see how I like it. So things could change. :-)



And here's a pic of the front of the bike with the headlight in. Of course it will have to come off again to fit the indicator wiring...

[pete]

Nice... good to see her coming together

[JimmyR]

Some people can fabricate gas tanks and frames - I do indicator mounts! Actually it took a ridiculous amount of time to get these done because I simply don't have the tools to bend sheet metal. Not straight, anyway. I used some locking pliers and two bits of angle iron to bend these. They will be powder coated texture black and I'll put some heatshrink over the exposed bolts where the wiring comes out. I have already put som PVC tubing around the wire.

[Redneck]

I like that. I currently have mine on the side of the light bucket, I am not sure how well I like that though. Once I get the electrical system up and working I want to make sure I can see the turn signals at night from a distance. I am hoping they are bright enough to be seen around the headlight itself.



Paul

[john82q]

Hi JimmyR,

Good job with the blinkers.

I see Braided brake lines, and that splitter dosent look like the stock one. Whats with the sender and wires?


John