Newbie "long time troller" 1980 gs 750L build

[GunnerMoto]

Hello fellow GS'rs. I have good running 1980 gs750 L that I have began tearing apart in hopes of making into a brushed steel beast.
- Lucky enough for me I am doing this cafe project in a College sculpture class.
- This is my second sculpture class and the picture below is what I did with a 91 Huasqvarna 250 WRK that a "friend" sold me with a blown/impossible to find piston. The fingers, wrist, elbow, shoulders and "knee" are all possible. The shotgun actual cocks "inverted shock mechanism" and the headlamp lights up. I used no foreign parts and didn't weld anything, just reassembled.
"The evil McQueen Machine"

[razor02097]

Welcome!

Neat sculpture looks heavy! Does it have a stand or does it just lean against the wall?
We need pics of your GS!

Also what part of the world are you in?

[GunnerMoto]

It stands up, Its in my dining room hanging by a chain. Here is it when I got it I will post an updated pick soon. It had some giant couch seat on it but It is too ugly for a picture.

[GunnerMoto]

Here is the current state I have cleaned out my "cafe triangle" under that seat and am working on eliminating as much of the gauge cluster as I can I really would just want a speedo and an ignition kill switch but electric work scares me ( I owned a 91 Sportster for awhile with electrical problems)

[verde]

Haha! "in my dining room hanging by a chain." That must be fun when you bring a guest to your home for the first time. Looks cool.

I really would just want a speedo and an ignition kill switch but electric work scares me ( I owned a 91 Sportster for awhile with electrical problems)

These are some of the easiest bikes to rewire. Just how little do you want? I've got two that are kick start only running on small scooter batteries. Just charging, lights, and ignition circuits.

Hard tailed, so no swing arm in the way, but you get the idea of the size of the battery seeing where it's tucked and the reg/rec in the shadow on the side of the bat box: