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    GS12OOSS Clone

    Hey all. Along with my tomato colored ’82 Katana rebuild, I like to introduce my ’83 GS1100E. This is a full resto-mod but I don’t think I will take it all the way to concours d'elegance condition. I want this to be purpose built for early Sunday morning twisty driving in and around the Connecticut River valley and my daily driver with a wee bit of attitude. I like the look of the GS1200SS, the bike that never made it to US, so this is my attempt to create one, sort of, from a GS11OOE using part and pieces I can scrounge up on eBay, craigslist, and various depositories of vintage Suzuki parts.

    This was a high mileage bike and the guy I bought it from seemed to enjoy wringing it out. Not that I am against that but now that it’s my bike, well I feel like I have in some way been violated.

    The plan is restore and modify using mostly if not all Suzuki parts. The parts I have collected for this build includes a swingarm from a Bandit 1200, the front forks is from a ’93 GSXR 1100, GSXR three spoke rims, and a front cowl from a ’90 GSXR. I hope the cowl looks good but I leave that to the court of GS public opinion and ridicule. I am keeping the original train-size light just in case the GSXR cowl mod looks too JC Whitneyish.

    As for the engine; in an effort to help revive the economy with my money, I am going to have a lot work done on it. The engine was yanked out in my garage with my bare hands and was crated and sent to Rapid Ray who either replaced, reconditioned, reworked, or waved his magic wand over for the following:
    Case studs
    Cylinder studs
    High volume oil pump gears
    Cams
    Slotted cam sprockets
    Engine gaskets
    Engine seals
    Cam chain
    Cam chain tensioner
    Piston kit, Wiseco, 1166
    Cylinder boring
    Performance valve job
    Porting
    Valve springs
    Used clutch hub in good shape
    Clutch hub nut
    Heavy duty clutch hub build
    Hot tank cleaning engine parts
    Surface cylinder head
    Face & back cut 16 valves for increased airflow
    Dynojet jet kit
    4 carb rebuild kits with all O-rings
    Ultrasonic clean, rebuild & jet carbs
    Top end oiler

    I got the engine back and the bike is slowly getting sorted back together. Here are some pictures of the teardown and I will post some pictures as it is turned into a roller.

    Here is what I started with.
    http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psa77a6bd3.jpg

    Teardown pic:
    http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN0969_zps64890049.jpg
    Last edited by Guest; 11-05-2012, 09:29 PM.
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    #2
    It looks like you started with a nice looking bike.
    Many improvements. It should move on out...
    How much does it cost to send a GS engine coast to coast?
    How did you ship it?

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      #3
      Originally posted by GSScoobie View Post
      It looks like you started with a nice looking bike.
      Many improvements. It should move on out...
      How much does it cost to send a GS engine coast to coast?
      How did you ship it?
      About $400 each way. I got a quote from a freight handling company online and then all I had to do is crate it up and drive it to a nearby Yellow Freight terminal. I found a couple of shops on the left coast but Rapid Ray said if I sent it to the right coast that after he gone through it that it would do warp speed in first and past third gear it would do ludacris speed.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Battleship62 View Post
        ... Rapid Ray said if I sent it to the right coast that after he gone through it that it would do warp speed in first and past third gear it would do ludacris speed.
        Fourth gear should get you to PLAID, not sure what fifth will do.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Steve View Post
          Fourth gear should get you to PLAID, not sure what fifth will do.

          .
          I should point out that living so far in the Northeast, unlike a compass, my bikes are always pointing south. Therefore, that makes the Atlantic side on my left, thus the left coast, and the warm Pacific my right coast. Also, I was raised in Kansas so being from the middle of nowhere, I don't know difference between going left or right most of the time.

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            #6
            Teardown photos

            Both this pictures were taken last year but I wanted to give everyone the benefit of seeing how the teardown had progressed.

            http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN1015_zps0c5c8f72.jpg


            http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN1020_zps02fabac8.jpg


            Enjoy.

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              #7
              Mock Up

              Some shots of the mock up.

              http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...ps548c75bd.jpg

              http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/GS1100eJun123_zps19a74fca.jpg
              Last edited by Guest; 11-11-2012, 09:28 AM.

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                #8
                Mock Up

                Here are some pics with the engine in.

                http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN1889_zps5278d620.jpg


                http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN1890_zpse3c06bc2.jpg


                http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN1897_zps08729a9a.jpg

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                  #9
                  Looks great!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by still_bluenoser View Post
                    Looks great!
                    That does look badazz !! Any frame reinforcements ?
                    Last edited by bonanzadave; 07-12-2018, 09:32 PM.
                    82 1100 EZ (red)

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                      #11
                      Comments Please

                      I am trying a new look on the GSXR/GS1100e retromod. Off comes the big train light and on comes a '90 GSXR fairing with the dual lights. Again I am trying to give this project a GS1200SS vibe and using this fairing helps maintains the Suzuki bloodline.

                      Don't make a point of the overall color scheme because that will change after I get everything mocked up.

                      Thoughts, comments, and opinions are welcome.

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                        #12
                        Looks awesome! Do you have any plans of installing the lowers for the fairing or not? If not I think it would look much better with some of the bottom end trimmed a bit. I took the liberty to do a quick photoshop mock up of what it could look like trimmed a bit.

                        It all hinges on whether or not you plan on putting the lowers on or not. In my eye the trimmed version looks more finished and intentional than it is now.

                        I really like your project, keep going on it!

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                          #13
                          The first time I saw a GS1200SS I thought "Damn, why can't we get those here?" Then I read some blurb about how in the 80s the GSX-R1100 was never sold in Japan, and that was the modern retro for the japanese people that always want to own it.

                          Maybe an early GSX-R1100 fairing would suit the part a bit better, although any suzuki dual headlight will do it justice

                          http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/suzuz/GSXR11001986-88.htm

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                            #14
                            I prefer the look of the train headlight sans fairing.
                            To my eye these bikes are brutes and it needs a big solid center piece.
                            Certainly will be following your progress.
                            2@ \'78 GS1000

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                              #15
                              Front Fairing Pics

                              Here is another couple of looks at the fairing mounted.

                              TimTom: Thanks for the photoshop image. I decided to cut the fairing to match what you did.

                              http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN2014_zps9a7557b4.jpg


                              http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y388/Battleship62/1983%20GS1100E%20Project/DSCN2011_zps6280ccde.jpg

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