Before and After thread

[MisterCinders]

Before:



Last year:



After (for now):



Stay tuned though.

[Whitedog]

Not a GS but I'll play along. Winter project. 1980 Honda XL 500s.
Not a fan of Honda's red from that year so went with a custom color.
Before.




After

[posplayr]

Before (Jan 08):





Later (Dec 2010):





and




And finally after all that Now (as of July 2011):

[pete]

Jim I'll bet those Ohlin's are nice... I had the pleasure of riding a worked Kat the other day with Ohlin's front and rear and it was like silk... the smoothest ride I've ever experienced. Made the Ikons on the 450 feel very average in comparison...

[jwhelan65]

Jim, that is one my faves....

[jwhelan65]

Not a GS but I'll play along. Winter project. 1980 Honda XL 500s.
Not a fan of Honda's red from that year so went with a custom color.
Before.




After

Dang! Nice job on that thing!

[posplayr]

Jim I'll bet those Ohlin's are nice... I had the pleasure of riding a worked Kat the other day with Ohlin's front and rear and it was like silk... the smoothest ride I've ever experienced. Made the Ikons on the 450 feel very average in comparison...

Pete,
The bike is certainly handles and is more stable than when I got it. I changed to the adjustable Ohlins when I did the GSXR upgrade so hard to sort out the specific improvement for the shock. I have to say that the wheels,tires and brakes make so much of a difference that I would never want to go back to anything less.
Cheers
Jim

[posplayr]

Jim, that is one my faves....

Still waiting for the Road Test review for yours Did you locate a train light yet?

[jwhelan65]

Still waiting for the Road Test review for yours Did you locate a train light yet?

Train light...check!

It is at the powder coater as we speak..

[pete]

Pete,
The bike is certainly handles and is more stable than when I got it. I changed to the adjustable Ohlins when I did the GSXR upgrade so hard to sort out the specific improvement for the shock. I have to say that the wheels,tires and brakes make so much of a difference that I would never want to go back to anything less.
Cheers
Jim

Cheers Jim, that doesn't surprise me in the slightest!

[Spyder]

Before...


After...


And today...

[hjfisk]

OK the before, as found on the road;



and as it is now, 6 months later;

[pete]

Ooooh very pretty, good job!

[jwhelan65]

OK the before, as found on the road;



and as it is now, 6 months later;

Very nice! what rearsets are those?

[ptexotik]

Excellent work, sir!

After...