1978 gs1000 build

[GSjon1000]

I recently got a 1 owner gs1000 in decent shape. its been sitting about 7 years due to a carb leak and the previous owner bought a new bike. Ive had a few cb750s but this is my first GS. ive really wanted to do a cafe type bike and figured this would be a good platform. here is a pic of the bike when i got it 3 weeks ago.

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The bike came with two tanks, the original 78 that someone pressurized and expanded the tank (unusable) and the 79 tank thats on it that had some bad rust problems. After unsucsesfully looking for another tank i stripped the 79 tank and took it to a radiator repair shop and had it dipped and patched. here is a pic of the tank after i started body work.

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I decided to paint the tank black with some metal flake. I also put on some super bike bars .

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pic of the tank

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another tank pic

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I made a seat mount and bobbed the frame and unused brackets

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mounted the seat from roccitycafe

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Mounted brake lights and painted the frame

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Painted the seat

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Painted seat on bike

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bike pic in front of my impala

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Ive got my carb parts coming in today to get it jetted and running, i also have some pods to put on. Should be running this weekend. not sure on what to do about the seat pad yet.

[Rover]

I like it,nice proportions.

[GSjon1000]

I like it,nice proportions.

Thanks, i knew i needed a pretty big seat bubble to match the giant tank.

[Octain]

Looks good!
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