My . GS1000GL Rebuild

[norman1950]

Got some more work done on the bike lately. Got all the brake calipers off and cleaned and ordered the parts that I need to replace. They are in the process of being painted at the moment and forgot to take pictures of them. Also got the tank stripped of paint, and then sand blasted off the stubborn parts. Put a couple of coats of primer on it so it wouldn't rust. Here are some updated pictures.

How the tank started


After the aircraft paint stripper


After wire wheel and sandblasting




And primer

[norman1950]

Made a little more progress tonight, got the calipers all painted and now just waiting for parts for them, just have them loosely mounted. Also got the engine cleaned and detailed up. Here are pictures of the calipers.

[boingk]

Looking sharp, great colour!

- boingk

[norman1950]

Looking sharp, great colour!

- boingk

Thank you.

Here is a picture of how well baking soda through a sand blaster works on getting rid of pesky grease.




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[Duece]

Nice work so far, interested on how its gonna come out.

[13013]

looking good. i'm doing a budget build on a 79' 1000L myself. question, are you keeping the gauges? I'm planning a change, the ones I found that I like are 1:4 ratio... that sound right too you? http://www.speedmotoco.com/product-p/smc-4-33.htm

[BluePlateSpecial]

The calipers look great! I just painted mine the exact same color. VHT engine paint?

Can't wait to see mine on a completed bike. Should look fantastic on a bike that's already black with gold trim.

[norman1950]

looking good. i'm doing a budget build on a 79' 1000L myself. question, are you keeping the gauges? I'm planning a change, the ones I found that I like are 1:4 ratio... that sound right too you? http://www.speedmotoco.com/product-p/smc-4-33.htm

I am going ahead and keeping the stock gauges. They work so don't see a huge reason so switch.

The calipers look great! I just painted mine the exact same color. VHT engine paint?

Can't wait to see mine on a completed bike. Should look fantastic on a bike that's already black with gold trim.

Thank you very much. Yes it is the VHT engine paint.

[norman1950]

Got some clip ons in the mail today. Was able to get them painted and sort of mounted. I was also able to some primer on the tank and tail, and of course found multiple spots on the tail that need attending to. I got the metal insert under the seat welded in to hide the wiring and mount the rectifier.

before primer



primed and placed on bike





and here you can see the clip ons

[norman1950]

Well sold my warrior last night so it was time to do a little work on the GS so I can have something to ride come spring time. Nothing big, but got the engine guards all mounted up. Next in line is to go buy primer and paint and a small battery.

[Higgibaby]

Hi there, I'm doing a similar job to my GS, and I was wondering what kid of paint and color you sprayed the engine case with?

[ron bayless]

It doesn't look anything like a Cooley, but i like what you have done.Great work.

[norman1950]

It doesn't look anything like a Cooley, but i like what you have done.Great work.

Thanks, I decided to go away from the Cooley, as the more I researched it the more it was an injustice to make it look like that. It is going to be more of the cafe style. Hope to be putting the final primer coats on next week, then off to get the final paint.

Thanks again.

[norman1950]

Hi there, I'm doing a similar job to my GS, and I was wondering what kid of paint and color you sprayed the engine case with?

On the engine, it is a Dupli Color High Engine Heat Aluminium.

[norman1950]

Got back to the shop to work on the bike a bit (instead of cleaning and organizing the shop). Was able to get the battery and most of the wiring figured out. Need to get some battery cables and tidy up all the wiring.