1982 GS1100EZ Phase II

[CivilRock]

Updates:

1. Bought some TEC remote reservoir shocks.
2. Built a ghetto fabulous chain guard (Late Night Drags requirement)
3. Raised the needles 1 clip - vast improvement.
4. Replaced those nasty rusty spool bolts with stainless.
5. Sold my ratty Corbin seat. Not sure if I want another. My modified stock seat is comfortable and helps me get my weight forward, but it doesn't really look like a show winner item.

I've decided that Phase III will be suspension and handling and Phase IV will be adding HP. IV will be at least a couple years down the road.

Full story here: http://www.civilrock.com/GS1100EZ/10

-Kevin

[jsandidge]

TEC shocks

I'm curious how those TEC's feel. I'm contemplating a set for my bike. How do they compare with others you've tried?

[CivilRock]

I don't feel I have enough seat time to really tell. Plus it's been mostly wet roads on my little riding stints. I still haven't measured or set my sag either.

Furthermore, my feedback might not reflect how they might work on a standard GS. I have 17 inch 120 Front and 190 Rear tires,+3.5" swingarm, and an 1150 front end, which change the dynamics of the suspension quite a bit to begin with.

If anything, I think they could use some thicker oil and a few more psi in the reservoir bladder.

Oh, and the only others I've tried on this bike are the stockers in stock form.

As far as looks, fit, and finish? They're the dog's balls. (that's good)

-kevin

[CivilRock]

One list, all mods... I think

I was just about to post this and I thought of two more things I've done.

The bike doesn't really look that outrageously modified, does it? This seems like a long list.

-Kevin

**I just bought the rearsets last night on eBay. Might take me a while to get them installed.**

[Rob S.]

I'm going to put that on my wall as a "to-do" list!

[slayer61]

I was just about to post this and I thought of two more things I've done.

The bike doesn't really look that outrageously modified, does it? This seems like a long list.

-Kevin

**I just bought the rearsets last night on eBay. Might take me a while to get them installed.**

You, sir, are a very brave man! My wife has very little idea what I spend on bike parts!

[posplayr]

You, sir, are a very brave man! My wife has very little idea what I spend on bike parts!

It is a smoke screen; it actually much worse.

[CivilRock]

You, sir, are a very brave man! My wife has very little idea what I spend on bike parts!

A. my wife will never see this.
B. I think the $ part of the adventure is important. It's part of the hunt.
3. What this doesn't show is the profits from all the stock parts that I sold.
IV. For instance, I sold my 1100 motor for $600, bought the 1150 for $700.
~. At one point in 2010 I sold the bike for $1950 and bought it back 3 months later for $450 crashed.
G. I have not paid for one set of tires on this bike. All are free DOT race take-offs from race buddies.
7. Compared to road racing, this is peanuts.
iiv. I support this by making stuff in my garage at night. www.forkrack.com

-Kevin

[Rob S.]

I support this by making stuff in my garage at night. www.forkrack.com

-Kevin

Is that a rumble seat?

[CivilRock]

Well, successfully mounted my eBay ZX12R rear sets, and now I have a kickstand problem because of it.





I also mounted the bottom hole of this one just a little back and it's tilting the whole rearset up a little. I thought that it wouldn't make much difference, or that I wouldn't notice. It's about 3/4" higher than the other side. If I never would have noticed or measured it, I probably wouldn't ever care. Now that I know about it, it's going to bug me! But that's the beauty of working with heavy steel, I can just weld on an extension and redrill/tap the bottom hole.





Here's my problem. The kickstand interferes with my toe when I try and put my shoe under the shifter. The whole time I was setting it up, I had the kickstand out of the way. Not sure what I'm going to do to remedy the situation. I don't want the kickstand to drag on the ground. The best solution would be to cut the mounting bracket from the frame and move it back about 8 inches. I was about to remove the center stand as well, because with the extra ride height (added longer shocks) now the chain rubs on the center stand. I should just delete both and lean my bike stuff when I need to ride.

[CivilRock]

Found another use for my mini lathe. These button head bolts were just a hair too wide to sit down in the recesses of the rearsets. Voila!

[Rob S.]

As a fellow 1100EZ owner, I say ditch the centerstand. I bought my Suzi six months ago without one, and I don't miss the extra weight one bit. I bought a cheapo ("Trackside") rear paddock stand for $29.99, and everything is groovy.

Now the sidestand, that I would miss. A lot!

PS I love your bike! More pics! More pics!

[CivilRock]

Thanks Rob. I'm sending off the seat today to get recovered. Sucks because the weather here is freaking awesome right now. I might be bundling up some towels as a seat. If I knew I wasn't going to buy another Corbin, I wouldn't have sold the one I had!

Here's a pic for you. I have stands. I'm just a center stand kind of guy. But now that I raised the ride height in the rear, the bike sits better on the side stand. Before it was kind of sketchy.

I found the front stand buried in my shed and bought a rear for $50 off craigslist.


Oh, and I am going to ditch the center stand. I'll just keep the rear stand handy in the garage. I can't wait to see how much weight I shed with these rearsets. The massive aluminum passenger peg mounts are huge.

-Kevin

[CivilRock]

I filled, drilled, tapped, and re-cut the plate twice on the right side, and no less than 5 times on the left side before I got it where I wanted.

I thought I was going to nail it the first try. I don't need no stinkin' plexiglass facsimiles. Whoa, was I wrong. The biggest problem is that the rearsets are not symmetrical. The V-shape is, and they look the same, but upon closer examination, the left peg is 1/2" higher. This was driving me cray-cray until I figured it out.

Pegs are with in 1/8" height now, and look like almost the same mounting height if you don't look at both sides at the same time. Which will only happen on the internet.

I'm going to just add a little spacer at the kickstand hinge to drop the kickstand arm down about 1" when it's in it's retracted position. That gives me enough room to get my toe under the shift lever, and still keep the kickstand high enough to keep from scraping. And yes Rob S., I ditched the center stand.

I sent off my seat and tail section for a new cover/shape. Really glad it started raining here or I'd be super jonesing for a ride. Really anxious to get it back, and hoping to be amazed.

A good eye will see a missing critical bolt. Not to worry, it's in my pocket so I can find a better looking one at the hardware store.

I still need to fabricate an exhaust hanger, but I know exactly how I'm going to do it.

-kevin

[MK3Brent]

Kevin,

I too ran into a kick-stand issue.
My purposed solution is to either A. Cut off the mounting point and relocate the kickstand farther to the FRONT to totally clear the assembly, or 2. Buy something like this:


Simply clamp it around the lower tube, and position it in a place that won't interfere.

Could even put it on the right side to be English.