Resurrecting a forgotten soul or 79 GS750

[Guest]

Hello everyone I made an intro thread a few months ago that has been lost to the digital world. I think it got purged for lack of use. So I am starting my build/rebuild thread. I bought a 79 GS750 back in November of 2013 and have been working on it and it is almost done. A little background on the bike it was a one owner bike, and the owner decided it was time to go threw it. He took it apart had the motor all refreshed and then got overwhelmed and stuck it in the garage in pieces. My buddy got it in a trade for doing some work on his car and I asked if he would sell it he said $1000 because he wanted to put it together. Needless to say I waited about 8 months for him to figure out he could not get it together and I snatched it up for $200. I was super excited.

Here is what it looked like when I picked it up.



Within a few days it looked like this and the project began.







With a few boxes of parts and some time we took it back down to the frame and engine made sure all the motor mounts were in corectly and started to decide what I wanted to do with the bike.

My plan for this build was simple eliminate anything I did not need replace anything that was bad or worn and build a bike that was simple and ran great.

The bike came without an air box and no exhasust so I snatched up an old vance&hines off ebay for $80 wraped it and sprayed it black. I got the side covers valve cover and starter cover powdercoated gloss black, and ordered a set of pods and from what I could find from info on this site the correct jets mains and pilots to get me going in the right direction. I sent the carbs to a freind to verify they were clean and fresh and had the top covers of the carbs done in gloss black to tie it all in. The stock harness was trashed so I made a new one. I installed a dyna ignition with dyna coils new plugs and wires new headlight front a rear turn signals chopped about 7" off the back of the bike and now need to make a new seat. I tried to make the bike as simple as possible and still be reliable. I now just need to finish painting the tank make a seat and figure out what I wanna do with the front fender. All and all I am very happy with the way the bike looks and here are some pics of the process along the way I will update and I progress towards the finish line.

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[2jzmiata]

The start of the wiring







I was going to run a remote mechanical oil guage on the bars I have since just put it on the oil gallary bolt on the side of the block much easier and looks cleaner.





I maintained the stock regulator , rectifier, and flasher when the regulator goes bad I will replace it with a combined unit for now it work's.



New key location keeping things off the bars.



More wiring

[2jzmiata]

I used weather pack connectors where I could



And here is how the bike currently sits almost finished the end is in site!!!!!














Let me know what you guys think.

I still need to get new rear shocks that are longer and mount the tach on the bars I have a small digital tach I will be using.

[78550GS]

Looks like you are making good progress!

[knotscott]

Looking forward to seeing the end product.

[Weeksz]

Looking good man. Where did you purchase the wires?

[2jzmiata]

I'm gonna assume your talking about the plug wires and there are a set of universal cut to fit wires from dyna got them on eBay for $36.

[Pete's GS]

Ah, the cheesy pipe wrap. Why is this look popular? It covers up a multitude of sins?

[SocialAnomaly99]

I dig wrapped pipes. Its great for getting the heat away from the engine instead of radiating directly onto it. Function over fashion ya dig? Unless you really care about what it looks like, its good for covering up rusty and/or discolored chrome/paint.

[2jzmiata]

One I like the wrapped pipes look I always have two like said it functions well to get the heat away from the front of the motor. In this case the exhaust I bought used and ha a good bit of surface rust. I sandblasted it clean painted it with some vht flame proof black and wrapped the collector
Pipe. I think it looks pretty good also I really don't like chrome so this is better.

[2jzmiata]

So I have been working on the bike and it is almost done. Need to mount my new seat I made and mount the new rear inner fender seat support as well as a tach and it should be ready to run. Then it will be getting timing set and tuning. Also one of my side cases is leaking so I need to fix that as well. I painted the tank chopped down the front fender made a seat and made the wiring look nice. I also got all my controls on and working so Im getting excited. Here are some pics of the progress. I hope to be able to ride it in a few weeks.


Tank after wet sanding getting ready for cear.








Tank polished out with clear.





Making the seat pan





Seat in the making I wish I took more pics I honestly thought the first one would be bad so I was gonna take pics on the second one but this one turned out better than I could have hoped

[2jzmiata]

Seat wrapped tight and sitting on the bike









Seat pan support / rear inner fender

[wymple]

I've never really liked the exhaust wrap either, but it's been growing on me for a couple of years now. My son has some on his XS650 chopper and it looks good. The heat protection is for real. I have a Fiero with a 3800 I transplanted in, and had to wrap the exhaust crossover pipe to protect a sheathed cable. That cable is so close I doubt I could stick a nickle in between them, the wrap has done the job now for several years. BTW, it's great to see a bike resurrected from the dead. You've done a nice job. Love the blue.