81 1100E Morph

[Guest]

In April of 2014 I traded an old Jeep I didn't need for a barely running 81 gs1100e. It was only running on 2 cylinders and was obviously neglected for some time. I managed to ride it home keeping the choke on most of the way. I've been working on it a little here and a little there and even though it's not finished at least it's getting closer. I thought after all of the great info I've sourced from this site I should go ahead and put up a build thread. Thank you for any help you may have provided me on this!

This is how it looked when I went to get it.... I almost didn't take it.

[niclpnut]

Dig the kerker pipe. And looks like a non original tank from a 78 1000. Actually highly sought after.

Nic

[azr]

That's a 78' 1000 tank, not the right one for you frame. Hard to find tank, you'd be better off to sell that to a member and get the right one you need.....please tell me you haven't cut the tank already.

[greg78gs750]

yes, sell that tank for $$$ and fund the resto.

[rudeman]

yes, sell that tank for $$$ and fund the resto.

Absolutely sell the tank. You could buy an 1100 tank and have significant funds left.

[lor109]

I wish someone would have told me the tank was worth so much....it's long gone, i traded it for some misc parts I needed.
After some cleaning.jpg After some cleaning. Still running like crap. I decided to dive in deep....

[lor109]

tearing it down.jpg Tearing it down

[lor109]

tank inside.jpgThe tank was pretty rusty, I found a nearly mint 1100e tank on ebay and pulled the trigger.

[lor109]

Carbs and Tank installed.jpgAlso purchased a set of Slingshot Carbs from fleabay. This is a shot of the bike after the new tank and carbs were installed. This was around March of this year. The bike was running decent at this point so I decided to dive into some more cosmetic stuff.

[lor109]

Before Seat and Frame hack.jpgThis is a shot of the bike for referance pre-frame and tail hack. I really hated the seat and tail section. Too long and it didn't flow with the tank. In this picture you can also see that I've changed the bars for clip-ons and the Kerker exhaust is at a buddies house being welded on.

[lor109]

Frame Hack.jpgNot a great picture but you can see where I hacked the rear frame section that holds the tail cowl on.

[lor109]

Stripes.jpgSome stripes...

[lor109]

Tail Stripes.jpgTail Section repainted and Striped to match the tank

[lor109]

Tail Shortened and working on seat pan.jpgThe Support bracket for the tail cowl was welded back on and the tail section was reinstalled. In this picture I'm also mocking up a seat pan with foam board. I'm loving the way the tail and tank flow together now!

[lor109]

Liscense plate.jpgLicense plate mounted