Finally a Cooley

[Guest]

After years of hunting it fell in my lap, I would say its a 7 out of 10. This one is way to nice to mod so an off the boat restoration might be in the near future. Yes those are NOS new in the box mirrors.

[jwhelan65]

[azr]

Looking forward to this Joe, should be nice. Congats on now owning an 'S'

[jwhelan65]

Came with an extra set of stock pipes, they are pretty near flawless.

[greg78gs750]

ho-lee cow those mirrors tho....
nice score!

[nvr2old]

Two sets of original mirrors, pipes, the dash is unbroken, and overall completely unmolested..I'd say that's a good starting point.

[jwhelan65]

Two sets of original mirrors, pipes, the dash is unbroken, and overall completely unmolested..I'd say that's a good starting point.

Just needs a painter...

[Vmass]

Ya, I guess, if you like that kind of thing..........................


Congratulations, it looks awesome!!!

[Vmass]

What's the story? Was this a GSR member bike and how many miles?

Looks like there may be a crack in the glass above the clock knob, can't really tell. If there is, I have an NOS piece of glass. I also have an NOS ignition cap. May have a few other bits.

[jwhelan65]

Ya, I guess, if you like that kind of thing..........................


Congratulations, it looks awesome!!!

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[jwhelan65]

What's the story? Was this a GSR member bike and how many miles?

Looks like there may be a crack in the glass above the clock knob, can't really tell. If there is, I have an NOS piece of glass. I also have an NOS ignition cap. May have a few other bits.

Non GSR member bought the bike about a year ago but not sure from there. The glass is cracked I would definitely be interested in some of the bits you might have.

Thanks Rich

[Kiwi Canuck]

I will be following this one, I love the look of the SN with the flat seat.

Good score and nice to see you have the elusive clock knob, be careful when removing the knob, there is a very fine screw holding the knob on from the top.

One of my bikes has a broken piece of glass but I can't get the knob off, I've tried but it feels like it may have been glued on and I'm going to break something if I force it too much.

If you need anything related to the Cooley just ask, there are a few of us on here that have restored them before and should be able to help with almost anything. (except OEM mirrors ) ha ha

Cheers,

David

[gsrick]

Sorry to thread jack, oh before I, do nice score Joe. Mine is a molested basket case, that will need a lot of work. Which means I'm not going stock resto, so my thread jack question is, are there any good alternative mirrors to use?

[Kiwi Canuck]

Sorry to thread jack, oh before I, do nice score Joe. Mine is a molested basket case, that will need a lot of work. Which means I'm not going stock resto, so my thread jack question is, are there any good alternative mirrors to use?

Last year I found some knock off RG500 mirrors on ebay UK, they had the correct spacing 50mm IIRC, and didn't look too bad, I'll see if I can find the link.

Maybe this one.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mirrors-Left-Right-Hand-for-1985-Suzuki-RG-500-F-Gamma-/281973248698?hash=item41a6ea52ba:g:YC0AAOSwHxVW7nmc

Also found these knockoffs for the TL1000, possibly gives a little better view as the mounts are a little longer but may look funny on the Cooley and you would need to check the bolt spacing.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Black-E-mark-Rear-View-Side-Mirrors-Pair-Suzuki-TL-1000S-97-98-99-00-01-/171303042590?hash=item27e274fe1e:g:tAsAAOSw-vlVgufQ

P.S. if anyone uses these aftermarket mirrors on a Cooley take note, the OEM ones screw in from the outside, whereas all after market ones are attached from the inside so you will need to drill out the threads on the top bracket to fasten the non OEM units.

David

[Fjbj40]

Hijack.......what is the Cooley fairing made of? FG or plastic?

Thanks