78 GS1000 left for dead

[viperg]

I recognize that CBX rear end in frame pic. Got a few pics of CBX and Kat at Rockers Reunion. Good to finally meet you. My Water Buffalo ran flawlessly as always. I took the smoker to Mid-Ohio with my 1000SN and Katana, had a great time! Did you make Mid-Ohio?

[bsharpish]

Going to look very very tricky..... Quick question (if I can be cheeky)

what width are the spoked rims .... Is it a stock C hub ?

[busa1300]

You holiday in California by any chance? http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/5676615944.html

I know you are going resto-mod but it still nice to see the rear frame loops still intact.

The bike was too complete to chop up, plus I don't think any tail could look better with the original tank
Went to the Bahamas to do some shark diving....
And get married...

As far as getting another two stroke..... I did that this week.
Taking the slow boat from Japan.
Yes........it is still wearing it's original paint.

I recognize that CBX rear end in frame pic. Got a few pics of CBX and Kat at Rockers Reunion. Good to finally meet you. My Water Buffalo ran flawlessly as always. I took the smoker to Mid-Ohio with my 1000SN and Katana, had a great time! Did you make Mid-Ohio?

Your GT was the coolest smoker there...glad I got to finally meet the person behind the forum name.
I was on vacation the same week/weekend as Mid Ohio...
Plus, I doubt I would have gone with a high single day entry fee of $40 a person...... just to look at parts...

Going to look very very tricky..... Quick question (if I can be cheeky)

what width are the spoked rims .... Is it a stock C hub ?

The wheels are 3.5x18 and 2.75x18....tires are 150x70x18 and 110x80x18
The hub is a GS1000 from a old drag bike on rear, the front hub is actually from a GT550

[steve murdoch]

Congrats on the marriage and the wedding present to yourself.
I do not know much about the RG marque but a quick search has me guessing a '96 VJ23?

[busa1300]

Congrats on the marriage and the wedding present to yourself.
I do not know much about the RG marque but a quick search has me guessing a '96 VJ23?

Dead on the money

Only a 7 month total production run.....2218 total bikes ever built
This was about half the price of my first choice, a RZV500 (which I will forever dream about), yet considerably more rare. Only about a 1/3 are believed to still be complete...the rest have been raced/crashed and/or parted over the past 20 years.

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For a company that built only two strokes until 1976, (unless you add in the RE5...then it would 1975).
This was the very last true street two stroke Suzuki built

[busa1300]

Moving slow....but still moving...
Soda blasted my front end, and have triples ready to polish up a bit.
The GS1100E forks will get completely pulled apart, as I have all new bushings top and bottom....and a few other goodies to make them work better than new.
Then the lowers will get the brushed polish look as well......
No blackout treatment in any form on this bike....I like the look of aluminum...

[chuck hahn]

I would paint the tripples black though so it flows along with the frame and guages myself. I left my triples on my 77 750 palin and now wished I had blacked them out as it just doesnt look right to me.

[busa1300]

I will probably test fit parts quite a few times before it's all bolted down for the last time....
That way I will see which way works with the rest of the bike.

[busa1300]

This week I am determined to start getting my bolts, and all other types of fasteners and so on zinc plated...in my own laboratory so to speak.
So until then, I figured I would show various points in this bikes metamorphosis, as to the direction of the buildup.
One step backward into time.

Looking at how the 3.5x18 and 2.75x18 wire wheels look with the GS1100 swingarm.



My Ebay find gas tank, that I couldn't move forward without....had to have a 78 tank...
The original had over 50 holes in it after a vinegar cleanout.



Almost went with the 86 GSXR 1100 wheels and front end....but I really wanted a bit of nostalgia with the wire wheels...

[chuck hahn]

Please please please...IM BEGGING...get a scan of that paint..........PLEASE!!!!!

[busa1300]

Please please please...IM BEGGING...get a scan of that paint..........PLEASE!!!!!

It's in my Jeep...
Taking it in to work tomorrow.... Finally

[busa1300]

The mixing dept. has the part for matching.
should have the code and some paint by Friday.

[busa1300]

Shiny parts

They have had my tail section for a week....and still no matching paint...
The color eye they use could not find a match. so they are supposedly trying to match it by eye/spray out tests...
If they do that, I'm skeptical on how well it will match, and there will be no paint code with it...
I am still trying on the paint, but still no definite answers for anyone looking for the 78 blue skunk.

But on the positive side.....I have actually got started on a project I have blown off for probably 8-9 months now.
I am replating my bolts/parts....Which means I will be bolting this damn thing back together soon, finally.

Chemistry class....taught by philosopheriam............thanks again

[busa1300]

ENGINE IS IN......!!!!!







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[busa1300]

Nice and shiny....
This replating bolt thing, is more work than I had thought....Now that I started, I feel I have to do every single one.
Otherwise the one bolt I let go, will be the only one people see.

As far as paint match...They could only get it close...but not close enough, and no code to make more.
They said they would send it to Ohio where their lab is, and would match it.....I said maybe this winter.....
Not that trusting with these clean original painted parts....and when they were running the eye over the tail, they put light scratches all over it....