Finished: Basket Case Project 1980 GS1000, sorta

[BasketCase]

One day I'm going to the UK. My Bike Mecca will be Racefit, Lucky Seven, and Spondon. Throw in Dymag, Renthal, and Nitron for good measure too.

[bsharpish]

I've owned/built a few full or part spondon bikes

beam framed gsxr1100 and a tricky katana ......... deservedly legendary for quality and , unfortunately, very protracted deliveries !

add maxton engineering to your list - suspension guru for the last 40 years - turned Spencer's NSR500 into something rideable

[BasketCase]

Ah yes, wouldn't mind that little Maxton sticker on the GSXR forks. Proper kit, or maybe Öhlins internals...

[dorkburger]

Dang, that's sweet! Nice job all around. I think one of the best and sipmplest mods on that model is dropping the rear seat height to match the tail. I love how it flows.

[salty_monk]

Looks great!

[nvr2old]

That's really a beautiful resto-mod. I really like the stance it has with the modern suspension. I like the paint scheme, too. Very different. As a painter myself, the only thing I would add would be the same black stripes from the tank onto the tail. A very nit-picky thing, for sure, because it's really well done. Should be a blast to ride.

[BasketCase]

Yeah, in hindsight black lines with white pinstripes would continue the same color scheme towards the end of the bike. It was a detail I realized as soon as i got the pieces back from paint. The colors are pretty nice in person, I couldn't seem to capture how pearlescent the orange is on camera.

The seat was designed with clean flow in mind, and also with the original GS1000 tank. As the bike was striped for paint and powder, a big pinhole leak was found and other details made it unfixable. Thankfully, the flow of the seat foam still worked with the GSX tank.


Thanks for the kind words everyone!

[steve murdoch]

Cool hot rod.
It must be a blast to ride.
Sorry if i missed it but just curious to the significance of the #8?

[BasketCase]

Cool hot rod.
It must be a blast to ride.
Sorry if i missed it but just curious to the significance of the #8?

It sure is fun to ride! I just like #8. It's even and symmetrical.

[BurntKittyForge]

Looks like an awesome ride.

Been thinking of getting a smaller muffler. My current Triumph 955 muffler is huge.
Chrome and pretty though . Thinking loud pipes ARE good in NOVA.
Thinking of getting some reflectors for gear and such but they don't even notice a headlight here during rush-hour OR just saturday traffic sometimes...rural roads are still nice lately. ...

Congrats on the project, still some good weather left for riding left too.

[BasketCase]

Looks like an awesome ride.

Been thinking of getting a smaller muffler. My current Triumph 955 muffler is huge.
Chrome and pretty though . Thinking loud pipes ARE good in NOVA.
Thinking of getting some reflectors for gear and such but they don't even notice a headlight here during rush-hour OR just saturday traffic sometimes...rural roads are still nice lately. ...

Congrats on the project, still some good weather left for riding left too.

Thanks man! The PIAA driving LED lights are pretty freaking bright, and that pipe is definitely loud enough. With that paint job hopefully cagers will notice me!

[bobgroger]

Thanks guys,

The gauge is the KOSO TNT-01 multifunction unit, not sure how MotoRelic made it work but there's still an issue with the tach signals above 42 mph. The quick filler is from RCD sold through Racefit. It is half conventional cap and half spring loaded for gravity dump can. Not sure if the front signals will melt, it's getting plenty of air flow and sits on the cooler core so there shouldn't be too much heat. I hope.

Just wondering if you fitted resistor core plug wires? Solid wires can create noise that borks up electronics....

[BasketCase]

Just wondering if you fitted resistor core plug wires? Solid wires can create noise that borks up electronics....

I've got the Taylor 8mm Spiro Pro wires

http://www.taylorvertex.com/spark-plugs/spiro-pro-universal-wire-sets/

[Mons]

Really nice bike! What rear shocks are those?

[BasketCase]

Cheapo EBay ones, gonna replace them with FOX when I've got the scratch.