Gs1000g, take two.

[thebrandonbeezy]

ill be finishing the rest tomorrow after the lady goes to work. might pop the forks off and polish them up the right way!

[thebrandonbeezy]

2017-11-25_06-06-55 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

2017-11-25_06-07-08 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

dont mind the fuel line, its temporary

[Steve]

Rick supplied a kenda hard compound touring tire.

I am not acquainted with Kenda's "hard compound touring tire". All I can offer with that is "good luck".

A harder compound usually equates with a bit less "grip", and the "grip" of the Challengers was already close to ZERO, I hope these do well for you.

I have not gotten a feel for your riding style. If you tend to be a bit "exuberant" or "spirited", be sure to ease into the tires to get a feel for them. I would really hate for you to go into a corner at what you consider to be "normal" speeds, only to be surprised when the tire is not what you were hoping it might be.

Have you had a chance to look at the date code? That might give you a bit more validation for a change.

I see you got a different tire for the front. It appears to be a Dunlop. It came from a Harley, so I might guess it's a 404? Check the date code on it, too. The 404 is a decent tire, it just won't last very long.

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[thebrandonbeezy]

I wouldn't call my riding even spirited to be honest. Both tires are 2 years old, but i dont plan on keeping the 16 in the rear for very long. Gonna try to find a 17 next year me thinks. Neither show any signs of aging or hardening yet (both stored inside) im definitely going to keep an eye on them though.

[thebrandonbeezy]

Shinko 230's will be on the list for next year

[mmattockx]

Both tires are 2 years old

Nothing wrong with that, I wouldn't get too worked up until they closer to 5 years old.

Shinko 230's will be on the list for next year

That's a much better choice, my 1100E has a set of those on and I am putting another 230 rear on next spring. I'm very satisfied with them.


Mark

[Steve]

Shinko 230's will be on the list for next year

Definitely a step UP.

Still not the "cream of the crop", but I have (another) one ready to spoon onto my bike that should last until our trip next year.

All of the GSes in the family right now are wearing 230s.

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[thebrandonbeezy]

so, today i invested about 7 hours into sanding, cleaning, polishing, resanding, and repolishing the forks

20171126_113856 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

20171126_165817 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

20171126_161237 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr pre- resand

dinner haha

20171126_143928 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

20171126_183641 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

now thats after first polish and scuffing with scotch bright

[thebrandonbeezy]

and.....

PicsArt_11-26-07.05.20 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

well, i think this will turn into a very nice daily rider

[dorkburger]

You polished it using fried chicked and beer? Who'd of thunk?.

Looking good.

[gsrick]

It can only be done with xtra crispy.:-) It is coming along nice, Brandon. All I got done was the fork seals gsx1100g. No more puddles on the garage floor.

[thebrandonbeezy]

You polished it using fried chicked and beer? Who'd of thunk?.

Looking good.

is there any other way?!?!?! hahah

[thebrandonbeezy]

i gotta get seals for these too, and im gonna steal a stud from another set of forks i have since i broke the one. next on the list is the head gasket
im gonna order a set of 750 cams for it and deck the head while its apart to kinda hop it up a bit. then i want to track down a set of the seat trims

[gsrick]

i gotta get seals for these too, and im gonna steal a stud from another set of forks i have since i broke the one. next on the list is the head gasket
im gonna order a set of 750 cams for it and deck the head while its apart to kinda hop it up a bit. then i want to track down a set of the seat trims

I'm not familiar with putting 750 cams in a 1000.

[thebrandonbeezy]

They're a little hotter. I think +4 duration on intake and +8 dur on the exhaust. Same lift. Degree it a little more aggressive than stock, should get a few extra hp. How much is debatable, but there are people who have done it and said they would do it again. Im thinking i want to do a 3 Angle valve job as well to aid in increasing air flow.