82 GS1100E Mr Turbo Rebuild

[oldGSfan]

Thanks very much to you guys, I have created an Imgur account and album, and added images. When I put them in the post and publish, all I see is the URL. I work in computer tech, how embarrassing that I'm flubbing this.

[Spyder]

You can use a photo hosting website such as Flicker, or Imgur. I use Imgur my self. You can post multiple photo's that way, and they are full size instead of thumbnails. Really looking forward to this build thread. Should make a VERY interesting street runner.

[steve murdoch]

Having friends with a blast cabinet and powder-coating skills tells me i need to upgrade my friends.

I use flickr.com for a photo hosting site. While i have to retrieve them one pic at a time, multiple pics can be posted with an entry.

[oldGSfan]

OK by popular demand (well, one guy asked for it) I'm gonna post my build thread on the bike I got on Saturday. Intro is here but to be short it is a Mr. Turbo 82 GS1100E with Bonneville history - 184MPH in 1985 per an unoffical speed STCA BNI Speed week record I have, FWIW. I hope this is the right area, some forums have a special area but I don't see one. Bummer about the one pic per post restriction but this site rocks so I can't complain too much.

I restored an '82 Katana in 2007 and regretfully sold it, this actually is a better starting point. Pics of the Katana in above link. I have restored a '66 Triumph Bonneville, '51 BMW R51/2 with sidecar, 75 Honda CB750 and '82 Kawi GPz (also in the pic in above link), among others, so I'm pretty good with cosmetics and mechanical stuff. But this is my first Turbo.

I'm lucky because I have a friend with a sandblast cabinet and another who runs a powder coating shop. All I've done so far is take off the front end, drain the oil, and start looking at the wiring. The previous owner mounted a Mr. Turbo boost gauge in the speedometer housing to keep in easy view, so I will put the nice original back in (2K miles showing) and think about creating another mount location

The two bulbs were missing in the cluster so I started searching for them online and was surprised at the scarcity and price. So I looked in my stash and found 8 of them, all working, from some old project. Cool. The square wiring plugs are brittle and I need to take care, they may disintegrate, but will reside inside the headlamp so if I bust them I'll replace with another connector.