where to find Wes cooley pictures

[Guest]

I have been searching on the web and this forum for large pictures of the blue /white Wes Cooley race bike but no luck just low resolution pictures. Does any one have any pictures to share?? or info on the bike. I would like to do a a replica of some sort and it would be nice to see some larger pics for inspiration

[Agemax]

there are hundreds of pics on the web if you search properly.........

wes cooley images.......pages of pics.

[killergs]

Ive seen several pics but nothing really up close. and what about the specs? closest i have seen is this on cooley's kat

http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=121780

[Agemax]

Ive seen several pics but nothing really up close. and what about the specs?

keep searching, they are there. i doubt you will get too much info on the specs though. certainly not internal engine specs. most cooley replicas are built from visuals rather then real specs.

[killergs]

thanks.........yeap Im looking for visual

[Agemax]

here, second one on the google list..........

http://slcelectronics.com/GS1000_Build/Yoshimura-specs.pdf

[killergs]

saw that while back but its geared more on the red gs although pretty sure some of it got passed to the blue/white model. Do you know if he raced the blue/white in 80 or 81?

[sedelen]

Just goggle variations of Wes Cooley, I put in Wes Cooley GS1000 and came up with a bunch of photo's, go to images, then click on the pictures you want.
I liked this one myself.


There's at least a dozen in this group,
It's just all too easy.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wes+cooley+gs1000&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=euj5UbnmPJG29gS-tYDIBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=902#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=VEc2rLM3qkt6lM%3A%3B68SJAuPUAWOBcM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi467.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Frr36%252Fsuzukijo%252FIMG_7995.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fforums.cycleworld.com%252Fshowthread.php%253Fp%253D608635%3B1024%3B768

[storm 64]

Can anyone gess the name of the guy in the lower right hand corner of the one picture?

[Agemax]

Can anyone gess the name of the guy in the lower right hand corner of the one picture?

Kent Howerton, AKA the "Rhinestone Cowboy"

[850 Combat]

Are those Lockheed brakes? They look kind of like them. ARP makes them now I think.

[killergs]

Are those Lockheed brakes? They look kind of like them. ARP makes them now I think.

kinda looks like it but hard to tell. That is why Im looking for close up pictures of the actual bike. The closest pics I found is off a scale model

http://racingscalemodels.blogspot.com/2011/01/suzuki-gs-1000-s-1981-by-bright-logic.html

[Agemax]

it says in the article i linked to in post #6, which clearly says, lockheed calipers and master cylinder


The front brake master cylinder
and calipers are Lockheed. Braided
stainless steel lines from Earl's Supply
are 1/4-in. outside diameter. Front
brake discs are Suzuki, drilled for
lightness and to reduce warpage. The
Yoshimuras used plasma-sprayed
aluminum discs early in the season, but
found that the discs warped.


interestingly the rear caliper is a fully floating set up, with the torque arm attached to the frame, not the swingarm.

[killergs]

Does anyone know the size of the 3 spoke dymag wheels as well as the tires??

[ozman]

Does anyone know the size of the 3 spoke dymag wheels as well as the tires??

im pretty sure they would be 18 inch most slicks back then were 18
most likely 2.5 front 3.5 or 4 inch rear

ozman

ok done some research
rear was a wm6 (3.5")

The Yoshimuras installed a
Suzuki five spoke WM-6 magnesium
rear wheel originally made for Barry

Sheene's Suzuki RG500.
and they found

Tsubaki #630 drive chain wouldn't
clear the rear tire (a Goodyear D 1997
3.75- 18 slick), so the left edge of the
tire had to be trimmed slightly with a

razor blade.
front a wm4(2.5") x 19
The WM-4 19-in. front wheel is

cast in magnesium by Morris and

carries a Goodyear 3.25-19 slick.


info is all here

http://slcelectronics.com/GS1000_Bui...mura-specs.pdf.