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    Hey guys,
    I recently purchased a barn of parts from a fellow GS owner. I built my brother a 850L out of it and now Im getting to build my 1000G

    Someone, had cut all the supports and tabs out of the from, the steering neck supports, horn support, the side panel tabs, rear brake bracket. I had a few other frames sitting around so I call up my master fabricator (my pops) and he gets to work replacing all the brackets.

    Missing and then reassembled brackets









    #2
    Then off to the powder coated it goes, aka to my dads work
    There was quite a bit of splatter because his welder does not use gas, but I'm able to deal with it

    Finally After a week he bead blasted the parts and then powder coated the frame, swingarm, brackets ect.

    here is the finished product





    Brake Bracket is back in the frame

    Master Cylinder Bracket

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      #3
      Its all so pretty










      The great wall of suzuki parts


      The donor 850G for all the nuts bolts and small things

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        #4
        The donor GS1000

        Before Degreasing and cleaning engine looks filthy
        I bought this ZEP degreaser, this stuff literally just melts the dirt away











        After




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          #5
          Someone put too big a bolt in the motor mount punching this hole in the crankcase, i paid an aluminum welder $50 to seal the hole

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            #6
            Got the engine back from the welding shop

            and back in the frame





            Coils Mounted


            High Temp Engine paint on all the brackets





            Swingarm mounted.....
            I forgot to put the driveshaft in


            Final Drive mounted and rear shocks to see how they look


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              #7
              After cleaning the final drive and mounting the rear wheel i look down and find this



              Coming along quite nicely
              So back off everything came to place this back in the final drive



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                #8
                Great looking build so far, will be following this one. Man, sure wish my dad had a welder and powdercoating shop, you're sure lucky. Great info on the degreaser, I'm going to pick some of that up today.
                Rob
                1983 1100ES, 98' ST1100, 02' DR-Z400E and a few other 'bits and pieces'
                Are you on the GSR Google Earth Map yet? http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=170533

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                  #9
                  What a transformation from "before" to "after", on both the frame and the engine - well done!
                  1981 GS850G "Blue Magic" (Bike Of The Month April 2009)

                  1981 GS1000G "Leo" (Bike Of The Month August 2023)

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                    #10
                    Looking really good.
                    1978 GS1000E
                    1980 GS1000S (Wes Cooley Replica)
                    1981 GS1100E
                    1982 GS1100E
                    1982 GS1000SZ
                    1983 GS1100ED
                    1983 GS1100ESD
                    1978 Honda CB750K
                    1981 Honda CB900F

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                      #11
                      Nice work! Looking forward to following along.
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                        #12
                        Yea I'm super lucky he was a welder/fabricator for 30 years so when I gave him this frame I knew it would be taken care of and done correctly. I could of muttled my way through it but there are little tricks that he knows and can fab stuff wayy quicker than I can, plus his welds look a hell of a lot better. There is some splatter but the welder is a 110 HF mig welder. We are looking at buying a new one but for what we do with it doesn't justify enough. The powder coating is just a sweet option for the frame and such. I dont know if i will have much more done, was thinking of doing the fork bottoms..

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                          #13
                          Daaaaaaannnnnnnnggggggggggggg
                          Looks good pal
                          I build Pipers

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                            #14
                            I put the gs1100gk shocks on the back, I like the look but I don't know how well they will function, opinions?

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                              #15
                              Nice job! Good tip on the ZEP citrus degreaser, I'm gonna try that on my 750 engine.
                              Ron
                              When I die, just cremate me and put me in my GS tank. That way I can go through these carbs, one more time!
                              1978 GS750E - November 2017 BOTM
                              1978 GS1000C - May 2021 BOTM
                              1982 GS1100E
                              1999 Honda GL1500SE

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