some pics of my junk, 81 gs450

[Richharr]

just got the engine in the hardtailed one, also put the drag bars on. hopefully I'll get the electrical wired tomorrow.

the red one fires, but needs a seat made up.

total price of them so far is about 800

[Richharr]

[Richharr]

[wincefish]

They look good...

Lots of work ahead. The red one looks a lot like what I would love to do to my 850, I'm interested to see how it goes.

PS Love the picture of your helper with all the spare parts

[fat_sac]

Where did you get that seat? I'm currently stuck at that point on my bobber project.

I like the work you've one on the HT. Nice lines and the framework looks clean.

[fat_sac]

Since everyone likes pix. Here's what she looks like thus far.

So far I've lowered the whole bike, raked the rear shox forward about 5 inches, made my fender and mounting brackets, and can't decide whether or not to make it kick start only or put the battery back on it since its only a 400.

[Craiger]

Great thread! Keep the progress and pics coming.

[NetBSD]

Since everyone likes pix. Here's what she looks like thus far.

So far I've lowered the whole bike, raked the rear shox forward about 5 inches, made my fender and mounting brackets, and can't decide whether or not to make it kick start only or put the battery back on it since its only a 400.

id say make it kick only. if my 1980 gs450 had a kicker thats what id do.

[emeraldcoupe]

nice projects! keep the progress pics coming.

[Richharr]

Where did you get that seat? I'm currently stuck at that point on my bobber project.

I like the work you've one on the HT. Nice lines and the framework looks clean.

link to store

good price and quality. I like your bike, are you gonna hard tail it of keep the springs? do you know of anyone adding a kick start to a 450?

[Richharr]

this engine is now in the hardtail, since it doesn't need a rebuild

[Richharr]

some more pics from today
did the swap in about an hour, had it started 15 minutes after that, thanks starbucks


some pics of the hardtail

[Richharr]

my main priority is the hard tail bike, so the other one will be a parts bike until I finish, then it will probably get the cafe treatment



did this thing, whatever its called. welded the bracket and turned sleeved it so I could turn one end 90 degrees

[Richharr]

in case anyone was wondering, the paint on the frame is just to keep surface rust in check

and the last shot, if anyone needs details on any aspect of the hard tail, feel free to ask

[emeraldcoupe]

sorry for the hijack- so how do you lower the bike? i'm going to mod my 550.