New Guy from Grand Rapids

[potato potato]

I recently acquired a 1982 GS450L. I plan on converting it to a brat style bike. I've stumbled across this forum many times through google searches so I figured I might as well join.
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[Guest]

Good luck with your conversion and welcome!

[Guest]

Welcome to the forum.

[Redman]

Hello from 25-30 miles west of you.

Thanks for posting and introducing you self, and the picture.

Looks like a fairly stock complete 450 there. And maybe could clean up real well.

My advice (infused with my opinion) would be to clean it up, work on getting it running well, check the brakes and the tires, ride it a lot, then see if you like it, before hack it up and make it harder to ride.
Maybe take the nice stock bike to a bike night or some thing.
(maybe I should find some in GR area...... oh, Summer Blues Series, is free, special parking area up close for mo'cykls, Wednesday nights, DeltaPlex starting 06/15 with Tommy Castro that night, ....)

Hey, is another guy recently introduced himself, "new fuy from Michigan", and says he is in Grand Rapids also, also talking about brat-cafe and such.

Maybe take a ride out Leonard road to Spring Lake / Grand Haven sometime. PM me and maybe meet up somewhere.

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PS: Although on an L, are some mods that would make it easier to ride for any distance, and that would be the handlebars. Look for twr1776 posting/pics for how he mods the L out of them for better riding any distance.

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[potato potato]

Thank you for the feedback Redman. I definitely plan on replacing the tires and rebuilding/cleaning the carbs.

This is my second bike so I plan on taking my time going through everything before riding.