Cafenated GS1000

[voodoochikin04]

interested in a gs750 engine??..lol one piece of the bike.

[fat_sac]

What tools are you using to polish that stuff? I have some wheels and compound for my bench grinder but its kind of hard to take that off the bench and polish stuff thats still on the bike haha.

I had some time to polish the forks, engine cases, and rear sets today!

Anyone find me a GS750 yet?? [-o<

[bhppy101]

What tools are you using to polish that stuff? I have some wheels and compound for my bench grinder but its kind of hard to take that off the bench and polish stuff thats still on the bike haha.

I use a brench grinder as well....with compound.

But for the big pieces and the pieces I don't want to take off the bike....I use a sander/polisher with a buffing wheel attached to it....

I use white compound first....after sanding with 280...than 400 grit...

Than I finalize the polish off with red rouge compound.

[AOD]

Your Hawk is exactly what I want to do for a bike project...either a 550 or smaller (500 twin would rock) turned into a cafe / rat project. I want something that's opposite of the big 1100 to ride!

Wish you were closer to NC!

~Adam

[fat_sac]

Cool thanks. I was thinking about trying to use my dad's Dewalt buffer with a different wheel on it.

I use a brench grinder as well....with compound.

But for the big pieces and the pieces I don't want to take off the bike....I use a sander/polisher with a buffing wheel attached to it....

I use white compound first....after sanding with 280...than 400 grit...

Than I finalize the polish off with red rouge compound.

[Billyboy]

Holy frikken heck! I can't believe I missed this thread!

Awesome work!

[bhppy101]

Your Hawk is exactly what I want to do for a bike project...either a 550 or smaller (500 twin would rock) turned into a cafe / rat project. I want something that's opposite of the big 1100 to ride!

Wish you were closer to NC!

~Adam

I just bought a 77 yamaha xs500 twin yesterday....I'm building it now...this time with a cafe fairing up front! :-D

[bhppy101]

Your Hawk is exactly what I want to do for a bike project...either a 550 or smaller (500 twin would rock) turned into a cafe / rat project. I want something that's opposite of the big 1100 to ride!

Wish you were closer to NC!

~Adam

the hawk was a pretty major operation.....especially the tank!.....I cut....welded....pounded....and fiberglassed the tank to look like that!

here's what it looked like when I got it:

[AOD]

Doesn't look too bad when you got it..I'd probably go the easy route and chop the rear and put drag or clubmans on it. Bodywork would be a winter project for me...

Wonder how much it costs to ship a bike from SoCal to NC?

~Adam

[bhppy101]

Wonder how much it costs to ship a bike from SoCal to NC?

~Adam

About $300..... :-D

I started shaping my seat for the XS500 that I got on Sunday....started filling some dings on the tank......put some clubmans on......bought my cafe fairing, turn signals, and grips..

I also picked up some dupont base...clear...and primer.

[bhppy101]

This is the bike before I got it...but it didnt have that fairing on...The previous owner kept it stored in the garage for 5 years...he couldnt get it running. It was in great shape!!!

Same ol' problem with sitting bikes.... varnished carbs and plugged jets. I soaked the carbs and cleaned out the jets with a micro hobby drill bit when I got it home on sunday..... Later that evening...I put the carbs back together and added a new battery....Vrrrrooom....started right up!!

\\/


the bottom fairing is the one that I'm putting on it

[Nate from Ogden]

About those handlebars

Saturday:

... and I had to get rid of those huge bars! I put some smaller ones on it for now...

So, what did you do with those stocker bars? Still have them tossed in a corner of the garage? I'm still riding my GS850 with shorty bars and they just aren't a good fit for me. If you want to sell those stockers, send me an email plz.

I love what you've done to that bike. Very nice.

[AOD]

$300 to ship...that's fair.

How much do you sell your projects for on average? Any GSR member discounts available?

~Adam

[General Zod]

cafe

This is my modified 1978 GS 400X. its soooo hard to find parts for this bike. i guess they didnt make too many of these. If they dont make a bunch of these, doesnt that make it vintage or something?

[General Zod]

1978 GS 550 modified

This sint my bike, ut I found this picture of a 78' Suzuki GS 550.....looks cool huh?