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  • Guest

    #1936
    Mate that's a good effort, I particularly like the pipes!!

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    • cletus@live.se

      #1937
      Originally posted by pete
      Mate that's a good effort, I particularly like the pipes!!
      Thank you
      Not that it matters THAT much, but how stupid could I be to make the one pipe that has a longer way to travel in the front also have the longer way to travel at the back

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      • BigD_83
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        #1938
        Neat design, but where are the ice studs in the tires?

        I love the vision you had to route the pipes under the frame like that.
        '83 GS650G
        '83 GS550es (didn't like the colours in the 80's, but they've grown on me)

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        • cletus@live.se

          #1939
          Originally posted by BigD_83
          Neat design, but where are the ice studs in the tires?

          I love the vision you had to route the pipes under the frame like that.
          Just had it out for a small spin that day to see if it took "thief air" (directly translated from swedish...) which it did so instead of buying new rubber intakes for 150 dollars I converted it to an SU



          I got the intake off a friend who had made it for a Kawasaki 650, but the customer never picked it up. It was a bit too small hence the enourmous amount of ugly welds . Now there's no sign of thief air and runs smooth as hell.

          The vision of the pipes I have to blame the bearded guy in the pic for. He forced me to do it, while I was too scared to destroy the original pipes since I didn't know anything about building motorbikes. I'm glad he did.

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          • Guest

            #1940
            The bearded guy was right

            Interestingly enough when I was getting my pipe made, the guy who made it for me says making slightly different length headers can be a good thing on twin cylinder bikes...

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            • promking

              #1941

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              • GSjon1000

                #1942
                Last edited by Guest; 04-25-2013, 09:05 AM.

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                • cletus@live.se

                  #1943
                  Originally posted by promking
                  Neat! What year is that? I would kill to have a kickstarter instead of that boring button.

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                  • 78gs750e

                    #1944
                    I belive that is a 550 77-79 550s and 750s had kickers

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                    • cletus@live.se

                      #1945
                      Originally posted by 78gs750e
                      I belive that is a 550 77-79 550s and 750s had kickers
                      Thumbs up! I have a Kawasaki 750 twin from 84 which also has kickstarter. Adds alot of niceness

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                      • slayer61

                        #1946
                        I kick started all through my youth, an RD400 and a KZ1000. I, for one, am glad to have a button. After all, "gentlemen don't kick-start their motorcycles"! Paul

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                        • cletus@live.se

                          #1947
                          Originally posted by slayer61
                          I kick started all through my youth, an RD400 and a KZ1000. I, for one, am glad to have a button. After all, "gentlemen don't kick-start their motorcycles"! Paul
                          That, indeed, is their own problem

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                          • Guest

                            #1948
                            here is one of my 84 GS1100 was out bar hoopin

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                            • tedk

                              #1949
                              My completed project

                              Any likes?

                              Now who wants to buy it? I had fun building, but I really need the money. I have in For Sale section if interested.

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                              • will550

                                #1950
                                the rat

                                still a work in progress but as of going to the exhaust shop this past week

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