GS450 Mega Build

Progress...

Cleaned those connections one more time...and bam got all of it to work. When in rains here in the PNW things corrode fast! I've only had things unplugged for a month.

Got the rear cowl how I like it. The LED's are going to be for braking, and two red running lights will mount near the plate.

I managed to get the speedo to work for me in a new spot also.

[pete]

Looking forward to those pic's

Unfortunately, I'm going to be no help whatsoever on why the lights ain't shining.

I haven't played with electrics for years and my wiring will be the first thing I've touched in a loooong time when I get to it.

I was going to say are they LED's and not enough load to fire the relay, but you say you hear it clicking, so that's obviously not the deal.

All I can suggest is double check connections and stuff which I'm sure you've already done or are doing...

A little forward, a little backward

Got to working today, finally. I started off by fixing up a temp seat, which was so bad that I threw it in the bin and decided I'd better get my act together. Then worked on fitting up some real risers to the triple tree, and some new mounts to go back to a single headlight. I may go back to thinking about duals in the future. Then I hooked all the wiring up, and low and behold my signals do not function. I can hear the damn relay kicking on and off, but no light???? WTF?

Then I notice that my front brake switch (06 gsxr) does not light up the high beam rear. Hmmm....anyone have thoughts about this switch being incompatible? Normally open/closed?

Pics tomorrow.....

[pete]

I'm likin' that cafe for sure...

Those mirrors should be the ducks guts Leigh!

That cafe has my mirrors on it.
Except mine a little round mirrors.
Same arms anyway.

I totally forgot about Backfire Moto... When I went last month, it rained almost the whole time.

Great pictures! Looks like you had a good time!

Backfire Moto Night

Needed a little inspiration to get my project on the road so I headed out to Backfire Moto.

Pics here: Link

thanks

djee - thanks for the compliments. The tube is 1.5" x 2" tube, .120 wall. It is plenty stout. The shock mounts are pretty strong. I was thinking about welding a "T" shape the outsides, but am not overly worried about it. You should see some of the sheet metal mounts new bikes have. I took a look at a few and the upper shock mounts on most sport bikes are scary. I aim to do a bit of road testing on it before paint anyway, and can add some bracing if needed beforehand.


sschering, got any pics of what you mean by tying it in to the sides? I am not getting a visual. Edit: went back and read it again. You are saying extend the tabs to the top and bottom of the tube to take stress of the center section. I get it.

Cheers.

That is it.. I need to get a knurling tool for my lathe..

Nice work..

On the shock mount tab I'd think about making a tab that extends to the edges of the tube (more of a triangle shape)
I was thinking the shock forces are currently being taken the the unsupported center of a hollow tube.. Going to the edge ties in the side and give more area for the weld.

Wow, this is a pretty nice build you have here....and the pictures are amazing !
Because of you, I'm now trying to be more artistic when taking pics of mods.....with bad results !

But more precisely, what is the size&thickness of the cross brace you've put there. Looks like 1x2'' but what about the thickness... I imagine it has to be sufficient so it don't bend under the load of the top mount...

And by the way, I registered to that build !

Cheers

absolutely a nice touch. I've also seen bar ends used to clean up open ended frame tubes.

[pete]

That is indeed a classy little touch, nicely done!

Ok, progress pics

After work today I drove down to Green River Community College and visited their head machinist. He runs an amazing machine shop program that has me thinking about auditing a class......

In exchange for a box of donuts, he managed to make up some solutions to this little problem:



This is what I came up with on Google for and idea. I have done this on most of my bikes for tube ends. I love knurled surfaces!



And the finished products:

[pete]

That is sweet, and if I do end up going with a flat seat, that's what I want to do with the brake/tail light also.

Lovely

I like that Channel bike. Wonder how much gas would fit in that little tank?

How about this one?