Project Windjammer

[cowboyup3371]

Fantastic work Andre!!!

[dr_fosg8]

Wow, that is good work. I cannot beleive how good looking it turned out after seeing what you had to start with. Cheers to a job well done. Now just have to get the screen finished and ride the snot out of it!

[Skateguy50]

You dont have to say what it cost to ship, but can you say how much you saved shipping it this way?

Cost me about $850 to ship a 300+lb engine to Argentina. oh wait I mean a crate with "old motorcycle parts" in it, I cant ship engines to Argentina.

[chuck hahn]

Skateguy..I use the same description.. Shipping companies dont like words like gas, fuel, tank, carberators, like i would ship them full of gas.

[Skateguy50]

Fed Ex wanted a certificate showing the engine was STEAMED and had zero oil remaining, oh and like 3 grand... imagine how the inside would flash if I did that.

It took Chris some "convincing" on his end to have customs agree it was old parts but money speaks down there and he is rolling around at least, somewhere near Bolivia last I heard.

[Billyboy]

I'm so impressed!

[2BRacing]

Great work, Andre - your end result looks fantastic! My brother has one on his GS1000G as well. Here is a picture from about 25 years ago. The slightly "futuristic" looking fairing on the bike at extreme left is my other brother's GS650G.

Looking forward to seeing the windshield fitted!
Ben

[Matchless]

Great work, Andre - your end result looks fantastic! My brother has one on his GS1000G as well. Here is a picture from about 25 years ago. The slightly "futuristic" looking fairing on the bike at extreme left is my other brother's GS650G.

Looking forward to seeing the windshield fitted!
Ben

Ben,
Excellent photo! Does your brother still have his bike? Where was that photo taken, it sort of looks familiar?
Rustybronco has arranged the new chrome edging for the Windjammer and I am preparing to paint the tank. Then it will be me and the windscreen!
Keep well!

[Matchless]

Getting all the paint off the tank was quite an adventure. I need to do some derusting inside as well as soon as I can blank off the sender and petcock openings. Using Deoxydene (Phospheric acid) and it's working well.

[Billyboy]

Caustic soda is an excellent rust remover.

[Matchless]

Caustic soda is an excellent rust remover.

I meant to boil the tank in a drum of caustic sada solution and then against my better judgement I decided to strip the heavy layers of paint with paint stripper first. What a mess! I even had the drum ready at hand!!!

So its still on the agenda as the inside also needs some proper cleaning and a small dent repaired before I can prime it.

[2BRacing]

Ben,
Excellent photo! Does your brother still have his bike? Where was that photo taken, it sort of looks familiar?

The photo was taken in the main road of Tulbagh in about 1985. Both brothers still have their bikes (so we have 650G; 850G and 1000G in the family!). Unfortunately they have not used their bikes for about the last 10 years.

The 1000G was fitted with the cams from a 1000S; fuel tank size increased by about 10 litres; Krauser panniers and top box; and S&W air shocks at the rear. This made a nice touring bike. I think it only has about 30,000 km on the clock! When he retires in a year or two, I will help him to get it back on the road again.

[Matchless]

The photo was taken in the main road of Tulbagh in about 1985. Both brothers still have their bikes (so we have 650G; 850G and 1000G in the family!). Unfortunately they have not used their bikes for about the last 10 years.

The 1000G was fitted with the cams from a 1000S; fuel tank size increased by about 10 litres; Krauser panniers and top box; and S&W air shocks at the rear. This made a nice touring bike. I think it only has about 30,000 km on the clock! When he retires in a year or two, I will help him to get it back on the road again.

OK must have been the photos after the 1969 earthquake restorations that made it look familiar to me.
Quite amazing that all three of you still have your GS's after all these years!

[Matchless]

Slowly but progressing at least:
The tank has just been painted;

[Billyboy]

Ooooo.....
Pretty!