Suzuki GS450 --- Cafe Build

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Cours thats on my 1100 but super comfy with the right amount of forward lean th keep that sporty feel. Sry fc for the jack

Damn. Been hittin' the gym?

HA! Actually, I used a giant wrench with way too much leverage . That's all I had laying around. Fear not! I have another float bowl drain screw on the way!

Hey FC I've been following along with your build so far and love what your doing here. My question to you is how do the Club Man bars feel when your riding. I'm about to start my cafe build on a 82 450TXz. I will be riding it alot so I want it to be comfortable so I was looking at those bars or something along the drag or sportbike bars. Thanks Zay

I'm 5' 8" and the clubman bars work good for me. It's OK right now but rear sets and a seatpad would help a lot! My second choice of bars would be the superbike bend. Not too low but not too high either. A lot of the guys love them here.

Be sure to post up progress on your bike .

My riding jacket got here today too .

Hey FC I've been following along with your build so far and love what your doing here. My question to you is how do the Club Man bars feel when your riding. I'm about to start my cafe build on a 82 450TXz. I will be riding it alot so I want it to be comfortable so I was looking at those bars or something along the drag or sportbike bars. Thanks Zay

Damn. Been hittin' the gym?

I just finished putting my carbs together after I dipped it but I broke the drain screw.

This is what happens when you overtighten a screw.


Luckily I was able to get the drain screw out and re use the float bowl.

There should be a group specifically for pints .

Start one,I did one for 83-86 700/750's.It wasn't hard.Sadly can't join anymore

that is an awesome bike. hope you don't mind if i steal some of your ideas and use them on mine.

Go for it!

that is an awesome bike. hope you don't mind if i steal some of your ideas and use them on mine.

So I rode the bike home this weekend just because I can now . But while riding, I noticed there wasn't as much power as I remember. Got home and felt the pipes. Left header is hot. Right header is warm. Warm enough to grab with your hand and not get burnt.

So I checked for spark. Very nice spark on both sides. Checked the sparkplugs. Left sparkplug is tan. Right sparkplug is silver as in brand new and unused. Also dry and has no smell. So this tells me that gas is not getting to the right hand cylinder.

Think a carb clean would be the solution? It must have gotten dirty from sitting all winter.

I will refrain from starting the bike up this weekend but on Monday, I will have to ride it for 5 mins to get to school. Don't want to warp the heads!

Here is another thing I noticed. Remember when I first got my bike, only the left hand cylinder worked? Why is this problem back again? I will clean the **** out of the carbs again with Berryman's and leave it dipped for 24 hours. Then spray it with compressed air. Hopefully I can remove the o-rings!

Hmmm you may be getting it on the stand not using the best method if it's really hard...

I use that handle myself on my E, but only as something to steady it, I don't use it to pull on.

Make sure you stand on the centre stand bit that pokes out and use your body weight to lift the bike onto the stand if that makes sense.

You shouldn't need to lift the bike onto the stand with your arms. That's what I did initially years ago and it wasn't until somebody told me to stand on it that I figured out how much easier it was...

This guy yammers on a bit, but you get the idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDNqCMNau9A

Yeah, that's what I do. But it's just a little harder with nothing to grab onto on the rear side. At least the 450 is light enough .

I agree with pete just stand on it. Dont drill holes in your frame

Yeah... I don't want to be like Shervin!

I like to think of us as the "Brotherhood of the Pint". Everyone needs a pint and life is better with twins, right? Get that thing painted! I'm dieing here waiting. Lookin good.

cg

There should be a group specifically for pints .

I am going to paint it next week. Imagine how I feel riding a pink bike .

[Charlie G]

Hehe... Another pint and another Seattle'r .

I was thinking... My bike is really tough to get on the center stand! Since I chopped the rear frame and all. What if I bought this? The left hole goes to the top shock mount and the right hole goes to the frame, which I'd need to drill through the frame.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-...Q5fAccessories

I like to think of us as the "Brotherhood of the Pint". Everyone needs a pint and life is better with twins, right? Get that thing painted! I'm dieing here waiting. Lookin good.

cg

I agree with pete just stand on it. Dont drill holes in your frame

[pete]

Hmmm you may be getting it on the stand not using the best method if it's really hard...

I use that handle myself on my E, but only as something to steady it, I don't use it to pull on.

Make sure you stand on the centre stand bit that pokes out and use your body weight to lift the bike onto the stand if that makes sense.

You shouldn't need to lift the bike onto the stand with your arms. That's what I did initially years ago and it wasn't until somebody told me to stand on it that I figured out how much easier it was...

This guy yammers on a bit, but you get the idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDNqCMNau9A

Looks great. Nice to see another nice pint here! Hard to believe that started out as an L

Hehe... Another pint and another Seattle'r .

I was thinking... My bike is really tough to get on the center stand! Since I chopped the rear frame and all. What if I bought this? The left hole goes to the top shock mount and the right hole goes to the frame, which I'd need to drill through the frame.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Suzuki-GS400-GS-400-rear-Grab-Handle-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3a659cf81eQQitemZ250812889118QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

wow

Looks great. Nice to see another nice pint here! Hard to believe that started out as an L