Well, I figured that it was time I started a thread on the rebuild and cafe conversion of my 77' GS400. The bike was originally my parents then given to me. My friends and I rode it all over the place while we were in high school. At one point, the bike needed a new battery we were short on money and desperate to ride, so we strapped a giant car battery to the rear of the bike. We were riding again ! The bike sat outside for many a year after our high school escapades. Fast forward a few years and the old girl is in need of a complete frame up rebuild. I love the looks of the cafe racers, soo while its down to the frame, why not right?
I went to the Bull City Rumble this past Saturday and Got some great ideas and the fires stoked a bit hotter. I'm itching to get riding again !
The plan so far is a pretty standard cafe build. I'm not going to cut off the rear sub frame though. My youngest daughter is getting into motorcycles and I would love for her to be able to ride with me. I've got a complete progressive suspension and some new accell coils for it. I'm Still running the stock points ( for now). I'd like to run an under seat exhaust but I don't think its a feasible idea though. The engine is in good shape with approximately 20,000 miles. But I just can't leave well enough alone, so I'm going to make some basic changes to the engine as well. Some high compression pistons and maybe some head porting. The carbs will get k&n pods and some black performance mufflers for that nice 2 cylinder bark. I'm thinking of going with the Yoshimura red & white paint job. It's really slick. Thats the plan so far. I'll be posting plenty of pics. Enjoy
Gearhead
I went to the Bull City Rumble this past Saturday and Got some great ideas and the fires stoked a bit hotter. I'm itching to get riding again !
The plan so far is a pretty standard cafe build. I'm not going to cut off the rear sub frame though. My youngest daughter is getting into motorcycles and I would love for her to be able to ride with me. I've got a complete progressive suspension and some new accell coils for it. I'm Still running the stock points ( for now). I'd like to run an under seat exhaust but I don't think its a feasible idea though. The engine is in good shape with approximately 20,000 miles. But I just can't leave well enough alone, so I'm going to make some basic changes to the engine as well. Some high compression pistons and maybe some head porting. The carbs will get k&n pods and some black performance mufflers for that nice 2 cylinder bark. I'm thinking of going with the Yoshimura red & white paint job. It's really slick. Thats the plan so far. I'll be posting plenty of pics. Enjoy
Gearhead
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