MY GS5/6 just about finished

[pete]

[QUOTE=reddragon;1550804]

Aaaah bugger! Life tends to get in the way sometimes... sorry to hear about your father in law too.

WSB at Nurburgring would've been an awesome distratction though [/QUOTE

Yeah, I'm not really into WSB just went for the ride and the laugh , 1200 ml round trip on my 17yr old ZZR11 and she never missed a beat, some nice roads and breathtaking scenery in Germany

I'd follow WSB if I could get it on TV but we gotta pay for the privilege over here, at least Moto GP is still free-to-air for the moment...

Riding to and through Germany would definitely be a blast. All the photos I've seen show awesome scenery and those little towns and things as well... would be great riding.

[reddragon]

Great looking bike!! I was trying to dig up your thread the other day as someone was pondering a bandit 12 motor swap, and I knew there was a project on here somewhere that did it.

I love the rizla colors, they look loud and fast!

it is VERY loud and spits the odd flame from the exhaust when you throttle off

[reddragon]

Pretty sweet bike!
I love the mix of old and new. The GS550 tags are cool too
At 6'2" I dont think I could fit on it though she looks like fun.

The 550 badges were an after thought, intended it to be a bit anonymous but the panels I bought came with the badges and I thought they looked good against the blue, as for height restrictions I'm only 5'5" and it fits me spot on

[DrunkenChekhov]

What kinda headlight brackets are those? Loving the bike. Great mix of old and new.

[reddragon]

What kinda headlight brackets are those? Loving the bike. Great mix of old and new.

Home made mate, got some 25mm X 2mm aluminium strip and formed it round an old link pipe I had which happened to be same size as forks, then two triangles of 6mm alu plate drilled to suit and then mirror polished only cost a few quid to do

[Roger P.]

I'd like to see someone do this with a GS550M Katana.

[reddragon]

Just had to get this, captures the essence of what its all about for me

[pete]

100%, must totally agree on that one

[salty_monk]

Nice! congrats. Hope the MOT man likes it!

[boontonmike]

I've been following your build on Oldskoolsuzuki for quite a time now. Congrats on a well built bike. It's been fun to watch and helpful in parts of my build.

[7981GS]

I would have to imagine that it has just a wee bit more power than the stock 550.

Daniel

[reddragon]

Took it for its 1st ride on Friday to the MOT , its surprisingly comfortable and pulls really well , better than my Bandit 600 used to, especially from 60 onwards, anyway it failed on the numberplate position not being near vertical , so yesterday I carried out the brilliant piece of engineering shown in the photo and it passed, needless to say its back where I want it now

[pete]

Hahahahahaha they passed it with duct tape? Awesome!

Glad you got her on the road though, now you can ride the snot out of her and have a blast

[Redneck]

Hahahahahaha they passed it with duct tape? Awesome!

Glad you got her on the road though, now you can ride the snot out of her and have a blast

What do you mean your suprised they passed it with duct tape.... man if its good enough for NASCAR its good enough for the MOT.... You do realize that duct tape is like the "Force".. It has a dark side and a light side while binding the universe together.

Nice job on the bike. Super Cool. Now go find some twisties and come back and tell us how she felt.

Paul

[pete]

Man no way would they have passed that with duct tape here... they'd probably fine you just for the cheek of showing up with duct tape on there