1981 GS1100E Ground Up Resto Begins!

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  • Earl Jaguar
    • Feb 2026
    #1

    1981 GS1100E Ground Up Resto Begins!

    After sitting in my garage for 25 years I decided to pull out the bike that I rolled off the showroom floor 30 years ago. I disassembled the entire bike, right down to the very last bolt. Had the engine cases blasted and painted. Had a good valve job done & the cylinders bored for the new Weisco 1166 Kit. I have new APE HD Cylinder Studs & Bolts and new APE Main Bearing Studs. I have cleaned all the bolt holes and washed down everything and I am ready to begin laying out the parts for the engine assembly. I will post pictures of the Engine assembly as it progresses!
    Last edited by Guest; 06-18-2012, 10:52 AM.
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    • Guest
      #2
      Sweet! You're off to a terrific start. Hope the pace picks up from what it was.

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        • Earl Jaguar
          #3
          Had my Nephew fab me up a mount for the cases so I can mount the engine on an automotive engine stand. Now I can turn the engine in any direction to work on it. Here is a picture of the lower case mounted alone while I installed the APE HD Main Bearing Studs.


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            • Earl Jaguar
              #4
              Boxed up the Fox Gas Shocks and resservoirs and shipped them off to Evolution Suspension today to be referbished.

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                • trevor
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                  #5
                  Looking very good Earl! Sounds like you are gonna do things right.
                  No signature :(

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                    • jwhelan65
                      #6
                      Subscribed.....

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                        • Earl Jaguar
                          #7
                          Polishing

                          Working on some polishing.

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                            • ptexotik
                              #8
                              Question: how did this work out for you? (They're in the neighborhood and this would be an easy go-to) Thx

                              Originally posted by Earl Jaguar
                              Boxed up the Fox Gas Shocks and resservoirs and shipped them off to Evolution Suspension today to be referbished.

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                                • posplayr
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                                  • Dec 2007
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                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Earl Jaguar
                                  Boxed up the Fox Gas Shocks and resservoirs and shipped them off to Evolution Suspension today to be referbished.
                                  Kool old school reservoir shock; never seen that type before.

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                                    • Good Times
                                      #10
                                      Oh wow, this one's going to be a beaut!

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                                        • ptexotik
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by ptexotik
                                          Question: how did this work out for you? (They're in the neighborhood and this would be an easy go-to) Thx
                                          Thx for PM

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                                            • ptexotik
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by posplayr
                                              Kool old school reservoir shock; never seen that type before.
                                              Thor Lawson's site has a decent listing of some of these older models.
                                              It sux Fox won't touch them, as I could deliver them within 15 minutes on my bicycle! (but I get it)

                                              http://ltthor.home.comcast.net/~ltthor/forsale.html


                                              Looking forward to this rebuild Earl! cheers

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                                                • Tech73
                                                  #13
                                                  Someone that's starting out with the motor and not the frame plus the polishing you've done on the pegs tells me to watch this tread!

                                                  Nice

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