GS12OOSS Clone

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Looks good. That tail is really tying in well with the tank decal. The OEM seat doesn't even look back even half cocked, but some thing more curvaceous will look even better.

I think you will find that even with a fairly neutral background, the small details (not overdone) create enough visual interest to give real impact.

Yours is shaping up very well.

Let there be light.

Getting close to having it back on the road. Today, I pulled it out of the shop and see how it looked in the sunlight. The earlier photos were taken at night and with only shop fluorescent lights to illuminate it.

The gap between the tank and side panel is because the tank is still laying on it an not bolted up. I also don't have the seat all the way in. Still have a few odds and ends that includes, make new brackets for the cowl, add the turn signals, put the exhaust muffler on, add decals to the back and side panels, put the cylinder head side caps back on, install petcock, hoses, fluids, this and that. In the empty key hole on the upper triple tree I'm having it fill in with a cigarette lighter so I can plug in a cell phone or GPS; maybe a radar detector after the first time I get caught doing more then 55 MPH.

Plan is getting on the road next weekend.

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Yes to the decals. I ordered and received a set similar to that of this month's BOM. When that bike made the award, I was somewhat conflicted looking at it and knowing that this vintage of bikes are so beautiful stock that my resto-mod of mine was going to cause me some scorn but others.

When I bought this bike (paid $900 for it) it was tired, leaking oil all over, and had about 40k miles on the clock. I was also looking at buying a new Gixer at the time but I just couldn't stop lusting over the naked look, the inline 4, and particular lines of this model. So I went for this bike and I justified my build budget that I wouldn't spend any more then what a new GSXR1000 cost and in the end I would have classic bike with great performance and looks.

Of course I lost count of my budget spend which I understand is helps in the overall build.

I think you will feel more comfortable and pleased with the GS, you can always pick up a 1-2 year old GSXR to quell what ever urge you might think you have for it.

I think it will look good once you get it off that red motorcycle lift. The colors are clashing a bit.

The fairing angle looks like it is blending into the body work well. Are you doing decals? I always at least like to see the stock decals and I brazenly added some extra racing and Yoshi stickers to mine.

Yes to the decals. I ordered and received a set similar to that of this month's BOM. When that bike made the award, I was somewhat conflicted looking at it and knowing that this vintage of bikes are so beautiful stock that my resto-mod of mine was going to cause me some scorn but others.

When I bought this bike (paid $900 for it) it was tired, leaking oil all over, and had about 40k miles on the clock. I was also looking at buying a new Gixer at the time but I just couldn't stop lusting over the naked look, the inline 4, and particular lines of this model. So I went for this bike and I justified my build budget that I wouldn't spend any more then what a new GSXR1000 cost and in the end I would have classic bike with great performance and looks.

Of course I lost count of my budget spend which I understand is helps in the overall build.

Long story short: I think you need a custom seat. But the only ready-made seats are Corbin $460, and I don't like the shape. Sargents will re-do it for you, but it will be $600. This guy will be in the $250 range, and better than both.

-kevin

I would be interested in getting some contact information of your $250-seat-man. If you get any photos of his work I would appreciate it.

Was the seat on your black GS1100e made by him?

Thanks

Gordon

Love it. Bike looks sick. Love how you modified the front fairing. You went the perfect distance. I too think the headlight surround should be the same light blue as the rear and shocks, but I like the white.

Hard to find a fault in the build, if that's what you're asking for. Easier to find accolades.

I'm having a custom seat built right now from a guy in TN. He's been doing it 30 years on the side, and is an artist. He's done a million FZR1 seats, and he can do anything. It should be back in a couple weeks, but I'll let you know how it goes. I've looked at 1,000 GS seats, and not seen one that I like, so I have high hopes for his work and I gave him a laundry list of things I like/don't like. He's totally old school, but I'm building him a basic website. I'll hand it out once it's published.

Long story short: I think you need a custom seat. But the only ready-made seats are Corbin $460, and I don't like the shape. Sargents will re-do it for you, but it will be $600. This guy will be in the $250 range, and better than both.

-kevin

[Rob S.]

Right here. I didn't have a grab bar before and when I had to pull up on the back end to put it on the centerstand, I had to reach up and grab the frame along the tail piece. Now I got this shiny thingy.

I'll check (my '82 1100e is coming home from the shop later today), but yours looks a lot like my stock grab bar (which I've never used, as I don't have a center stand).

Awesome colour ,,bike looks great , well done is all can say!! brian

Everything looks great, great, great.

I don't see the custom grab bar, though. Where is it in relation to the stock one?

Right here. I didn't have a grab bar before and when I had to pull up on the back end to put it on the centerstand, I had to reach up and grab the frame along the tail piece. Now I got this shiny thingy.

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I think it will look good once you get it off that red motorcycle lift. The colors are clashing a bit.

The fairing angle looks like it is blending into the body work well. Are you doing decals? I always at least like to see the stock decals and I brazenly added some extra racing and Yoshi stickers to mine.

[Rob S.]

Everything looks great, great, great.

I don't see the custom grab bar, though. Where is it in relation to the stock one?



1982 1100e (stock except for intake and exhaust)

I think it looks just right. Except (there has to be one in the crowd right?), the headlight surround should match the light blue on the tail.
(as he runs for cover...)

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

I got the body pieces back so I laid them on the bike to get glimpse of what my old girl looks like in a new dress. As you can see, the paint is not the blue of the ?83 model year which I thought I was getting but it is what it is now. I?m okay with it but dang it. Nonetheless, I?m still digging it. As you can see I added some accents on the cowl and the tail piece.

Sooooo?what do you think?




Pay no mind to the bracket dangling on the bottom end of the cowl. That will be removed and new one fab to fit the new cowl.


Note the custom grab bar that will help keep me from grabbing on the plastic tail piece. Also, the lighter blue on the tail was selected to match the shock springs and the lettering on the decals.


I thought about making the accent color on cowl the lighter blue but I went with white instead.

Progress Pictures

As of today.

Tank, cowl, and plastic pieces still not back from the paint shop.

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I'am interested in this upgrade and I happened to be reading those threads over the weekend. Though I build power plants for a living and I have made my share of MW's, my electrical expertise is limited (I'm was bred on the mechanical side and now oversee the commerical side of them). I do know about GS's stator issues and I do like to modernize my bikes in an effort reduce my chances of finding myself stranded somewhere someday due to electrical issues.

Right now I'm going to push my project to the finish line which is now April 19th (of when I can drive it home) and I will look to upgrade this over the summer. Thanks.

The GS1100's are larger displacement and are more susceptible to thermal issues which the SHUNT R/R aggravates. This is not just preventive maintenance that can be "temporarily" deferred. As long as you have a shunt R/R you are doing damage to the Stator, going SERIES will largely eliminate the same.

If you have never changed your stator, on well, the worst that can happen is that it will fail. If you have swapped it out, you will likely accelerate it's end of life which ,means you will be changing it again.