1981 gs750 (gs750e) Retro Racer project

[LarsKroghStea]

This is my plan for the speedometer signal pickup. I've cut out the bottom of a speedometer and removed the magnet. I'll make a disc from plastic and fasten the magnet in it. Then I'll mount the reed switch in the base plate. It would be cool if I can get it to fit inside the headlight, that would give a cool analog look to a digital solution.


IMG_20190720_150324 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

[LarsKroghStea]

These came today At last I have everything I need to drive it home.

2019-07-15_10-24-17 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

2019-07-15_10-24-03 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

[LarsKroghStea]

Hard to see, but somewhere inside all this spaghetti is my M-unit. There wasn't much room left after mounting the rear master and air-filter.


2019-07-15_11-53-49 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


The suloution I believe is to make a tray for it under the tank. Easiest way seems to be to bend and pop-rivet a box and put it between the tubes, over the plenum-box. It's a good location too because most of the wires goes to the front. I'll make some kind of quick-lock device so I can pop off the tank when I need access to the M-unit (last picture). I've also mounted a quick-release fuel line coupler with dual ball-valves, so the tank is easily removable.


2019-07-15_10-25-50 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


M-unit passering 2 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


kawasaki_tankpinBK_650x370 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

[LarsKroghStea]

While I'm waiting for the next trip to the garage, I've ordered some new tools. I want to use safety-wire on the rear sprocket and the caliperbolts, maybe other things too. I ordered drill guides for both nuts and bolts from Ebay. Tested it today, and it worked great. Didn't drill all the way through because I only had a hand drill and I didn't want to waste the drill bit (hard to keep straight when it breaks through). I'm waiting till I can mount it in the pillar drill so it'll stay in place and not break the drillbit. Here's the halfdrilled nut and the tools:


2019-07-15_10-24-38 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


2019-07-15_10-24-47 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


2019-07-15_10-24-27 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


Also got som JIS screwdrivers for those dot-marked japanese screwheads:


2019-07-15_10-25-27 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

[LarsKroghStea]

Today I mounted the rest of the parts needed to take it for a real test run.


Choke; I'll find a better better place to mount it when the tank is on.
2019-07-06_11-11-16 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


2019-07-06_11-11-06 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


Made the seat a little more comfortable


2019-07-06_11-10-50 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr


Ready for tuning


2019-07-06_11-10-06 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr



2019-07-06_11-09-51 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

Hooked up a Gopro on the bike and had a camera in a car behind me. The carbs need syncing and mid range tuning, but I'll leave that for later. I'm hoping to ride it home next week. Watch the movie till the end for a couple of pictures of the bike with tank and seat.

2019-07-06_11-09-29 by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

[LarsKroghStea]

UNGH!!!…I'm happy mine are still working well after 37 years.

I couldn't see the part numbers on the old ones, so they could be repros. I ordered new genuine Suzuki parts, and if they too last me 37 years I'm most likely done riding bikes

[Buffalo Bill]

Is it possible that these are original (or repro) rubber intake boots that have hardened and shrinked over time? Watch the video with sound

Boots by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

UNGH!!!…I'm happy mine are still working well after 37 years.

[2BRacing]

Yes, the original boots shrink and harden like that. On my 850, those boots shrunk so much that they just fell through the openings in the airbox.

New boots fitted perfectly again!

[LarsKroghStea]

Is it possible that these are original (or repro) rubber intake boots that have hardened and shrinked over time? Watch the video with sound

Boots by Lars Krogh-Stea, on Flickr

[Buffalo Bill]

Can't answer about the Kerker, but looking good.
That block of foam seat reminds me of how I'd do the seat of a vintage racer. The AHRMA rules require using the OEM seat pan. For track racing a firm seat is much preferred for moving side to side and feeling the suspension reacting to the road. I'd wanna shape closed cell foam like that over the seat pan.
Too hard for use on public roads however.

[LarsKroghStea]

Btw, I have a Kerker 4-1 exhaust on. Anyone knows what kind of gaskets I need for this?

[LarsKroghStea]

First test run on the road. Tank and seat are stowed away until all the wiring and cables are routed correctly. I'm quite happy with the seating position. Work done today is; 520 conversion, mounting brakes, throttle and clutch. Next time is carb tuning After that cable routing and finishing.

[LarsKroghStea]

Be sure to only use the type of fuel filter that flows with a gravity feed system. Many of the paper type filters cause a restriction. In the USA the gravity feed system filters are for lawn mowers and machines like that.

Keep going, you are doing a good job...

Thank you And I'll keep in mind the info about the fuel filter.

[LarsKroghStea]

Maybe my bad. Right, I just read the last few posts and looks like you've never had the bike on the road.
You titled this thread retro racer, so are you racing the bike?

No problem I bought this particular bike because my Brother has the same model.

My brother and I live about 3,5 hours apart and our father lives somewhere between. A little over an hour from my house.
The bikes are in his basement, and we meet up at his house once in a while to work on them. The bike was in OK running shape when i got it.
I rode it the first summer and the i picked it apart to rebuild it. The project, for me, is more about building than riding. Everytime I'm close to getting it on the road some new idea pops up. This summer, however I'm putting it back on the road as a friend of mine got his motorcycle license, and we're planning som daytrips around here.

If you read more posts you will find that much time is spent how the different parts will look and how I'm going to make them. The rearsets for example is CAD drawn and made by me on a CNC router. The pegs are made by me on a lathe. Both are stuff I had to learn while i was doing it. The seat is the first part that I've ever welded, and the seat I made on my wifes sewingmachine wile looking at a youtube wideo. My 13 year old daughter showed me how to thread the machine. I've also built the weels from OLD and new parts and powderdoated the parts with I kit I bought. I've recently bought an anodising kit, and when the top triple is finished I will anodise it and the rearset and write text on them with a laser engraver a friend of mine has. So you see, it's more about the process than the end for me.

But as I said, it will be on the road in a few weeks, so if you're interested, just follow the thread.

For the racing part, it's only inthe name. I thought it would be wrong to call it a cafe racer, so I came up with something similar that I think sounds cool

I also have a GSXR750 USD fork with Yamaha R1 brakes that I'll finish together with Cognito moto front wheel next winter.

[Nessism]

Be sure to only use the type of fuel filter that flows with a gravity feed system. Many of the paper type filters cause a restriction. In the USA the gravity feed system filters are for lawn mowers and machines like that.

Keep going, you are doing a good job...