78 GS1000 left for dead

[chuck hahn]

Looks great. Always a good day when shes a roller again. Any thoughts on getting a scan of the paint yet??? I know, and yes i am shamelessly begging again...LOL

Holding its own weight once again... Forks are done, have some stand in rear shocks until I get my other piggybacks rebuilt...

[dorkburger]

It's all good. I'm enjoying this thread.

Hopefully have the forks done by the weekend, and front end bolted all together...
this was an old GS fork ( I wanted to see it on two wheels)

If anyone is a slacker, it's me.... I've been dragging this out for way over a year, and just recently getting it back to somewhat of a roller.

my computer completely died after 8 years this past weekend....so I can only post pics through phone...

[dorkburger]

Nice. Between this and the picture Vmass posted in my fork thread, I feel like a major slacker on my own fork job..... (rebuilt on bike)

Forks are all cleaned up, and new parts ready to go in.
Not sure exactly what I'm going to do about the anti dive yet... I will keep it on the fork, but not sure if I will put a brake line on it, or threaded adjuster.
I cleaned them, and they work perfectly fine now.

This damper was pretty stiff, so I moved it in closer to the pivot to get better leverage.
I took the lock to lock distance, and the total travel length of damper, to find the right points to mount it.
If my knee hits it....I'll be in a world of trouble...

[steve murdoch]

Thanks for the pic.
Years ago i had one mounted on the frame rail closer to the tank.
Had a long travel damper that i could foul with my knee when i was out pretending to be fast.

The melon fest's interactive entertainment can not be described in this forum properly....
.....although I still remember it quite well


let let me know if this view of the mount, is what your were asking for

[steve murdoch]

Got a close-up of the steering damper mount?

[dorkburger]

Its looking great...... and I missed the Melonfest....

Nice and shiny....
This replating bolt thing, is more work than I had thought....Now that I started, I feel I have to do every single one.
Otherwise the one bolt I let go, will be the only one people see.

As far as paint match...They could only get it close...but not close enough, and no code to make more.
They said they would send it to Ohio where their lab is, and would match it.....I said maybe this winter.....
Not that trusting with these clean original painted parts....and when they were running the eye over the tail, they put light scratches all over it....

ENGINE IS IN......!!!!!







engine is IN (6).jpg

Shiny parts

They have had my tail section for a week....and still no matching paint...
The color eye they use could not find a match. so they are supposedly trying to match it by eye/spray out tests...
If they do that, I'm skeptical on how well it will match, and there will be no paint code with it...
I am still trying on the paint, but still no definite answers for anyone looking for the 78 blue skunk.

But on the positive side.....I have actually got started on a project I have blown off for probably 8-9 months now.
I am replating my bolts/parts....Which means I will be bolting this damn thing back together soon, finally.

Chemistry class....taught by philosopheriam............thanks again