Gs1000g, take two.

[thebrandonbeezy]

Should wake the bike up, especially with the pods and 4 to 1

[thebrandonbeezy]

I forgot to post this pic from this morning,

2017-11-26_09-55-25 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

pretty sad looking hahah. if only it knew what was happening

[GS1150Pilot]

Don't waste time doing a 3 angle. If you're going to do it, do a radius valve job.

[Steve]

You polished it using fried chicked and beer? Who'd of thunk?.

Looking good.

Well, I have heard of "removing" rust with aluminum foil, so maybe it was the beer can (aluminum) and some lube (chicken grease)?

Brandon, keep that up, it will end up looking as shiny as my wife's bike.



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[thebrandonbeezy]

Don't waste time doing a 3 angle. If you're going to do it, do a radius valve job.

Sound good to me lol and did you get rid of the 1150?

[thebrandonbeezy]

Well, I have heard of "removing" rust with aluminum foil, so maybe it was the beer can (aluminum) and some lube (chicken grease)?

Brandon, keep that up, it will end up looking as shiny as my wife's bike.



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Im actually going to paint my engine just like that when i get it back together!

[Steve]

I have always liked the black and chrome look on the engine, so I painted hers. After doing that, I learned that Suzuki did it on the '83 (and newer) bikes, so I didn't feel too bad about doing it. I have since done my '80 850 and will soon be doing my son's '80 1000G.

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[GS1150Pilot]

Sound good to me lol and did you get rid of the 1150?

I did. I'm working on the CB900f. It'll take a while, but when it's done, it'll be something very wonderful.

In the meantime, I am looking at some rather different bikes to try something different.

[thebrandonbeezy]

Thats the top gun bike right? Anyways post a pic of it, i think theyre cool bikes! What are you looking into?

[thebrandonbeezy]

at this moment i realized i now have to polish and maintain every single piece of exposed aluminum... i wasnt going for a mirror finish, so i think this should be perfect!

2017-11-27_05-32-08 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

now idk why but it looks foggy with the flash
cant wait to get some rolling shots with this thing!

2017-11-27_06-10-31 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

[GS1150Pilot]

Top Gun? That's a Kawasaki GPz900R from 1984. Mine's an '82 Honda 900 Supersport.

I'm toying with a DR650 purchase, and down the road, something much odder (for me).

[thebrandonbeezy]

Haha ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[dorkburger]

The pitfalls of polishing stuff.... once you start....

[Sam 78 GS750]

It's an addiction for sure. Just last week I ran out of things to polish on the bike, so I started in on the the house hardware...door knobs, coat hooks, toilet paper holder. My wife finally stopped me when I was halfway through putting a mirror finish on our stainless steel dishwasher. I'll finish it up and then hit the fridge while she's at the gym tomorrow.

[thebrandonbeezy]

clip ons by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

ordered these clip ons after i told my self "self, just get normal bars..." i just couldnt listen.. sorry self..

so theyll actually sit a little higher (like 3/4 of an inch) than the clip ons that were on my last one. that bike was super comfortable, for me at least. these are about 3 inches higher than the sh!tman bars i have now. but still rather aggressive. will be here sat but wont install probably till tuesday or later