GSX1150 Rebuild

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Here is slightly clearer shot to show chain clearance from foot peg bolt

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I had to come up with somewhere to mount indicators at front of bike seeing as how i have got rid of the fairing frame.
I had these little indicators lying around and they mount nicely onto the bracket which originally fixed instrument cluster to frame

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As part of the 'Skinnying Up' process I cut down the rear inner mudguard as well removing the big plastic hunk where number plate light went.
I had to revert to Macgyver mode and hack away here but the final result works

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It is a little flimsy as I had to hack out enough plastic to move the fender forward about 100mm and get it to fit around the frame

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[dorkburger]

Smart thinking on the front indicators.
There are some people that actually like the giant rear fender / light thing. I'm not one of them either....
http://Untitled by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

[wyly]

I went with M-Blaze indicators, crazy small...but very bright!

I've considered chopping my rear fender but I may yet shape a new one out of aluminum to match the rest of my fairing.

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Got the new sprockets installed front and back

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The wheel alignment is pretty close.

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Although its a bit worrying when viewed from the back. I thought i had stuffed something up in the alignment

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I put the old wheel back on to check and that sits in exactly the same place so I think i am OK there.

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I also cutout a rubber ring to fill in the headlight surround. Used a 1.5mm sheet of rubber and cut it to suit.

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The gear shift level was also bent so i have replaced that from the spares box

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All set for a proper test ride now.

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Finally got the bike out on the road. A few minor niggles but runs straight, I can release handlebars at 100kph and there is no hint of a twitch.
It goes round left and right corners equally well without wanting to weave across road.

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I have got the original tank back on as i have a minor issue with fuel tap on other tank.
I think I like this one more anyway.

[steve murdoch]

"....without wanting to weave across the road"....always a good thing.

Congrats on the successful test ride.

[dorkburger]

Nice. That was a quick turnaround considering what you started with.
Congratulations on saving another old machine.

[allojohn]

ensure, that offset rear wheel can't be right, can it?? The offset may be causing the almost zero clearance on the footpeg bolt. I know nothing of this machine but I'd be amazed if it is correct!!

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The timeframe may seem impressive but by the time I started Posting I had already been going for a month or two so I was catching up to start with. I managed to miss those 2 week gaps between posts while waiting for bits to turn up.

The wheel sits true in the swingarm with equal spacing to LHS & RHS and I got out the string line to front wheel and it looked right.
I think I need to check whether the rear of the frame is slightly twisted.

Can anyone else post a photo of their rear wheel from directly behind?

[dorkburger]

Well, you’ve done more this year then I’ve done on mine in 22 years.
Sorry, but I can’t post an accurate rear view pic. Something on mine is bent from either the PO’s or my wreck in the early 2000s. I still have chain alignment issues on a stock setup. I have read that the rear subframe vs wheel center wasn’t terribly accurate from the factory.

[wyly]

Yeah that alignment looks very suspect, I had a quick look at mine oem setup and it's not like that. Without knowing the bikes complete history it's hard to say what's happening there. When I did my last sprocket chain/alignment I used a laser to confirm the wheel was tracking straight, can't trust the factory alignment marks.

[wyly]

No centre stand I had my son hold it as vertical as possible, I eyeballed it as best I could using a level instead of my laser( son in law borrowed the laser).

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[allojohn]

No centre stand I had my son hold it as vertical as possible, I eyeballed it as best I could using a level instead of my laser( son in law borrowed the laser).

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Linky no worky.

[wyly]

Such a wonky site for photos which is why ended up posting my rebuild project on another site which is unfortunate because this is a great forum otherwise.

When I first posted the photo it was there, later it was replaced with the link as you see it. When I click on the link the photo still appears for me. Posting photos shouldn't be that difficult.

[Baatfam]

Posting photos shouldn't be that difficult.

It's not, if you use a hosting site.