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    1978 GS550 Project

    Except I didnt like it. So it was out with the spare seat. It had a bit more substance to it. There was a tiny tear in the cover so I ordered a new one from UK and waited. The seatbase in this one was the usual standard but easily repairable The new cover turned up eventually and it was...
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    1978 GS550 Project

    Next job was getting the seat recovered. The seat on the bike was in ordinary condition once you looked past the torn cover The usual rust base I am quite good at fixing seat bases now so after de-rusting it was out with the fibreglass and resin Then a bit of rubber strip...
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    1978 GS550 Project

    Now that I seem to have grasped the procedure I shall get on with the project story So having got the tank stripped back to bare metal I could see there were a few dents that a PO had filled in. The main task was to ensure I got all the rust removed from around these fills. I even toyed with...
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    1978 GS550 Project

    Thanks Rich82GS750TZ Copying in the BBCode for full image the text just disappears and there is no picture (until much later) And if I copy it in to the photo attachment box it just tells me its not a valid image file.
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    1978 GS550 Project

    I had been looking for 1 of these bikes to restore because it was the first Road Bike i owned back in 1981. Here is the original bought new from Wellington Motorcycle centre in May 1980 ($2400 if I recall correctly) On scratching off the paintwork on the tank I found that my bike was...
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    1978 GS550 Project

    So is it OK to upload photos like this. Surely it will fill the Server up with Gigabytes pretty quick In the meantime I got the bike home and give it the once over. A few years of oil leaks https://ibb.co/C26Cfgj https://ibb.co/qCwbrB9 Some interesting Electrics https://ibb.co/MsbpPGM...
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    1978 GS550 Project

    I have had to upload these whereas previously I just inserted link to photo sharing site. And there is a limit of 1 attachment per post. Anyway as you can see it is a bit tired looking. It is missing side covers and chainguard but otherwise everything is there
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    1978 GS550 Project

    I am just trying to workout how to post image from ImgBB.com in the new format so i have found a thread and am trying a few options https://ibb.co/Cb2TnBp
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    1978 GS550 Project

    I made utterances in my recent GSX1150 Rebuilds that I would post something about my GS550 that I restored in 2019-2019 so here we are. I bought it for about $450 and spent a similar amount getting it transported the 500km from where I bought it to home. These are the previous owners pictures of...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    From Dorkburger I also like the heavily cut down fairing you showed a ways back I found a couple of other older photos with the smaller fairing on so you can get a better look [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG] Its now sittingon a shelf in the garage as I didn' t sell it with the...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    Step 1 was to cut up some lengths of flat plastic to use as the mounts. I have used the lid off small electrical trunking. I marked up where I wanted it to go [/URL][/IMG] I then glued it to the fairing and left it to set. [/URL][/IMG] I then fibreglassed it on properly on the underside...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    The main fairing that came with bike is a replacement type that does not include any fixings for attaching the infill panels to and looks like this [/URL][/IMG] The last major job is to add some fixings so that the black panel can be installed. Thankfully I have the fairing from my 1100ES that...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    I don't really plan on installing the lower fairing but thought I would fix it up anyway. Like the rest of the bike it has scars on the RHS. The extent of white paint was how it came to me. My first move was to fibreglass a ring around the hole to try and extend the curved area out to about the...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    So back to the project Bike. I found a guy to do some welding for me on the engine casing on the lower RHS of engine case [/URL][/IMG] He made it look easy. Stuck a drill bit in the cover thread hole and welded around it, gound it down and its good as new [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG]
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    Here is a small digression from this actual bike project. I have been meaning to replace the fork seals on my GSX750EZ / 1100 for a while now and finally got round to it. I replaced the LH seal as this had a tide mark around it from the oil leak. No issues doing the seal but when I went to...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    Thanks, I have also restored a 78 GS550 and 79 GS1000 prior to these 1150s. I haven't written a thread on them but might do a historical review for your entertainment. I have taken the fairings off while I figure out how I can add in some brackets to mount the infill panel onto, so to stop it...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    What I have been playing with Off & On for the last year is the spare fuel tank that i got with the package deal. It was fairly well banged up but I thought I would have a go. Rightly or wrongly I decided to cut out the effected area, beat it into shape and get it rewelded in. [/URL][/IMG] I...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    Put the pieces back on bike and took it for a test ride this morning [/URL][/IMG] Unfortunately as I was going about 80km/h down motorway the LHS mid panel flew off. I only knew because it banged my knee as it flew off. And it was not my fixing of the lugs that caused it. The top front lug...
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    Another option is a screw with a round head inserted into glass/resin mixture [/URL][/IMG]
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    GSX1100EFE Rebuild

    Got a bit done on one of the side panels. It was a bit damaged and had lugs mssing [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG] Luckily I have a box of broken lugs in the spares bin so I could fibreglass it back on [/URL][/IMG] With a bit of resin and glass to fill the holes [/URL][/IMG] And a bit of paint...
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