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1977 GS750e project

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So, I went down stairs and snapped some photos of the bike and some of the parts. I've read the other GS750 threads and know what I need to do first, carbs, stator/electrical, valves, then paint etc.

Not really sure if I want to change the bike that much, it would make a great cafe platform, but I'm thinking of doing some touring and it looks great the way it is I think.

IMG_1007.jpg This place looks like a bomb shelter the Swedes might of used during the Cold War
 
Side view

Side view

IMG_1008.jpg from the side, the blue light is my head lamp
 
IMG_1010.jpg speedo with KM per hour, not sure what I'm missing on the left side of the instruments
 
IMG_1011.jpg So these are not the original brakes, anyone have any idea what they could be off of?
 
IMG_1012.jpg definitely not the original swing arm, or someone went through a lot of trouble to get it chromed
 
IMG_1014.jpg The vin plate, for some reason the G looks really fishy to me like someone used a screw driver
 
IMG_1016.jpg The turn signals are really generic looking, but they work, inspection is a very serious thing here. I'd really like to get some different ones, if not original something small and round.
 
IMG_1020.jpg the air box is quite dirty, and the foam seal basically fell a part when I took out the cruddy air filter
 
IMG_1021.jpg Well after doing some reading here on the forum it was probably a bad idea to buy these. Anyone have at least some success with this brand?
 
IMG_1022.jpg first thing I'm doing is taking off this tacky crash bar, it's being kind of difficult
 
IMG_1015.jpg The wiring is going to be a mess, there's wires that were cut and not secured. However, the bike does run. When I bought it the electric starter worked, by day's end it was done too so I have to kick start it, but the headlight, turn signals, and indicator lights all work.
 
IMG_1017.jpg I really really hope there isn't a piece of a bolt lodged into the head of the exhaust.
 
IMG_1018.jpg I have no idea what the original air intake filter looks like but this one had yellow tape around half of it with a thin wire mesh laying on the inside, I need to take this out right?
 
IMG_1019.jpg Ah, a nice new K&N filter, fits nicely. It's quite obvious more air will be coming into the bike now, so naturally you'd want to get more fuel (bigger jet) but I pulled #1 plug and it was quite black, #4 was a decent tan color. I haven't gotten a deep socket to get the other plugs out for a reading. Also, I haven't seen what the main jets are yet. They've had to of been changed because the bike has a 4-1 which sounds nice, like, really good, maybe I'll get some video of it later.
 
That's it for pictures tonight. I'm going to go back down and try and get the rest of the crash bar off, then I'll break out the new multi-meter and see what's reading across the battery. I still need to get some electric grease and go through the wiring. I've been following the other project threads about what to do about wiring so no need to tread more.
 
jibledso said:
The turn signals are really generic looking, but they work, inspection is a very serious thing here. I'd really like to get some different ones, if not original something small and round.
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Jeeze man, is that a license plate or a mud flap? Lol, I can almost see that thing from New Mexico haha.


You were right, that first pic made it look pretty clean. You've certainly got a project on your hands. Are you getting rid of the crash bars, or just cleaning things up? Hopefully the latter.

That G looks normal to me. You'll want to use some weather stripping around the edges of the air box to seal it up.

Have you come acrossed Bikecliff's site yet? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/ It's quite an amazing accumulation of info on these old bikes. I wonder how many of these GS's stay running simply due to basscliff's labor of love in setting up that site, and all of the other folks that have contributed to the info/ tutorials in it.
 
Yeah, I know what you mean, it looks quite large in the picture. What's great is when I got it registered I didn't go to any place or have to get new tags, I just notified them online that I bought it, and I have insurance that was it, everything was quite cheap, including the bike. I basically paid $700 which is 7,000 kroner SEK.

I just took off the crash bar, it was a real pain getting the last bolt.

Thanks for the link I'll definitely be using it.
 
Well it's 4:30am here and I finally got out of the basement, couldn't resist looking inside the carbs and taking pictures

After looking at the inside of the float bowl I'm thinking about not doing much, nor scraping off the gaskets. Ideally I'd want to dip them and clean them as thoroughly as I could, but there is no autozone here, and they really frown on harsh chemicals to the enviroment, so it's going to be a pain to get a hold of some.

Also, the bike ran quite well before it got really cold, very strong, it would do 100mph I'm sure, so why go through all the trouble when the bike can go well? The tee's look to be in good shape too. I do however want to replace the O rings and will be ordering them from the O ring guy here on the forum. I'm open to other suggestions. Here's some more pics of the carbsIMG_1026.jpg
 
more carbs for you to look at

more carbs for you to look at

IMG_1025.jpgmore carbs for you to look at
 
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