1978 GS1000 Complete Engine Overhaul With Mods

[Hoomgar]

Wow man, most definitely a great project.
This will be the newest looking bike on this site!

And when I looked at your pictures I noticed that you like to play some music too while working on the bike. :lol:

Greetz, Marco.

I assume your referring to my Kicker comp cabinet? The whole mid and top end is Rockford Fosgate Punch series. That old rig was custom made by me to fit into the back of my Cherokee back in '93. I should have sold it while it was still worth something as I will most likely never use it again. But I couldn?t bring myself to get rid of it. I put so much work into the cabinet design alone. Now it just sits there and gathers dust. I still have the amps and crossovers, cables and everything. Heck I still have the head unit!

I do enjoy listening to music while I work though. But that is just off the boom box :lol:

Thx for the compliments man

 

[wrench]

Looking good buddy

 

[Jethro]

If your needing chain, I am changing to EK. It will be interesting to see how it holds up.

I've used RK chains many times and have been very happy with them. Got one on there now and it's great. It's a 530 as well.

 

[crag antler]

Looking shaper all the time there Mark.
Must be a great feeling to see it coming together 8) 8)

 

[Anonymous]

Hoomie, I love it. This is something to be proud of - very good job.

 

[Hoomgar]

Thx for the good words guys. I had a bit of a let down tonight. I had bought an NOS seat for this project last year. The guy assured me it was for my bike but it is for a 70's GS750E and doesn't fit my bike

When I tried to put it on tonight that was the first I found out. Oh well. Something will come up :?

Here is the seat, pretty nice and completely worthless to this project!

 

[KEITH KRAUSE]

I have to admit Mark, when I saw that you won that seat, it didn't look right to me. The chrome strip on the bottom isn't 1000 related.
I didn't want to be negative after you won it and I hoped it would still mount up for you.

 

[Hoomgar]

I have to admit Mark, when I saw that you won that seat, it didn't look right to me. The chrome strip on the bottom isn't 1000 related.
I didn't want to be negative after you won it and I hoped it would still mount up for you.

Never be afraid to speak my GS brother, let me know! I am a jack of many trades and have been riding motorcycles my entire life but actually working on them is a new venture. I like to glean all the wisdom I can from guys like yourself who have been through it.

 

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Well, next time I will speak up even if I'm wrong.
I forget who the seller was, but I'd remember who it was if you said the name. I believe I've bought NOS stuff from that same seller. I think they MAY take back the seat if you pay shipping back. Worth a try anyway.

 

[Hoomgar]

Well, next time I will speak up even if I'm wrong.
I forget who the seller was, but I'd remember who it was if you said the name. I believe I've bought NOS stuff from that same seller. I think they MAY take back the seat if you pay shipping back. Worth a try anyway.

Not this one Keith I don't believe. I bought three seats last year for this project and none of them have panned out

The first new OEM or NOS one was from a guy out west some state? Forget where? That one ended up not even being a Suzi seat. I sold it local. Lost like 20 bucks.

The next one (this one) I bought off a guy in Canada who was just some Joe on ebay like me selling a seat. He most likely bought it thinking it was for something else and when it didn't fit thought it was for a 1000. Or he lied. Either way I bought it and got burned.

The third seat I still have. It is a used one in no better shape than my original one and I only bought it to get the Grab rail off of it. That guy was a parts dealer and a regular on eBay.

I am not sure which one you may be remembering but none of them panned out

 

[KEITH KRAUSE]

One of the sellers I've dealt with is Anderson Vintage Parts. I thought it may have been him. There's a couple more but I just can't remember their names. Doesn't matter though.

 

[wrench]

10 days to go buddy :wink:

 

[Hoomgar]

John, we are on schedule man. Tomorrow morning I am putting a few finishing touches on the GS and then taking it out to Joe's to put the engine in

It has a big hole in the center of it. I need to fill that :lol:

 

[wrench]

Looks good Mark, i hope it all comes together tomorrow for you 8)

 

[Hoomgar]

Looks good Mark, i hope it all comes together tomorrow for you 8)

Thx, I'm pumped

When I was wiring everything back together in the headlight bucket tonight it hit me. This is it! I may actually get my GS back! WooHoo!

If Joe doesn't come through now, I will need another freezer in my garage :twisted:

 

[wrench]

Looks good Mark, i hope it all comes together tomorrow for you 8)

Thx, I'm pumped

When I was wiring everything back together in the headlight bucket tonight it hit me. This is it! I may actually get my GS back! WooHoo!

If Joe doesn't come through now, I will need another freezer in my garage :twisted:

I'm sure he will come through for you, can't wait to see it finished 8)

 

[80gs1000e]

All I can say is WOW! Looking good, you can buff out that current paint and it'll look sweet until you get her redone how you are planning.

Also digging the kicker box on the shelf. Are those 18 inchers? :lol: 8) :twisted:

 

[wrench]

I hope that big hole is now filled buddy :wink:

 

[Hoomgar]

All I can say is WOW! Looking good, you can buff out that current paint and it'll look sweet until you get her redone how you are planning.

Also digging the kicker box on the shelf. Are those 18 inchers? :lol: 8) :twisted:

That is what I am doing for now Domino, just some buff and go.


15" Competition series. Hermetically sealed cabinet done right not short cutted by porting. And yes, each and every sound chamber of the subs, mids and even the highs including the tweets are perfectly tuned to the thiel parameters for each cone. I did my homework back then and won 3 out of 3 competitions I went to in the compression category. I was able to produce over 5 times more pressure with only 500 wrms to the subs than a quad cabinet of 10" Orion's did running off a Rockford 1K amp.

I also took top place for highest db with clarity in the one event. You can't see it in the photo but the top cabinet is sitting on top of the subs. They are separate enclosures that bolt together internally through sealed door openings in the sides and embedded nuts in the sub cabinet.

All that and my cabinet only got an honorable mention for design because the judges felt is was too huge and blocked too much rear view. It was custom made to fit in the back of my Cherokee Laredo.

I drove the subs in stereo with 250wrms per sub filtered and the mid and top range sections were crossed separately and driven with a stereo 350wrms amp. All my crossing was done in the signal "pre" amplified which was considered new back then. Now it is the only way it is done.

Anyway, it just gathers dust now

 

[wrench]

Ok so where are the pics of the motor installed