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1979 GS1000E coming along!!!

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Hey guys, A few pics of before and after. Lots of work, cleaning, fixing oil leaks. New headers, Handlebars, Mirrors, Emblems, Swing arm and bearings, Rear brake line, rotor and pads. Removed Windjammer, crash bars and sissy bar. Welded the rear foot peg mounts back on after the original owner cut them off. Polished side cover to a brushed finish. Front rotors are on the way back from TrueDisc after being turned. Stainless front lines and brakes are waiting! Seat is next and a Dyno tune. Thanks for all the help from GS members for all the help!!







 
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That's looking very nice. A tip for you though, if you paste the image code instead of the link from your photobucket into your posts, it will look like this:

 
What welds? Very nice!
The bike looks great.
I had a set of CRG bar-ends on a bike that were nice but expensive. What brand are those?
 
Very nice 1000e. I do like the low profile mirrors. You'd be surprised on how much wind turbulence the standard mirrors will cause. I also like the 1100e swing arm, it looks good. I think that might be the next project on mine. I like the brushed aluminum look on your engine covers too. Nice Bike👍
 
Fjbj40....Thanks for hooking me up with the foot pegs mounts, Still cant believe you had those!!! Saved the day! :p
 
workonwood said:
Fjbj40....Thanks for hooking me up with the foot pegs mounts, Still cant believe you had those!!! Saved the day! :p
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Its funny you know, I was looking at them about 6 months ago and said to myself " why the #^%^% am I keeping these?". Oh well maybe someone will need them and I threw them in the bottom drawer of my junk box!

Lucky you! Glad they were put back into service!
 
Fjbj40 said:
She looks fantastic!

I have never seen one with the gold around the front of the tank though.
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Yes, very nice. Job well done, very tasteful mods. As far as I know all the black '79 tanks had the extra gold striping on the front of the tank. My current one and previous 1000E had it. The blue or red standard models didn't have it.
 
From one 79 1000E owner to another, that is one nice looking example. Mine only dreams of ever being that nice. I also am a fan of what you have done to the seat.
 
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