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1980 GS1000 Hardtail Turbo Chop

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Wheelie

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Good Evening ladies and gentlemen.
I finaly finished the my project. It only took 4 years, but you know how life can slow things up. Thanks for the help, parts, and words of encouragement that I have recieved from various folks here.

Steve

PS: more pics at my website.
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I am not usually a fan of choppers, but that looks like a great job. Congrats.

Mike
 
WOW. That is WELL DONE. Beautiful! You've obviously taken the time to do it right.
 
looking pretty good, lots of work done real well you should be proud.

i would like to see some aftermarket spark plug wires on it, something with a some colorto energise it and give it a little more hotrod look.
 
Wheelie said:
Good Evening ladies and gentlemen.
I finaly finished the my project. It only took 4 years, but you know how life can slow things up. Thanks for the help, parts, and words of encouragement that I have recieved from various folks here.

Steve

PS: more pics at my website.
View attachment 2688
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Super Cool Bike!
 
Holy hell. Great, now you've got me looking into turbos!

I've never seen a turbo bike so clean and efficient, especially not while maintaining such an agressive look.

"You've got a CBR600? Well, let me tell you what I've got......"
 
Fantastic job!!!
2 suggestions, "sissy bar" and more brakes :)


I posted on your site about upgrading the brakes :)


Great job..........WOW...........I'm "blown" away
 
that is one sick bobber,you did so much work to that,I know you love it man. :)
 
Dude that is AMAZING! Sweetest thing I have seen in a long time! Enjoy all that hard work man you deserve it!
 
Thank you for the kind words. I thought my web page would show up on the post since it was in my profile. Thanks kb9 for helping out there.
Funny thing about the brakes Kieth, this bike started as an E model which I purchased to get the dual disks for my 1978 base model GS1000.
90 percent of the work was done in my one car garage. The body and frame were painted by a pro, but he made me do all the prep work. The structural welding was also done by a pro. My Father in Law owns a huge machine shop and we'd go there on Sundays to make the various bits and pieces that a project like this requires.

Here are some highlights of the bike:

Front fender is from a HD Dyna Glide shortened by about 5".
Rear fender is the original front fender.
Gas tank is a 1982 GS750L with the 1980 GS1000 tank cut up and overlayed to get the stretch and the "shoulders".
Side covers were made from a damaged Dodge Ram quarter panel.
The front end (forks, triple clamps, wheel,, brakes) stock 1978 GS1000.
The rear wheel assembly and brakes stock GS1000 with a Honda F2 rear master cylinder.
Front half of the frame is stock GS1000 except where I hid the extra 7 degrees of rake and 2" down tube drop.
Back half of the frame all Wheelie.
Stock 1979 GS1000 engine. (Thanks to member TCForemost).
Mr. Turbo/ATP turbo charger system with a Rayjay HB turbocharger.
Drag Specialties 5" headlight.
1932 Ford Model A tail light.

I said highlights so I'd better stop there.

Chop 'em if you got 'em. And leave the flat black rattle can paint for the BBQ.

Steve
 
Looks good man!:) Lotta work there.
Gotta ask though, how do you think the stock motor and drivetrain will handle the power if you really use it?
 
Hey Wheelie, any numbers from the track

I went to the home page, its easy to see where 4 years went.

Nice job.
 
I've only got 50 miles on the odometer. It needs some more fine tuning before I consider taking it to the track. I'll run it against my '78 first. Not even sure how much boost I'm getting as I haven't mounted the gauge yet. That is this weekends project. Can't tell if it's really fast or just feels that way because it's only 5" off the ground and has no rear suspension.
The "B" rotor Rajay is small. Should be on a 750cc motor. This turbo will max out at 7 psi at 9000 rpm on the 1000. Mr. Turbo said maybe a 30 percent increase in power. Should be safe for the stock drive line. Would be nice to have a welded crank and transmission upgrades if I was going to wail on it.
Putting the turbo on this bike kind of happened by accident. A friend picked up a blown up GS750 for free and this system appeared to be the cause of that bikes demise. It solved my exhaust problems, it looked cool and it cost me $250. Did a labor trade with another friend who is a turbo nut and the rebuild of this system was his form of payment.
 
WOW!! that is some serious work! great job!

so what was your science experiment? was that to take off something? or put it on... I was just wondering about home chrome plating, perhaps that's some part of it?
 
I forgot those pictures were on there. That is electrolytic rust removal. You put the part in a solution of water and washing soda. Hook up a battery charger and watch the rust disolve.
 
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