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1981 GS450E Rebuild

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Took the painted parts down tonight, looks like I got pretty good coverage.



I must say I really like the satin finish too, just what I was looking for!

Only catch now is waiting to get time to BBQ them all over 200 degrees celcius so I can put the carbs and caliper back together. I have a feeling the bike will be back but I won't be able to start it because the carbs will still be waiting for the paint curing...

Anyway, marked out the next lot of trimming I need to do to the duck tail to get it more into shape:



No idea when I'll get time to get stuck into that yet either. Need to use the dremel with a cut off wheel as everything else is far too painfully slow. I really wanted to get most of that shaping done before I ran out of holidays, oh well, them's the breaks...

Next up, the tank liner should be cured by now, so decided to pull the duct tape off the filler hole and check it out.

First off, this is the tub of excess which still hasn't quite cured all the way through yet, but this layer on top shows how it should seal inside the tank:



Then, duct tape off, and you can see where some has cured around where the duct tape covered the filler hole, and you can see the wire there I used to keep the vent hole open too:

 
In this first pic, you can see that the wire I used to keep the vent hole open was a little small as you can barely see the hole:



Poked a bigger bit of wire through which cleared that up nicely:



And some random shots inside the filler hole to see the liner:



Gonna be quite some time before fuel needs to go in there, so plenty of extra curing time, not to mention I need to replace the fuel tap yet...

So now I find myself at a very frustrating brick wall... can't put the carbs or caliper together until the paint's cured, can't trim the duck tail due to noise at night, and the bike's not back so I can't sit there staring at the exhaust and working out what I need to do with the front mudguard.

Need to paint the tail light bracket, but pointless starting prep for that yet as I don't know when I'll get to paint it just yet.

I also can't look at things like measuring up for a bash plate due to no bike... man that's frustrating, so many things I need to do and I can't do any of them!

I could do some more with the voltage monitor, except I need to measure the gauge shell to see how long the straight bit in the centre is but... no bike...

Oh well, I will have to just live vicariously through everyone else's progress for a bit...
 
tank looks great! You'll be so glad you coated it. No more worries about rust clogging up your carbs.
 
Cheers David, and yep you're right, happy about it already after seeing those rust flakes being siphoned out...
 
I believe Happy Birthday is in Order?.... Unless i'm a week late... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE!!!
 
Hand guards, nice, might look into getting some at a later date, in the meantime, bookmarked
 
mike-s said:
Hand guards, nice, might look into getting some at a later date, in the meantime, bookmarked
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Yeah, not easy to work out if they'll give enough clearance for the levers so before I buy I'll see if they have any idea, Slipstream Performance have been good to me so far. I got all my K&N stuff from there as well as my chain and sprockets and 'bars etc. Good prices, no complaints about ordering stuff not on their web site, and so far good service with quick delivery times.

They also stock the fly screen I want to cover the ugly gauge cluster...

Woodsy said:
Hand guards are for pussies....................... lol
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Meow :p
 
Well... I sorta hope I can use my stock front mudguard and just lift it... the alternative could get a little expensive, especially after perusing Tarozzi products a little more...

If I go with a different mudguard like the below:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...358057&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1365wt_905

And sit it on top of a Tarozzi fork brace, that's $150 just for the brace.

Then of course I noticed that Tarozzi make crash bars for the 450's... that's another cool $160 there...

If I can just lift the stock mudguard, I already own that and I already bought some 3mm thick steel to make a pair of lifting brackets...

Mind you, if I got a second hand fork brace cheap enough... awww man I'm gettin' myself all confused now and I can't really do anything about anything because the bike's not here to see what will work...
 
Wow, things are looking great! I am drooling over it already, and I can't wait to see it all together!

Keep up the great work and attention to detail Pete!
 
cowboyup3371 said:
Keep going on it Pete...how much longer before the bike gets back?
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The only answer I have to that at the moment is not soon enough :rolleyes:

I might give him a call this avo' if I haven't heard anything and if I have time...

Macguyver said:
Wow, things are looking great! I am drooling over it already, and I can't wait to see it all together!

Keep up the great work and attention to detail Pete!
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Cheers Mac, good to hear from you! I'm hoping the end is in sight now, the only real roadblock is the ignition, most of the rest is just time and money... :rolleyes:

How's that new business of yours? Coming along well I hope?
 
Hey Pete,
Remember that the fork brace is not just cosmetic. Then weigh the cost of your exhaust against the fork brace.
Makes sense to me if you look at it that way, and the result has the look you are after.
Just my opinion though.
 
landshark said:
Hey Pete,
Remember that the fork brace is not just cosmetic. Then weigh the cost of your exhaust against the fork brace.
Makes sense to me if you look at it that way, and the result has the look you are after.
Just my opinion though.
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Yeah good point... I'll have to measure it when it gets back and see what I can do...
 
real

real

Remember that the fork brace is not just cosmetic.
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Pete,
The double thickness in the guard is not as strong as a real brace.
The 1100 has a simular set up, after puting the fork brace on the difference in handle was, chalk and cheese.

Just in case you need more convincing.

John
 
fork brace as in the bracket that runs between the 2 forks that the mudguard mounts on?...
 
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