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1982 GS1100EZ Winter Project

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AOD said:
Great looking bike! Very nice job on the conversion and the little odds and ends...

Who ended up doing your seat for you? It looks really nice too.

~Adam
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Thanks Adam,

I called some ads on craigslist.com and it turns out one of my MC buddies has an upholstery shop in his basement, and does seats on the side for his friends. It's cool because he told me to bring it back once I had the bike together so he could make the fit perfect. It's hard to make all the lines meet up holding the seat in your hand and looking at a picture. Right now the front is too far away from the tank, and the back is a little high. I'm going to take it over there next week so he can shape it a litttle better.

His name is Matt, and I'll ask him if he wants to start taking orders.

-Kevin
 
first ride

first ride

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To the members of The GSR - Thanks again for all your help!!!

I realized today that my speedo is totally off. I looked down and thought "this bike's got some pick-up, but it's not that fast!?"
I could sit a do the calculations, but I think 70mph is actually about 58-60mph.

-Kevin
 
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Very nice job, old Suzy looks pretty good.

Ride On, Ed.
1983 GS750ED
2005 GSF1200SZ
 
OK, I'm back. why is this thread so hard to find? and my username has expired?
and all the pictures are gone? and the timeline is backwards???

Oh well. I assume that there was a significant server change/crash and all the old (2006?) forum posts were salvaged?

Anyway, I sold my bike months ago after it was just sitting and getting neglected in the corner of the garage for months on end. I regretted it the day it went away. Anyway, the deal with the sale was that I got first right of refusal if he ever wanted to sell it. well, I got the call back from the buyer last week and picked it up. But it's been crashed, and I'm trying to figure out where I bought some of the parts so I can replace them.

BTW, I sold it for $1900, he got hit on it and the 80yr old man's insurance paid him $2600, then he sold it back to me for $450. The insurance supposedly "totaled" it, but they didn't take the bike or the title. I'm wondering if it will ever show totaled??? He took it to a shop that said the scratch in the exhaust was a $750 fix, etc. even though the whole exhaust cost me $253. It will probably cost me $150 to make it exactly the way it was minus fixing the scratch in the exhaust.

So anyway. I'll be posting up to continue this story if anyone cares.

-Kevin in Portland
 
outofcontrol said:
OK, I'm back. why is this thread so hard to find? and my username has expired?
and all the pictures are gone? and the timeline is backwards???

Oh well. I assume that there was a significant server change/crash and all the old (2006?) forum posts were salvaged?

Anyway, I sold my bike months ago after it was just sitting and getting neglected in the corner of the garage for months on end. I regretted it the day it went away. Anyway, the deal with the sale was that I got first right of refusal if he ever wanted to sell it. well, I got the call back from the buyer last week and picked it up. But it's been crashed, and I'm trying to figure out where I bought some of the parts so I can replace them.

BTW, I sold it for $1900, he got hit on it and the 80yr old man's insurance paid him $2600, then he sold it back to me for $450. The insurance supposedly "totaled" it, but they didn't take the bike or the title. I'm wondering if it will ever show totaled??? He took it to a shop that said the scratch in the exhaust was a $750 fix, etc. even though the whole exhaust cost me $253. It will probably cost me $150 to make it exactly the way it was minus fixing the scratch in the exhaust.

So anyway. I'll be posting up to continue this story if anyone cares.

-Kevin in Portland
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welcome newbie:D
 
Well, here's all the damage.

Well, here's all the damage.

doesn't really seem like enough to total a bike eh?

I'm not going to replace the Exhaust just for this blemish:
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I know I bought this Ignition Cover NOS from somewhere, but I don't know where. I thought it was only like $20 too. This, I will have to replace.
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I need a new fender and fork brace thingy:
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I know how to find these turn signals, but I might want to replace the headlight surround/rim.
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This banjo bolt needs to be replaced, but I'm thinking of a whole new M/C for the front brakes. I never really liked the feel of this one. Might be a good time to try something new. I got this one to seal up and bleed out, but it doesn't have the best action.
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I stole these mirrors off my wife's 450 nighthawk. I like them so much, I'm just going to wait until a right one shows up on Ebay. there's a Left one right now for $9. I'm sure the match will show up some day.
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blowerbike said:
hmmmmmm,
1150 forks:-k
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Yea, I know. those 1150 forks allowed me to run a 3.5x17 tire up front while keeping the correct era look. And the fancy polished fork brace was one of my favorite features of the bike. Plus that's what Solo used. I just missed a fender on Ebay (it was about 40 miles from my house too!) but he didn't have the fork brace to go with it.

rapidray said:
& you can get just the megaphone from V&H! Ray.
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I do remember buying the whole exhaust system for $253, and if I was going to do it, I'd replace it all. I was always bummed that I blued the headers when I first got the motor running. it was super lean! D'oh! But I was too eager to ride it than to re-jet it.
 
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