1983 GS850G Revival (prep and Stage 1)

[thebrandonbeezy]

I understand the rust look, and the patina look. I like that look, when its natural. Kinda like the bike earned it. Look at the tins busa1300 removed from the skunk left for dead. Thats a great natural patina, but it doesnt match the style of the bike. Had it been an L or T thats a different story. Imo

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Now, if you go on deciding to cut it shorter let me get that seat. Lol

 

[Sam 78 GS750]

It's a lot easier to make something look like crap than it is to make it look nice... Rust? I hate rust.

On the contrary... Granted some truly just look like crap, but a lot of people spend a lot of time and effort to artificially create patina or aged/worn conditions. It's kind of an art form in and of itself to make it look natural. Take a close look at the bike the OP said was his inspiration, Darryl's bike from The Walking Dead. Look at the forks, the bars, the engine, etc. You can tell a lot of effort went into building an awesome bike, and then a ton more effort went into making it look like it had been through the zombie apocalypse and make it look natural. I get that, it's a tv show prop at the end of the day.

I appreciate the effort and talent it takes. I just don't appreciate the end result... Buying brand new distressed furniture is stupid to me, buying already ripped or patched jeans is stupid to me, and building a car or bike where you spend a ton of time and effort making it look awesome and then spend a ton more time and effort to f*&ck it up is pointless.

If you want the aged/weathered look just buy a beater, make it mechanically sound and roadworthy, and leave the cosmetics as is. Done. In the OPs case, this was his dad's bike...but like Brandon said. He got rid of the natural patina just to give it a fake patina...

 

[Sam 78 GS750]

Do whatever makes you happy... At the end of the day, I'm just some random guy on the internet..

...but dude - you took a rusty fender, cleaned the rust off of it, and then painted so it would look rusty because you couldn't strip the chrome off so it would actually rust.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Do this with it...

Suzuki-GS550-Scrambler-Cafe-Racer-Brat-760x410 by Brandon Hobock, on Flickr

With street tires though

 

[ddaniels]

I had just finished reading your introduction in the other thread where you said you were going to restore as close to factory as you could, then I come over here and see this. What the what? In the end, it's your bike and you need to make yourself happy regardless of what anybody else thinks. Good luck.

 

[chuck hahn]

Maybe I missed it, but upon seeing the milk come out of the brake calipers, You did a ear down all the brake components and inspect them for ANY signs of pitting, clean he grooves the piston seals go in, and put on new dust boots?? Also break down and clean the master cylinders???

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

If this guy pops back in, my offer still stands. Lemme buy that seat!