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1985 Suzuki GS700EF

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tejasmud said:
One of these days I'll need to come down and ride some of those Hill Country Roads with you and Joe. That would be quiet a sight with 3 GS700 bikes in a row.

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What would really be cool is for Texas Moto Photo to be out there that day and the three of us ride in front of the cameras close enough together for them to get us all in one frame. We could probably stop and let them know what we want then ride back through the turn again.
 
Billy Ricks said:
What would really be cool is for Texas Moto Photo to be out there that day and the three of us ride in front of the cameras close enough together for them to get us all in one frame. We could probably stop and let them know what we want then ride back through the turn again.
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That would be so cool!
 
Nice work! You are a definite craftsman.I just gotta ask have you added all your reciepts yet?
 
Billy Ricks said:
What would really be cool is for Texas Moto Photo to be out there that day and the three of us ride in front of the cameras close enough together for them to get us all in one frame. We could probably stop and let them know what we want then ride back through the turn again.
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That would be sweet. How or where do we catch these guys from TX Moto Photo? I checked out the webpage.

I'll tell ya, it is freaking hot here, and most likely smoking hot down there too. Sitting on the side of the road taking pictures doesn't seem like a great idea. lol




Hodado said:
Nice work! You are a definite craftsman.I just gotta ask have you added all your reciepts yet?
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Thanks.

Who keeps up with reciepts? :rolleyes: :-\\\

Naw, I haven't added them up yet. Sort of scared to see the result. I have not kept up with some of the small consumables like sandpaper and little stuff like bolts here and there very well.

Last time I added up what I had it was pushing $4k, and that was before polishing all the aluminum, top end work, paint, and 1150 rear wheel. There has been lots of little purchases from ebay for original parts as well since then.

My guess it is pushing $5.5K to $6k by now. :eek:

Just in parts and supplies. I probably could have saved a bit not going primarily through Bikebandit, and used Partshark or the likes now I look back.

And, I could have purchased one or two newer bikes at that cost, but it would not have been the same. This is a bike I've had since the early 90s, so it has sentimental value.

It has been an everything I have ever wanted to do to it type of build.

No regrets here though. :o


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tejasmud said:
That would be sweet. How or where do we catch these guys from TX Moto Photo? I checked out the webpage.

I'll tell ya, it is freaking hot here, and most likely smoking hot down there too. Sitting on the side of the road taking pictures doesn't seem like a great idea. lol
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They usually set up on RR 337 between Vanderpool and Leakey.

This is one of their shots.
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kirkn said:
seat, shmeet. I'd have been sitting on a couple folded up towels and gone RIDING!!

Looks fantastic! Great job!

Kirk
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Funny story: Back when I first bought my now departed (sold, not wrecked) GPz 750, the tank was a terrible mess with rust holes etc... My buddy Tim had the bright idea to snag the tank off his old 3 wheeler so we bungeed it on and went joyriding. Got kind of sketchy at 80 mph plus - the tank would lift and try to pull out of the bungees! And this on sacked forks!
 
Billy Ricks said:
They usually set up on RR 337 between Vanderpool and Leakey.

This is one of their shots.
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Man that road looks like a real nice twisty road looking a Google maps. Nice scenery. 39 from Hunt to Bowman looks like a nice twisty road as well.

We need to do this once I get this machine trip worthy.


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As much as I wanted to ride with a couch cushion, figured I?ve waited this long so soon enough.

After Wifey went through 2 versions of making a seat cover to fit the added foam to the rear passenger area of the seat it just didn?t look right. So there was a change in plans.

Here is the cover over the seat before fitment. I was unable to locate any ?CarbonFX? material, so decided to do the seat area with a mat black then outlined with gloss black, and the passenger section in red.

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The seams have been reinforced underside.

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Added some plastic sheeting between the cover and foam. It can sort of be seen, and will be trimmed after the cover is secured to the pan.

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Here is where we were checking the gap at the tail. It can?t be pulled tight or there will be a major gap. Old foam, shrinkage possibly, but to help avoid this a little bit of foam will be added to the end of the seat to close the gap.

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Here is how it sat this morning, close but still working the tail area. Should be this evening to get it all closed up.

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Pics of the bike w/seat soon to come. :D

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Here?s a few follow up pictures of the seat. Sort of got carried away with the staples. :o

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Stull thinking about pulling the bracket and plating it. It will not be seen really so no rush at the moment. All new rubber cushions on the pan.

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Here is a picture of how it mates up with the tank.

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And how it mates up with the tail section. :)

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Then here we goes. Over all from the Right side.


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A few from the Left side.

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Not sure what I'm going to do on the dash. I have a plastic cover on the way, and the old one I cut up to match to the clip-ons, but it still didn't sit right.

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Side shot of the engine.

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LM1 mounted in a tank bag. :D

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I took it on a shake down ride, and it was running between 12.5:1 and 11:1 on the AFR. No dead spots, and no popping was observed. I'll tweak it a little this comming weekend to lean it a tad to see what happens. Starting at lowering the needle one notch to see how it accepts it.

Now begins the fun part. Tuning. I'll post up the charts as I do changes. :)


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Holy Chit man!
That is absoluteley stunning! I don't think I've seen a prettier 700 ever.
Very very well done, I applaud you for showing us all how its done!
 
Smokinapankake said:
Holy Chit man!
That is absoluteley stunning! I don't think I've seen a prettier 700 ever.
Very very well done, I applaud you for showing us all how its done!
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Thanks Smoki. :o

I just wish there wasn't a chance of rain for the next day or two.

Your project is coming along too, I see. Now that you are over that top end assembly just need to keep at it.

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jwhelan65 said:
Are those stock clip-ons?
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Thanks Joe. :o

The credit goes to the Wifey on the seat, she did an A #1 job. She went from saying she will never do another seat, too saying we need to find a nother project bike to fix up an sell. lol

The clip-ons are Vortex.

I have them out a bit. With the clip-ons and rearsets it really shifts the weight forward. Makes the front end pretty sensitive at low speed, more so than I remembered. :-k


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tejasmud said:
Thanks Joe. :o

The credit goes to the Wifey on the seat, she did an A #1 job. She went from saying she will never do another seat, too saying we need to find a nother project bike to fix up an sell. lol

The clip-ons are Vortex.

I have them out a bit. With the clip-ons and rearsets it really shifts the weight forward. Makes the front end pretty sensitive at low speed, more so than I remembered. :-k


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Its always a labor of luv! but when its done its all worth it!

I really like the look of those, did the E have the same stock bars as the ES?
 
jwhelan65 said:
Its always a labor of luv! but when its done its all worth it!

I really like the look of those, did the E have the same stock bars as the ES?
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That's for sure.

From pics they look like the same bars were used on the E and ES. When I bought the bike years ago it already had aftermarket clip-ons, but they were more at a 30 degree angle. The Vortex are around 15 degree, I think. They feel better than the others. Only thing that gets tricky is space for some master cylinders. It can be tight fitting with conventional masters with the reservior, but the remote reservior masters will solve that issue.

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The E bars have taller risers. It's a fairly substantial difference. A few guys with ES models at least contemplated using E risers. I'm not sure if anyone ever did it. The 1150 models used the same sets of bars and risers.
 
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