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650l Cafe'd Pics-Spokes for a Shaftie??

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Hey guys posted some new pics of my Cafe'd 83 gs650L-I came up with some ideas and kinda had fun with it---- Its a shafty but really want to do spokes..yes I know I should by a Triumph or something..hahah--but I really love my bike--any spoked rims ever made for a shaft driven?? Heres a pic of went I took her for $500 out of a back yard in RI--Was running..but tough shape---
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spokes for a shaftie

spokes for a shaftie

Sure there a tons of bikes with spoke wheels that are shaft drive.. Just not for your bike. Take a little engineering to get one to work and most are 16" cruiser style wheels. I think your bike looks great like it is, why worry about spoke wheels. Just think about spoke wheels on NEXT project
 
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What kind of handlebars are you using? Amazing what a simple handlebar change does to the overall appearance of the bike!
 
cafe racer

cafe racer

Fabulous looking build, not a big "cafe" fan, but DAMN that thing looks
incredible. GREAT WORK!!
 
Very nice, bet your well chuffed.
What's the headlight off, looks a little smaller than stock?
 
what seat did you end up going with? i am having a bit of trouble finding one for my gs550.

thanks,

adam
 
Thanks for the kind word guys!--The Bars are club mans--It is true what a bar change can do.It did completely change the look of the bike-I did deal with some turn to the right and the idle goes up headaches but have pretty much cleared it up by rerouting and adjustments-The head light is stock..just cleaned it up and put the retro visor thing on it (Ebay special!!) I also cut off the old headlight mounting brackets and installed the cafe ones which cleaned up the area alot--I also got rid of the center cluster and just run a speedo and Tach...Ya...no gas gage..but whatever!! ---The seat I also got off ebay for about $200 ..it came with the padding and seat cover which is awesome--Ill try to get the info on the guy who makes them-He does really quality work-I was very impressed when it came in-- The race plates I got off ebay off some BMX site..haha--I never liked how the side covers looked and saw an old pic of a bike from the 60's and said thats what I need to do..so I painted them up and they came out great--Then bought some NOS #s and threw them on--The 9's came in a pack of 5 so...99 it was..haha- The rims would just finish off the cafe look so Ill keep looking --Thx for the info so far!!
 
Very nice! That all hangs together pretty dang well with the L tank.

What did you do with the old seat? Or was it too rotted to save? There are some 650GL people that would KILL for a decent stock seat, or just the pan.


I love the number plates in place of side covers. One of the best things about a good cafe-ed bike are the fun cheap details like that where the builder used ingenuity and trickery to do something almost free instead of just whipping out a credit card.
 
The Signals actually came off Ebay...haha---Good price for the set and there made pretty well-- Thx for the kind words BK--The seat and the rest of the parts I took off did go to the Ebay gods and hopefully to good use--I have been debating the tank.....--Was going to get a tank of a Tempter because it has a little more shape to it...or off a GS450..those nice cafe tanks..but maybe Ill splurge...next is to get a 4 in 1 to shave some more weight...then having a local guy jet the carbs ..I dont want to deal with that..haha--drop it off , pick it up and be done with it!!!!
 
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