78 GS1000 left for dead

[busa1300]

From the cockpit...

From the cockpit...

Gauges cleaned up, all lights working, and housing re sprayed back to original semigloss look.
Polished upper and lower triples I think look better than black...(yes my opinion only perhaps, but I'm the one who will be looking at it) No black plastic ignition cover, or plastic cover on the lower triple either...

It's not done yet....but so very close...

 

[busa1300]

Waiting for my brake lines to show up...

Waiting for my brake lines to show up...

Waiting for my brake lines to show up...tracking says Thursday...
Taking seat in this week or next to get recovered, after my reshaping of a burned out E model seat.

 

[Guest]

Love it - resto mod but sooooo period

 

[busa1300]

Thanks, that's definitely the basic look I'm going for.

 

[roeme]

That's a beauty!

 

[busa1300]

Change of pace

Change of pace

Got tired of working on the GS, so I got a few of the strokers out for end of the season free for all.

 

[Guest]

Us and our 3rd world problems....always look forward to your posted pictures, very nice herd.

 

[steve murdoch]

How do you still have a license?
I would have been locked up a long a time ago with your stable of speed.

 

[busa1300]

Hopefully I'll have a computer again soon, and I can post more and better pics.
(using phone now)....
No problem with tickets because I'm always working on my next bike, instead of riding the one I just finished...
Plus I'm old enough now to know where and when to ride in my area. And to avoid the cops in most cases if I ever do get out of the garage.
The older I get the slower I go....

 

[busa1300]

Cleaned up my Mikuni 26mm carbs

Cleaned up my Mikuni 26mm carbs

Cleaned up carbs finally today. I soda blasted them on the outside about a year ago, but wasn't sure if I was going to use them or my 29's. I measured the ports in the heads and they were between 26-27mm... So not much point in a bigger carb, if my ports are smaller than the carbs....
Used a stage 3 Dynojet kit, and will probably use K+N individual filters instead of air box on carbs with a big K+N stretched over the mouth of the air box.

 

[busa1300]

It's alive....!!!!

It's alive....!!!!

I fired it up, and idles at 1000 no problem....throttle seems ok, but it's still sitting on a table.
Going to double check timing tomorrow, and then sync carbs...
Will rebuild petcock and clean out tank this week and get it on the ground.

Still having trouble trying to get my front brakes working right yet....

 

[busa1300]

Sync is done

Sync is done

Sync, and timing set... Runs smooth...
Need to get it on ground before snow and test throttle response and look at plugs.

 

[busa1300]

 

[busa1300]

Almost done.... But not quite yet...

 

[dorkburger]

Great looking fraternal twins. Glad to see it coming along.

 

[busa1300]

Loose ends....

Loose ends....

There's actually only a few hundred between them as far as the serial number goes...

Tank has metal rescue floating inside of it right now (jump started the process with some muratic acid) and the petcock has been rebuilt with factory parts...
Taking fender to work tomorrow to paint (original paint is a tri coat, which is why it's a bitch to match...and why no one has a code for it...) I got some blue candy apple at work and going to mess with some gold pearl mixed with blue/black for base...then a bit of purple pearl sprinkled into the clear to get the right side tone color...
We will see tomorrow how close I can get it...?

Seat is at a top and trim shop, getting the seat cover re shaped to fit the seat foam I carved out of original E model seat.

 

[Guest]

What rims do you have on the other 78'?

 

[dorkburger]

Interesting about the paint.
I recently found out that my 1150 is a candy color- silver base, blue topcoat, pretty much dashing my hopes of touching up a couple of panels at home. It's at least available, but I hear the topcoat is tough to do in regards to getting the right amount on to match the existing other painted parts.
I'd still like to try at some point. $33 per (small) rattle can x2 is a bit steep though.

 

[busa1300]

Wheels are EPM magnesium.
Front 19x2.5 rear 18x3.5
I have another set restored for this bike when I rebuild it, that measure 18 front and rear with Kosman 13 inch rotors.

 

[busa1300]

The fender I painted turned out just a bit too blue...there seems to be more of a green tint to the original color than I thought

try again next week....