78 GS1000 left for dead

[busa1300]

Practical Sportbikes

Practical Sportbikes

Thanks guys :eagerness:
Yes, Practical Sportbikes (January).... a UK based magazine. I used to get them at Barnes and Noble, but have had a subscription for a number of years now.
They are 100% into bikes from 1970-to 1999...building/restoring/fixing/riding. Better than any magazine I can find here in the States sorry to say.
I sent in some pics and words, and they found some interest and pieced it together.
It is cool to see my own bikes in print, but I do build them for myself first and foremost...but approval of others gives me a bit more incentive to build the next one

 

[busa1300]

Rain for about 3 days, washed away the snow and most of the salt, then the sun came out and dried the roads off.
Temp was working its way to 60, so I put the GS into operating mode, and took it out on a shake down run.
Put about 20 miles on it, with the only problem of the original 1978 15 amp main fuse blowing about 2 miles from home.
With no screwdriver to get to it....
Plugs have some soot, as I kinda expected still. Will pull off carbs today and drop the mains one step.
Finally got the front brakes working like I knew they should with the anti dive. And suspension set up felt good and solid.
if it doesn't rain today, I'll try to get out again with the different jets and see if it burns a bit cleaner.
If I have the time, I might swap in my black bikes 29 smoothbores just for the hell of it.

 

[Guest]

I got very close to just buying a new set of 29's with the K&L debacle but yesterday was a victory

running 100 main jets with the new pipe and seems to be just about right

 

[busa1300]

Oldskool recognition....

Oldskool recognition....

Still haven't been back out in the garage for over a week (terrible cold....sick)
So no carb adjustments or swapping yet...
But the great news is my GS1000 is February bike of the month on the Oldskool site :biggrin:

http://oldskoolsuzuki.info/archives/1409

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Thats awesome! Man your bike looks soo good, every time i see it i spend a good 10 minutes staring at it

 

[Dooga Dave]

G'day Busa 1300, what a fantastic job the bike looks awesome, congrats on your best bike in the mag, I have just sold Honda CB1100RD and purchased a very ordinary GS1000. Had a GS Thou back in the early mid eighties and have returned as I always have been I died in the arse Suzuki fan. BTW your base bike was a lot tidier than mine. I have also started buying pits and pieces. What swing arm did u use it looks like a GSX1100 or Katana 1100 swing arm, I picked up a Katana 750 alloy swing arm they look identical. My GS plans are upside down forks from 05 GSXR 600, full rebuild on motor, p/coat frame ( blastfamy "not black" ) but anyway have the picture in my mind, see how we go.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

My time here is basically done till spring, then I'll report what has fallen off and why....or ask you guys why things are not working or falling off.
Meanwhile I'll be rebuilding my RGV250/? VJ23.....on www.rgv250.co.uk or Trying to decide how I want to put my GT750 together on www.suzuki2strokes.com

Hey im on suzuki2strokes too, i have a t500 engine that a buddy of mine wants to build a race replica frame for it.

 

[busa1300]

A TR500 style frame wouldn't be too hard to make using a T500 frame.
Always wondered about using a 400 bandit frame for one myself, and use head/cylinder bolts to mount engine. (Bandit has no lower frame)

I would love to have a CB1100RD...the D model I thought looked the best.
Never sold here in the states, but prices are in the stratosphere now. I know the Japanese have been buying them, bringing up the values like the Eddie Lawson Replica KZ.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Did we ever have the 400 in the states

 

[Guest]

Don't know if they got here officially, however, seen 2-3 around texas

https://houston.craigslist.org/mcy/5972224853.html

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Mind blown. Id like to have one of those.. its gotta be so fun and flickable

 

[Big T]

Did we ever have the 400 in the states

Yes, but they didn't sell very well

 

[busa1300]

Unneeded parts.....

Unneeded parts.....

Some of the parts that didn't make the cut.....
No need for any of them, as bike will never go back to original...
And I don't plan on another GS project that I would use these stock parts on for myself.
Although I will hang the gas tank on the wall for decoration....It has around 80 holes in it....

I have about 100 miles on it as I have been shaking it down, since spring came early this month.
Bike now has the 29's off the black GS, and it pulls like a freight train.......I'll never go back to the 26's even with the stage 3...
Need a Pingle fuel tap to use with the 29's, since they have no vacuum take off for the stock tap to work.

 

[rustywvw]

Are you selling any of those parts?

 

[Guest]

PM sent about the pipes.

 

[busa1300]

For sale if there is any interest...

I'll post in for sale area in case there is.

 

[chuck hahn]

Tank sent to 73072. PM me please. Holes dont bother me and a few bucks for you wont hurt your wallet either.

 

[chuck hahn]

For the petcock vacuum you can put in a vacuum sync adapter in one of the sync ports. Solder the end shut and drill a small hole in it. the small hole will allow enough suction to work the petcock but not suck on the diapram excessively. Maybe something like a 10 or 15 thousands hole will do the trick. Petcock doesnt require much suction to work.

 

[busa1300]

I'll get a different petcock that works without vacuum, since the petcock I have now isn't really the right one anyway.
The Pingle I can get to direct the outlet straight towards the carbs...plus it will dump fuel at about twice the rate of the stock tap.
The tank was the only thing I'll be wanting to keep, as stated....I have a place to hang it in the garage for decoration....plus it could have some value in another 20 years

 

[chuck hahn]

May have been Ed Ness, but i recall someone had made a tutorial on how to make a stock petcock an manual on / off too. Just dont know where that is at though.