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78 GS400 19 years sitting now here we go...

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Nice! I've seen a few of them around here and they seem to go ok.

Given they line up nicely with your footpeg mount, can you simply put a clamp around the end and attach it to the mount that way?
 
pete said:
Nice! I've seen a few of them around here and they seem to go ok.

Given they line up nicely with your footpeg mount, can you simply put a clamp around the end and attach it to the mount that way?
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YES. the nice chrome bracket that was included will be replaced with a not so chrome (it won't be seen haha) regular strap, onto the foot peg bolt!!. tonite I re-beadblasted the hubs and wheels and spray-bombed them with Duplicolor Wheel paint. they look good. my only problem thus far is the rear wheel needs replaced. it has a big whollop in it lol.. and i have not found one yet. but will get one at one point or another. It is so far out i just want it to dissapear lol . but to complete the bike it will have to stay a while..
 
got a lot done today.. my day off!

got a lot done today.. my day off!

painted all the stuff. i must admit .. it is my best paint job ever.. i disciplined myself concerning flash out time between coats.. something I could never do. I am VERY VERY impatient hahah..
I used a cheepo harbor freight touchup gun and Napa Finish 1 Acrylic Enamel ( two part w/ hardener) and is very nice. almost no blems hahha)
also got the tires mounted, balanced and installed. brakes all working and adjusted up..

time for dipping and ultrasonicin' the carbs..
tomorrow is another day!!!
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pete said:
Looking good! That white looks real nice actually...
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now what do you think? mocked up for a pic..
suzuki emblems on the tank , and 'Rising Sun" decals on the side covers..real soon!

I got the carbs out tonite, but was too tired to strip and dunk them. I need a vacation hahaha
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ok. here's a pic of one of my decals. one of my relatives indicated that it may be offensive to Veterans..? Would anyone care to comment? I thought I had seen stuff like this al over, and it is merely a Japanese logo????
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It's a Japanese bike. I don't see any problem with it. It's a pretty common theme.
 
thought I'd post up a few pics of my carbs. First dirty, then when they are all done, I always dip carbs then ultrasound them and then verify all circuits are open. any suspect parts replaced and of course all o-rings via Cycleorings.com
I ordered TWO combo sets for the gs Twins because I have an 82 450L waiting on the back burner to do as a new daily rider. anyway.. any rusted metal parts I usually bead blast separately and sometimes spray with clear or metallic paint. That will be more evident in future pics but I wanted to show the ultrasonic tank with one carb and also all the small parts in a separate cup floating beside it.
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the cup is the "indirect" method that works well for small parts that might fall thru a basket or be hard to find.
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I got the carbs all done and installed. started right up. I still need to figure out how the heck to install the mufflers..I need 1 3/4" clamps and will probably get them off of Ebay.

now for some ADVICE.
I am going to powder coat the tank badges. I'll show the detailed process, and it will be two steps. first spray one color, bake it, let cool down to 100 F then spray the other color and wipe off the high spots (raised lettering) , bake again and PRESTO!! Great tank badges!!!
I've done it before but am procrastinating on the colors. I can make the background any color, and the letters any color.
I have electric blue, gloss black, flat black, and orange. they can be any color and I thought about black lettering with orange background. Then some matching logo on the side covers in orange..any idears??
I don't have any white but can get it fast lol....
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Hmmmm I'd be tempted black outline and background and electric blue letters...
 
ok BLUE it is!!
I beadblasted the heck out of them and mounted them to a coffee can. Bead blasted that too to ensure no burn off of the MAXWELL HOUSE paint would contaminate anything.
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used my trusty Eastwood cheepie PC gun .nice kit for like $129??
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after heating it all up in my old kitchen stove at 200 for 15 minutes, (to burn out any impurities.. ) I shot the base coat chrome reflective. it makes the blue, well, bluer??
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this is after baking at 400 degrees after it reached temp , for 20 minutes..
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then after shooting the blue and baking...
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Now the hard part. I dusted the whole thing with glossy black after it had cooled down to 100 degrees. BTW I use an EL CHEEPO Harbor Freight 16 dollar infared scanner lol..
It was REALLY HARD to wipe off the letters, leaving the black just in the recesses. I ended up using my finger (BAD BOY) cause by this time I was VERY NERVOUS and impatient as my usual self. Next time I'll have an artist brush handy. don't try to use a sponge, cloth, or anything like that. it will take off the lower resesses also. I ended up with a bit of a mess and actually it came out much better than expected!!
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you can see now how I actually got mad, picked up some powder off the can top and re-sprinkled it hahahaha, but it worked!!
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WELL after another baking.. it turned out quite well.. There was not any real light left outside, so i'll get a better pic or two when the sun comes out!!!!
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THANKS!! now for some more blue highlights.. but where ? hmmm?
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What about something on the side covers? Your second pic doesn't show up there...
 
not sure what to put on them? i was looking at some custom made "GS400" diecut decals, but came up flat.. .I can't seem to find anyone that wants to make just two for a decent price??
On a side note, I ran the dumb thing out of gas yesterday and pushed her 1 mile. it was 95 degrees and boy was i mad.
tonite I filled it up and ran it some more to see what bugs it has..It's not charging ?? HMMM it was before I tore it all apart hahaa? wires probably wrong... it didn't want to hold an idle, but I may have the idle mix screws out too far.. I put them where they were and they were like 3 turns out hahaha..
But she does run nice!! no bog, sputter or lags.. just intermittantly poor idle. I need to do the valves and timing. (POINTS).
I always run a bike for a few miles before doing the valves to clean the seats out. I hate shimming then running it only to find they have tightened up from getting themselves clean. I mean if it had a dead miss ,then I'd address them sooner but I never had a problem with one that has sat, running it for a few minutes anyways.
 
I'm going with BLUE DECALS on each side cover. Not telling what they say till they get here and I get 'em on. But I did a LOT of searching and research and this site http://www.evographics.com/ is GREAT. custom out door die cut decals in any color and very very very good prices with FREE SHIPPING!!! I got TWO decals for 7 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!! thery're located in Nova Scotia but who cares??
 
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