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Shaun6691
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Hey everyone. Thought I'd share my 82 gs450L cafe racer. Bought it for $300 with 10k on the clock and had sat since 1990. A buddy and I put her together. To adapt the E tank we had to relocate the coils inside the frame neck and move the tank ear mounts forward as well as fab a bracket to lift the rear of the tank up about an inch or so. The tank was a rusty mess. It was home to a family of rats in a boneyard lol. I started out with clubman bars but eventually moved up (down hehe) to clip ons. The exhaust is a homemade 2-1 using a set of harley pipes we had laying around. Even uses the harley baffle. Sounds really good. Simple hand made side covers. RFY rear shocks and progressive fork springs. The tail lights from a 42 ford and the tail is a fiberglass piece from cb750.Com known as "the ducktail". Was recently GIVEN an 82 gs450E so I swapped the 18f 18r wheels from it. Sure beats the L 19f 16r combo. Also I kept the 42 tooth sprocket from the L wheels and used it with the E wheels. Bike is a lot happier on the highway now than I've dropped roughly 1k rpms at 70mph. Have yet to decide on a rear set setup. This is my 1st bike and she's a blast to ride. Feedback is welcome. 
