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Ilikewires
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So first, I have to preen. I have owned her for 30 years.. women came and went, but she has stayed with me. But alas, she ran like crap for the last 20 years, and looked like a hag to boot. But for most of 15 years, I have been beavering away at restoration.
So now the engine is leak free, stripped and painted. Carburetors cleaned once again. Special arrangements to use the wrong size rubber inlet tubes in the air box. New brake lines from HEL, had to mail off my lines to have them duplicated. Major body parts painted. Probably $500 worth of OEM fasteners to replace rusty ones. A bargain $80 very clean exhaust off of epay out of Texas, including shipping. Much electrical work, much of it thanks to GS resources.
Now she runs almost like she did when new, looks much better, and every time I get on it, I feel like I am 18 again. I figure if I cannot make myself look like I did 30 years ago, well I sure can make the bike look like it did.
So the rub is that when the body parts were painted, I lost my decals. This is the model with the black background with orange and red stripes. Much to my dismay, the two replica decal folks do not do an 82 GS750E. So it looks like I have to go it alone.
My plan is to tape on paper, trace out the correct stripes, lay the papers flat, translate to CAD, and have someone cut some vinyl for me.
Now to the favor.. could someone make some measurements at various points along the decal set, and let me know what the widths are at various points? I would like to be as close to original as possible.
Thanks, gang..
Chris~
So now the engine is leak free, stripped and painted. Carburetors cleaned once again. Special arrangements to use the wrong size rubber inlet tubes in the air box. New brake lines from HEL, had to mail off my lines to have them duplicated. Major body parts painted. Probably $500 worth of OEM fasteners to replace rusty ones. A bargain $80 very clean exhaust off of epay out of Texas, including shipping. Much electrical work, much of it thanks to GS resources.
Now she runs almost like she did when new, looks much better, and every time I get on it, I feel like I am 18 again. I figure if I cannot make myself look like I did 30 years ago, well I sure can make the bike look like it did.
So the rub is that when the body parts were painted, I lost my decals. This is the model with the black background with orange and red stripes. Much to my dismay, the two replica decal folks do not do an 82 GS750E. So it looks like I have to go it alone.
My plan is to tape on paper, trace out the correct stripes, lay the papers flat, translate to CAD, and have someone cut some vinyl for me.
Now to the favor.. could someone make some measurements at various points along the decal set, and let me know what the widths are at various points? I would like to be as close to original as possible.
Thanks, gang..
Chris~
