for GS550 owners only (80-82)

[Anonymous]

I finished my bike this june. i sync. the carbs put the tank and seat on and took it out for a test drive at 10:30pm. On the way back I missed a deer but hit two trees? so its back to the garage.

here are a few pics if your interested... just click on the thumnails...

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/l/jlb661/suz.htm


van

 

[Anonymous]

well as it turns out the frame is bent along with the swing arm, rear wheel, handlebars, roll bar, etc...

so i wont be rebuilding it (not to confident i can straiten the frame).

i did buy a 550MZ with seized tranze and engine etc.. problems. then spent a good day swaping the engines/tranz, carbs, and a most of the elec. components, as well as going over the wiring and re-setting all the connections and grounds. and as fate would have it, it fired right up on the first push of the button.

now for some quick bodywork and i'll be back to the open road.

i really like the tank, seat, and such on the MZ better then the LT anyway. the other thing i really like is that no one else in America seems to have one. (i like driving autos that are unlike everyone elses)

in the future i have some big plans for the bike. so for anyone who cares i'll continue this post with pictures and updates in the future.

bottoms up
van

 

[Hoomgar]

Heck yeah Van, post them. There is one of these bikes very much like your L that sits right here in Manheim.

 

[GSJoe]

Damn, that looks almost like mine except it's in much nicer condition.

Unfortunately, none of the afformentioned mods are available for my particular year. I really wish that I could find a 4-1.

 

[Anonymous]

this is what it looks like now:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/l/jlb661/suz550mznow.htm


this is what it looks like stock:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/l/jlb661/suz550mzstock.htm


this is aprox. what i want it to look like in the future:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/l/jlb661/suz550mz.htm

 

[Hoomgar]

When I was younger one of the guys I rode with regularly had that bike. I forgot about the MZ designation. Thx for jarring my rememberer

Oh, tuned up right that thing will smoke most 650cc bikes of the same year and genre.

 

[80gs1000e]

I just wanted to say that I love my 77gs550..... 8)

 

[Anonymous]

I have been working on some sketches of what I would like to do with the bike. I want to make changes that will smooth out the lines and make the bike stand out, without compromising the original styling.

Here is one of my first simple sketches. I also have sketches with a smaller headlight fairing, but I think I like the larger one. I am finishing the frame and swing-arm design modifications, before finishing the remainder of the sketches. I will post them for your securitization as I get them done. It might be a while because I still have a lot to learn about swing arm design, options, materials etc?

I have been looking around at a lot of different headlight fairings, but haven?t seen anything that was really what I wanted. I decided to build my own out of a fiberglass composite. Since I will be building that, I figured I might as well build a rear fender/tire hugger, under-seat body peice, and a modified side panel.


http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/l/jlb661/suz550mzsketch1.htm