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GS1000 streetfighter idea w/ picture

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yes go white on top, with suzuki down the center. see picture. Word of advise, do all tank work before you paint it, but if you have dents that need to be pulled have that done first, (they weld rods to the tank and slide hammer them) this will ruin a tank lining. Best bet is to have your painter look at the tank first. Figure out a plan of attack when it comes to body work. Get it lined then painted. Also talk to 8trackmind he can recomend a good brand of paint that might not set you back to far. Also make sure your painter does a good job around the fuel cap, they like to take short cuts there because it is covered up. Once you get it all done go buy yourself new gas tank mounting hardware from bike bandit or elese where, the new rubber and everything really makes a big differance.
 
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Definately go with the white. Instead of the people asking what you painted it with they'll be asking where you bought such a pro tank.
And yeah, brush up on the paintshop stuff man.., you got over spray on the tank mounting tab. :-D
 
Love the white on top.....

If there is one little tiny thing that is doing my head in every time I look at that beaut of a bike it's the height of the seat.... for some reason it looks like a tower block perched on the back...

I don't know why?????? maybe could do with some chopping out or a replacement from http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=520035

not very expensive but a bit of a wait....

it's the ONLY thing!!!!!

YJ
 
YoshiJohnny said:
Love the white on top.....

If there is one little tiny thing that is doing my head in every time I look at that beaut of a bike it's the height of the seat.... for some reason it looks like a tower block perched on the back...

I don't know why?????? maybe could do with some chopping out or a replacement from http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=520035

not very expensive but a bit of a wait....

it's the ONLY thing!!!!!

YJ
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Thanks for the comment YJ, cheers again for showing that putting current-spec Gixxer running gear on a GS1000 is even possible... :D

Your bike still looks better than mine....

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The seat's fugly for sure. Well, so's the paint but that's soon to be sorted I hope. :lol:

Is that where you got your seat from, because yours looks great!

Might take the seat to a local car upholstery shop and get them to reshape it like the Yoshi GS1000 seat. \\:D/
 
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It might LOOK a little better but yours has better quality of engineering where the rear suspension is concerned... looks are easy to sort out..

yeah M and P are the UK equivalent of Parts Unlimited in the US and are pretty good most of the time.
Look for "seats" then "cut down seats" to get the part number... it's really well made and is fibreglass based.. very pleased with it :-D

treat yourself for Christmas....!!!!!
 
8trackmind-

Here's some more photos for you. This is how I ran these rearsets for about 1000 miles on the road last summer, worked great. Never ground out a footpeg while leaned over all the way.

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There's a small, triangular piece of thin steel plate welded in the V of the subframe on both sides of the frame. A bolt runs through the upper bolt hole of the rearsets, through a hole drilled in the small bit of plate steel, which is then secured with a nut on the other side. This reinforces the adapter plates.

The bottom two bolts on the adapter plates go into the stock footpeg mounting holes.

Now we just need some prettier looking bolts than those fugly 8.8 metric hex heads... ;)

If you have any questions, shoot. :)
 
New guy here:-D I would go with the white striping on top of it.
I can attest to the Silverstar bulbs they are awesome.I have a set of them I used on a GSXR with dual lights before.Before I sold the bike I changed the bulbs to the oem style.
I've been looking at an older GS (81) with 1150 motor with big bore and all the rest of those goodies\\:D/With some luck she will be mine.
Mike
 
I'm kinda diggin' this Japan-only GSX1400 fairing instead of the original GS1000S fairing - might look better with the USD forks. The shades of blue and white look good too. Whaddya think?

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80GS1000 said:
I'm kinda diggin' this Japan-only GSX1400 fairing instead of the original GS1000S fairing - might look better with the USD forks. The shades of blue and white look good too. Whaddya think?

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you are right sir,
you'll also notice that the paint design is less busy than on the original
 
OK, so a few emails to some Suzuki dealers in Tokyo and Sapporo revealed that the fairing from the GSX 1400 Wes Cooley special edition pictured above is no longer available from Suzuki of Japan. Bummer. :(

But, one of those dealers was nice enough to point out that there are aftermarket fairings that look pretty darn close.

Whaddya think? I'd get a plain white one and repaint it to look like the one pictured above.

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and one mounted on a GSX 1400:

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Here's the link: http://www.nproject-jp.com/bluster-s.htm
 
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Dude that thing looks killer. I say do it. Makes the bike more asthetically pleasing to the eye
 
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