gs1000g mild cafe build

[thebrandonbeezy]

I dont get why it bothers you. My bike, my build. Like i said im not knocking stock exhaust. I just want THIS bike loud. Im not in your neighborhood am i? Dont like something im doing thats fine. But dont jump on me and make me out to be a jerk, especially because of my exhaust. I enjoy constructive feedback, but not being ridiculed. Thanks guys. I'll probably not finish this thread.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

https://youtu.be/s4pbKYt32Lo
Theres a pretty good sound clip of it. Have a good day.

 

[Guest]

i need paint the tank and tail, im tied between od green and matte silver

Just a question - can your forks hit the lower triple before bottoming internally? They look awfully close to my eye. I like the green myself, never been a fan of silver on vehicles.

I dont get why it bothers you. My bike, my build. Like i said im not knocking stock exhaust. I just want THIS bike loud. Im not in your neighborhood am i? Dont like something im doing thats fine. But dont jump on me and make me out to be a jerk, especially because of my exhaust. I enjoy constructive feedback, but not being ridiculed. Thanks guys. I'll probably not finish this thread.

Oh oh, you have run afoul of the loud pipe gestapo. Don't let them worry you, it's your bike so do what you like. I would prefer if you kept the thread going, it has been a good read and I would like to see the finished bike.


Mark

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

The come close, but never hit. I am going to raise the front up a tad, on right turns the collector scrapes if i lean in hard. Now i wouldnt go as far to call anyone names or anything on here they're entitled to their opinions, but they need to come across differently. Ive seen it a dozen times on this forum its "YOU MUST HAVE TEA AND CAKE OR YOU DIE!" im not mad at anyone for criticizing me, i just wont deal with it.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

The first time you hit a large bump with the front wheel the fork sliders will crash into the lower triple clamp. Good luck with that.

Like i stated before, they dont hit at all ive tried. What does hit is the collector when i lean right.
Look i dont get it, why are you so mad. I saved this bike from the junk yard and im giving it a new life. Even if its not how you would do it, isnt that what a public forum is about.. people who share common interests coming together? Ive down right hated bikes ive seen on here. Not a single word was said by me. It doenst make me mad when people build their bikes how they want, look man im not trying to fight you.. **** i even like your post about the carbs and thats why im not going pods. There was no reason for this.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Just a question - can your forks hit the lower triple before bottoming internally? They look awfully close to my eye. I like the green myself, never been a fan of silver on vehicles.

Oh oh, you have run afoul of the loud pipe gestapo. Don't let them worry you, it's your bike so do what you like. I would prefer if you kept the thread going, it has been a good read and I would like to see the finished bike.
Mark

There is also a: front end too low gestapo, a short rear subframe gestapo, and a large "everything must be pristine OEM" gestapo.
I only caved on the "short rear subframe gestapo" with my bike project.
Ed Nessism is mainly a "everything must be pristine OEM" gestapo guy.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Look man, i understand where youre coming from. My neighbor is the same way with his Harley its annoying. But im not some gixxer bro kid out flying through neighborhoods in the middle of the night. I do hhave respect for people.. loud vehicles are something ive been around my entire life so i have the self control to not act like a jack ass while people are asleep

 

[roeme]

On a german motorcycle forum I nosed around some, there was a guy lamenting the fact that they closed a road leading to his rural hometown only to motorcycles (can you imagine?). He now had to take a huge detour to reach his home when on the bike.

You know why? The twisty road was very popular among bikers from both in and outside the region. During the day, if that's any importance. That by itself wouldn't have been a huge problem, but a whole lot of (mainly outsiders) of them ran with open pipes. At some point, enough residents became frustrated enough.

Being a rural area however, the police didn't have too much resources to spare to get those pipes off the road.

So they decided to speed limit the road. To 100km/h first. Didn't help of course. So they went with 80km/h. Then 60. Even 50! Nope.

Had to close it down alltogether.

I don't think this needs to be explained further. Being upset by open pipes hasn't anything to do with anything Gestapo in the slightest.

So thank you open pipe pricks, for loosing roads for me to drive on, for killing my sleep, creating ill will among the populace versus an activity I very much enjoy - motorcycling -, and thank you for ever-tightening legislation threatening to outlaw the oldtimer I'm restoring.

I couldn't care less about what you to do your bike, it's yours. I care what you do to me and others. And it do not mean this in a snowflake-safe-space-way, but in the most basic common sense way.

 

[Nessism]

I've deleted all my posts in this thread (except this one and the first) and now I'll go away. It's clear that my concern about noise and the effect it has on others is not shared so there is no point.

 

[dorkburger]

My 2 cents......We had a monthly criuse night for cars / bikes in town for 20 plus years. Endless noise complaints about open piped cruisers and sportbikes killed it in the end.
A good high performance 4 into one sounds way better then open pipes IMO anyway.
Your far away from me so yourbike wont bother me. Just keep in mind that the non riding public doesn't like us as is.

Carry on.....

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Ed, you didn't have to. Look man im sorry our opinions differ, just lighten up a bit man. My ignorance shouldn't **** you off like that.. relax a little and remember that YOUR bike is done politically correct, and that YOU are a model biker. I'll be the prick, ill be the ass hole douche bag with the loud ass pipe. But im also the guy that'd give a complete stranger the shirt off my back, im the guy who would pay your rent if you were behind and had no money, im also the guy who signed over his apartment to his cheating ex so that her kids would continue to have a place to live. But go on continue to judge me by the exhaust on my bike.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Lol, like i said i wont be finishing this thread. To many ◼'s on this forum

 

[dem3500]

I like what your doing with this bike. I like the rough look and I think it's cool how you re used the rear fairing. I never thought of doing that and it actually does look cool.
I like loud bikes. I don't like bikes that are so loud that it makes my ears hurt. I bought a bike for my daughter and am buying baffles to put back in the exhaust.....So.....Let's look at the loud exhaust from a different prospective. To get loud you remove all the restriction from the exhaust. With doing this (and you might not believe me) you actually slow down the speed of the exhaust leaving the tail pipe. Slowing down the exhaust causes you to loose efficiency and power. It's called scavenging. When you neck down a pipe and blow through it the air on the exit side is moving faster than the air on the other side of the neck. The faster air actually pulls the air on the other side and speeds up the incoming air. When you speed up the exhaust it makes the engine more efficient and more efficientcey makes more power and mpg.....Just another view on loud pipes

 

[Buffalo Bill]

I have a real problem replacing the OEM Suzuki mufflers on my bikes. I really like having a quietish sportbike.
With my neighbors house just 10 feet from my driveway, I'd have to be one cruel A-hole to fire up a bike with open pipes. :twistedevil:
Even with the OEM exhaust I warm up my bike in the garage and lower the RPMs before I roll it out and turn it around.

 

[1978GS750E]

Looks like all you gotta do to get some on here with their "panties in a wad" is mention loud pipes or Harleys! Be careful though, if you mention both in a positive tone you really are an idiot, or so they say!!!! I say, Build it like YOU want! SCREW 'EM!

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Careful there, you'll be shunned

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Everybody is shunned around here Bro.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Ohh by the way, hows your airtech fairing holding up. Thinking about getting some old school fairings through them for my fzr1000

 

[Buffalo Bill]

The fairing is working great, but it's all about how sturdy you mount it. I also reinforced it with aluminum strips epoxied on the inside.
Not for bolt-on DIYers, takes some creative engineering to fabricate good mounts. All AHRMA vintage racers use them.
Some people complain about them for direct replacement of sport bike fairings. They say they are a bit smaller than OEM fairings.

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Yeah, im trying to work on my fabrication skills. I can see what i want and how i want it, i have the tools to build/fabricate anything i could possibly need. Just patience is what i lack.