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Jrgunn5150
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Hi everyone. This is going to be the build document on my 1982 GS1100G. I'm not really a bike guy, I've had a few when I was a teenager, but I was just a rider of them then, so it's unfamiliar territory for me.
What really got my wheels turning on this was Daryl's CB750 on The Walking Dead lol. It just kind of struck me that a bike made perfect sense, since it could get around traffic snarls, etc. Then, my wife reads cheesy zombie books pretty voraciously, and a common theme in them is that an EMP is used, either to stop people from being mobile, or as an attack. So I though, well, points would solve that.
So anyway, the idea rattled around in my head for awhile, I have lots of imaginary builds in my head lol. Then I was perusing the Facebook Marketplace and came across a GS1100G that had seen better days for sure, only 250 bucks though.
My comfort level with these wasn't really high enough to dive in, for all I knew it was a parts bike, (it may be still lol), so I saved it and moved on.
I was into a shaft drive though, and after a few CB's fell through, I contacted the kid, asked what he could tell me about the bike. He told me he had been riding it, some stuff was broken, some stuff was missing, his dad basically wanted it gone lol.
So I headed over there with the dog and sure enough, it fired right up on the charger. It started and ran, and moved, and for me, that was good enough for 250 bucks. So money and titles changed hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhtK5Fcv8EY
I've since gotten it home and gone over it, it has a busted shock mount, the front forks are smoked, I believe the regulator is bad, it's charging a little higher than seems normal, at 15.2v at idle, rear brakes are non-functional, front brakes are marginal, dash is smashed, and rear swingarm doesn't move at all.
This weekend I plan to strip the tank, dash, wiring and start on cleaning up the frame, it's got a lot of surface rust and poop.
The goal is a minimalist build, I don't know that I would call it a Cafe Racer or Bobber or whatever, but I'm not intending to put anything on it it doesn't need, so I'll probably re-wire it to be simpler, headlight and tailight only. I intend to do the regulator upgrade, rebuild the front forks, possibly replace the rears, or rebuild them.
My goal is to have this done for 1,000 total, so I can then turn my attention to a bike for my wife so we can ride together.
Anyway, thansk for reading my little book, and I'll see you guy's around.
What really got my wheels turning on this was Daryl's CB750 on The Walking Dead lol. It just kind of struck me that a bike made perfect sense, since it could get around traffic snarls, etc. Then, my wife reads cheesy zombie books pretty voraciously, and a common theme in them is that an EMP is used, either to stop people from being mobile, or as an attack. So I though, well, points would solve that.
So anyway, the idea rattled around in my head for awhile, I have lots of imaginary builds in my head lol. Then I was perusing the Facebook Marketplace and came across a GS1100G that had seen better days for sure, only 250 bucks though.
My comfort level with these wasn't really high enough to dive in, for all I knew it was a parts bike, (it may be still lol), so I saved it and moved on.
I was into a shaft drive though, and after a few CB's fell through, I contacted the kid, asked what he could tell me about the bike. He told me he had been riding it, some stuff was broken, some stuff was missing, his dad basically wanted it gone lol.
So I headed over there with the dog and sure enough, it fired right up on the charger. It started and ran, and moved, and for me, that was good enough for 250 bucks. So money and titles changed hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhtK5Fcv8EY
I've since gotten it home and gone over it, it has a busted shock mount, the front forks are smoked, I believe the regulator is bad, it's charging a little higher than seems normal, at 15.2v at idle, rear brakes are non-functional, front brakes are marginal, dash is smashed, and rear swingarm doesn't move at all.
This weekend I plan to strip the tank, dash, wiring and start on cleaning up the frame, it's got a lot of surface rust and poop.
The goal is a minimalist build, I don't know that I would call it a Cafe Racer or Bobber or whatever, but I'm not intending to put anything on it it doesn't need, so I'll probably re-wire it to be simpler, headlight and tailight only. I intend to do the regulator upgrade, rebuild the front forks, possibly replace the rears, or rebuild them.
My goal is to have this done for 1,000 total, so I can then turn my attention to a bike for my wife so we can ride together.
Anyway, thansk for reading my little book, and I'll see you guy's around.
