GS1100G Cafe Racer

[mike-s]

Nicely done frame there. Also i have to agree about being slightly concerned about the weather in New Zealand. Am leaving on the first to go to Mt Hutt with my wife. News stories like this and this are both reassuring and a little scary.

I like the fact that the school holidays finish this weekend, which should mean the ski fields are rather empty next week .

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Great project!

Great project!

I like what I see so far, still a long way to go. I'll check back when it's done.

That battery you chose, I'm skeptical of it's power. It's only rated at 4.6 amp hours, but the standard battery is rated at 14 amp hours.
However I would choose it for a track bike. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Enjoy! Bill

 

[oohsam]

Nicely done frame there. Also i have to agree about being slightly concerned about the weather in New Zealand. Am leaving on the first to go to Mt Hutt with my wife. News stories like this and this are both reassuring and a little scary.

I like the fact that the school holidays finish this weekend, which should mean the ski fields are rather empty next week .

Yeah there were plenty of closed roads when we were there.
Last year I ski'd mt Hutt. Stayed in Methven fo 4 days. Was great.
I did hear however that a few days after we left, a storm hit and no one could leave the mountain. They spent one night and all slept in the cafeteria. Would suck at the time but be a great experience!

I'll give the battery a good run and report back how it goes. I was warned not to use it for testing on the bike, and just to swap it over once the bike is running. Should be fine.

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

just to swap it over once the bike is running

Huh, please explain.

 

[scaylabs]

Huh, please explain.

I think he means once the bike is running right. In the meantime use a regular battery for tuning/testing the bike while in the garage.
At least that's what I'm doing!

 

[oohsam]

Thats exactly what I meant. Sorry for the confusion

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

No need to be sorry for my confusion... your statement makes perfect sense now. I was reading something else into it.

 

[oohsam]

So I have been making progress. Actually reached a very big milestone. Last night I took off the oil sump, and removed the gasket, and replaced it. I had a gasket but after lots and lots of reading, I was worried that it would leak. So I decided to use a Permatex gasket maker which is designed for oil sumps. Permatex gaskets have been proved and tested commercially on trucks and they had no leaks. Thats good enough for me! Plus, it looks like the PO put a few little gouges on his last seal replacement... not a risk i want to take. (I know alot of you swear by OEM gaskets, but there has been amazing technology since 1983...)

Then I Decided to put the engine in.
Tipped the frame on its side (on some polystyrene) and me and my mate gently placed the frame over it. Bolted it in and up she goes. Not a scratch, not a dint. All is well

Now I am on the road to getting this thing built.

Also got the wheels powder coated black, it came up really well.

 

[Guest]

I feel some deja vu... didn't I just read this same post?

 

[oohsam]

Indeed you did my good man! hahaha

 

[Guest]

Hahhaha now I'm gonna get confused... post there, reply here... could get my head in a real mess!

 

[oohsam]

hahah stop it, you're confusing me! lol.

 

[Guest]

Hahahahha I'm usually better at confusing myself

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Nice and shiney oohsam! gonna be a looker for sure!!

Pete: you'll see a few familiar faces over there

 

[Guest]

Yep you got that right! I keep seeing names I know all over the shop...

 

[oohsam]

Hello my good friends.
I have been missing a while....Not becuase I do not want to work on Romesy, more that it was the Holy month of Ramadan, for the past month, which has no just ended. It's hard to allocate any time to work on the bike, as I'm fasting all day. I break my fast at sunset and then head off to the mosque to spend about 2 hours praying. By the time I come home, its pretty late and I just want to sleep.

I did however manage to get quite a bit of work done in the past week (since ramadan was finished a week ago!).

Fitted rear swingarm, assembled shaft, assemblred new shaft spleen to wheel, installed new bearings etc. The PO was missing some spacers from the rear axle, so I'm waiting on some I bought from Canada (Ebay) to arrive. Should be here today or tomorrow...

Painted Forks matte black (and triple tee)...nice.

Fitted front forks...nice

The front end of this bike is getting a brake upgrade. The original brakes are terrible, so its getting the kawasaki ZG1000 twinpot brake upgrade. Drilled out CBR disc mounting holes to 8mm (pattern is the same) Fitted front wheel bearings, fitted front wheel. Scratched the forks a little, so I had to touch that up...fitted the side stand. I'm not fitting the centre stand. Although its useful, i think it looks worse than its practacillity....

Also installed the handlebars but didn't take a pic of that yet. Its starting to look like a bike now.
I started overhauling the ZG1000 calipers. I'm missing a little spring clip so I had to order that, but in the meantime they are getting a good clean. Got some new pads to put on it then they get fitted and for the first time since I had the bike, I should have some brakes! yay!

Also waiting on the entire bolt set to fit the rear shocks. again, the PO didnt have the bolts/spacers/washers etc required. So they are coming from the U.S....hence why the rear end is resting on the rear tyre....which I might add are new Pirelli's Got them cheap from ebay in Sydney. Only paid 20bux shipping to Melbourne.! Oh yeah.

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Its starting to look like a bike now

Amen Brother!.... and a nice one at that! My first build was a 69 BSA that I paintend the frame red back in '82. Still love how they look and yours is looking REEEAAALLLLY good!

 

[Guest]

Amen Brother!.... and a nice one at that! My first build was a 69 BSA that I paintend the frame red back in '82. Still love how they look and yours is looking REEEAAALLLLY good!

+1 on that! She's really taking shape now and looking real nice indeed!

 

[oohsam]

Front brake fitted.......Kawasaki ZG1000 calipers...Honda CBR900RR rotors...oh yeah.
Cant wait to give these things a go

 

[Charlie G]

Front brake fitted.......Kawasaki ZG1000 calipers...Honda CBR900RR rotors...oh yeah.
Cant wait to give these things a go

Now that is some Bling! Those discs look good.

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