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GS550 Cafe Hybrid Final Done

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Hrm, GSXR 750 oilboiling motor and GSXR wheels on a GS550? What kind of forks are those? That thing must haul @$$.

Great job.
 
80GS1000 said:
Hrm, GSXR 750 oilboiling motor and GSXR wheels on a GS550? What kind of forks are those? That thing must haul @$$.

Great job.
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Thanks,

From what I can tell, it will haul loads of it:-D Mainly because it doesn't weigh anything. I am still running it easy because the I also rebuilt the engine as part of this project. Forks are off are 41mm from a '94 Katana.

About 8 months in the making and am just waiting for some good weather to get it on the road and work the bugs out.
 
I think heat wrap is weird, but your bike looks great! Nice job!
 
Commodus said:
I think heat wrap is weird, but your bike looks great! Nice job!
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Thanks,
The main reason the header is wrapped is because it is about 25 little pieces welded together. I didn't want to take the time to grind every weld down so on went the wrap, plus it gives it a hot rod sort of look. I may finish the header someday, but for now I am just going to ride it.

cm
 
Overall it is a great bike and definately a "one of a kind". But I am always a sucker for racing stripes.... as you can tell by mine...
 

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Thanks,
...plus it gives it a hot rod sort of look.
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Hell yeah it does! I love the bike. Nothing but cold hard functionality. I think it looks great, none of those "pretty bits" to get in the way of it going.
 
cm113 said:
Thanks,
The main reason the header is wrapped is because it is about 25 little pieces welded together. I didn't want to take the time to grind every weld down so on went the wrap, plus it gives it a hot rod sort of look. I may finish the header someday, but for now I am just going to ride it.

cm
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Ah, I hear that!
 
That looks like exactly what I want to do but with the original wheels and forks. What did you have to do to mount the engine in the frame? Thats a 750 engine right? Is the 750 much bigger than the 600?
 
I F-in love it! Header wrap is tasty. very cafe/rod. The tank is sweet! You hammer that yourself? Very nice all around.. dig the black motor, and the whistling speed holes in the sprocket cover..good stuff nice touches
 
nicely done. Sweat the details, cause they'll be walking past the harleys to check this one out!
 
Old thread, but still it deserves a comment.

I like the performance gains you got from that bike, but the looks are kinda to each his own.

Clean bike though.
 
I agree the heat wrap is way cool. But watch out!
I put some on my race bike and the fricken stuff started to catch fire!
Scared the sh!t out of me:shock: It did look wicked on tape though
So I got the pipes ceramic coated instead no more fires
 
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