Newb question about a hard tail.

[JUICEBOX]

Anyone here use or know of a tear drop style gas tank that will fit this frame? I have looked at a couple on line but you cant really get a good feel for fit, i can fab my own mounting brackets so that will not be the issue, the issue will be in the tank channel width vs the width of the back bone.

 

[Guest]

Not that I particularly care either way about loud pipes, I found this on the CB1100F forum, and thought it appropriate for this thread.

 

[GSXR7ED]

Ed, you missed my second joke.

Dude! Let's take this to sidebar. I'm still looking for the other photo.


Ed

 

[GS1150Pilot]

I'm still looking for the non-"cleaned-up" pic, Ed.

 

[JUICEBOX]

Not that I particularly care either way about loud pipes, I found this on the CB1100F forum, and thought it appropriate for this thread.

Aaahhhh, the small dick jokes. This forum is definatley full of quality info. You ask Suzuki owners a question and all they hear is "omg, he said straight pipes" again, its not loud pipes that make suzuki owners look bad, its suzuki riders that make suzuki riders look bad. Its a 450L, my 180 pit bike is louder than this thing.

 

[GS1150Pilot]

No, it's definitely loud pipes that make people look bad.

 

[Cipher]

makes them sound bad not look bad.

 

[GS1150Pilot]

Here's where your absence of evidence claim might work.

 

[Chuck78]

Well...at least it's an L model... I hate to see much else get the frame chopped. I sometimes can be heard saying that GS####L models & KZ###LTD models should be the only ones of their families to be relegated for chopping up stock frames.

As far as chopped open pipes... without proper length pipes, prematurely cut head pipes absolutely kill low end torque. Proper back pressure being absent does as well. Moderately free flowing is only conducive to high rpm horsepower. A GS450 (especially one with a lot of heavy tubing frame weight added to it and extra rear tire weight with thw big fat cushy tire I predict will be run)is going to require plenty of low end torque. A hard tail is downright dangerous ridden aggressively (i.e. utilizing the part of the powerband that makes most power with open pipes). I suggest long collectors and some homemade straight thru perforated baffle, &/or adding GS500 cams (early ones with cable driven tach gear on the exhaust cam) or GR650 cams (low rpm big lift cruiser cams - be sure to only use the GS450 cam sprockets, same with 500 cams if sprockets have a different tooth count).
Also try dialing in lobe centers to 106 degrees to boost torque even more (cam degree wheel setup needed) to build more low mid power after the exhaust kills it. With the big lift gr650 cams, you'll need to test piston to vslve clearance if advancing the cams to 106, but should work, I believe they are lower duration but highest lift of all gs twins

 

[JUICEBOX]

Not much to this bike, going to hack the frame today.

 

[RichDesmond]

Not much to this bike, going to hack the frame today.

It'll turn out better if you drink better beer...

 

[trevor]

It'll turn out better if you drink better beer...

Oooooo...please make sure you capture a video of sparks hitting the cement floor in your garage...maybe with a Pabst Blue Ribbon can in the back ground!:adoration:

 

[GSXR7ED]

This

Not much to this bike, going to hack the frame today.

Oooooo...please make sure you capture a video of sparks hitting the cement floor in your garage...maybe with a Pabst Blue Ribbon can in the back ground!:adoration:

That's a Bud Light in that pic...Right at the same level as Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Ed

 

[JJ]

This





That's a Bud Light in that pic...Right at the same level as Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Ed

Yep. Horse pis$...

 

[JUICEBOX]

Geez, this forum is super dumb. Anyone know if they actually have a decent suzuki forum with members that actually know something about motorcycles and not just to point out that someone is drinking bud light. Its a ****ing beer, are you 15? Who gives a flying **** what kind of beer someone drinks? Im led to believe most of you "guys" get up on sunday mornings to get all decked out in your gear to jump on your 1980 whatever bannana seat and ride the 3 miles down to starbucks to gossip with your friends about someone. Y'all are a bunch of chicks on hear, with the exception of a few.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

I think w'all like mo betta stuff in genrill. Mo betta beer, mo betta bikes, N mo betta mods on bikes.

 

[GSXR7ED]

I enjoy quality over quantity. Craft beer is good.

Where's the hardtail? Need moar pics.

Ed

 

[RichDesmond]

Geez, this forum is super dumb. Anyone know if they actually have a decent suzuki forum with members that actually know something about motorcycles and not just to point out that someone is drinking bud light. Its a ****ing beer, are you 15? Who gives a flying **** what kind of beer someone drinks? Im led to believe most of you "guys" get up on sunday mornings to get all decked out in your gear to jump on your 1980 whatever bannana seat and ride the 3 miles down to starbucks to gossip with your friends about someone. Y'all are a bunch of chicks on hear, with the exception of a few.

Dude, chill, I'm just messin' with ya...

 

[dorkburger]

Geez, this forum is super dumb. Anyone know if they actually have a decent suzuki forum with members that actually know something about motorcycles and not just to point out that someone is drinking bud light. Its a ****ing beer, are you 15? Who gives a flying **** what kind of beer someone drinks? Im led to believe most of you "guys" get up on sunday mornings to get all decked out in your gear to jump on your 1980 whatever bannana seat and ride the 3 miles down to starbucks to gossip with your friends about someone. Y'all are a bunch of chicks on hear, with the exception of a few.

There's a wealth of knowledge here my friend. As far as subject matter, once a thread is started it belongs to the world. My default beer is Yuengling...

Happy new year.

 

[GS1150Pilot]

Proof that bad beer causes unhappiness-and an urge to chop s#it up!

BTW, my default beer is Kilt Lifter.