Post a picture of your custom GS

[Dogma]

Interesting tail piece. The chrome fender is a bit un-cafe. You have plans there?

 

[steve murdoch]

here is a pic of my monsters:

Nice line-up, Fern.
I am sensing a theme.

 

[Fern]

OK My GS1100ED is finally getting close to finished and looks pretty presentable here.

Posplyr, that bike is HOT! I have been trying to find an 1100 like that. Nice job.

 

[Bad Kaw]

Wooooow! Like the last 10 bike postings are "worthy" of comments. Great muscle representation!

-KR

 

[Guest]

I must ask.....
Why did the bike manufacturers of that ara(85'ish) put so much emphasis on the tail section of those bikes?
Great looking bikes but the rear ends are larger than the tank.

 

[pauly]

Posplayer
Love the look of your bike. I have been following your thread about the GSXR upgrade swap. I just bought back my 82 GS1100e (see pic) and am very excited to follow along the lines of your swap. One question though. What make is your front fairing? Love the look.

Cheers
Paul

 

[cplcrawlerUSMC]

78 gs1000e

78 gs1000e

This is what it looked like when I bought it.

I got a new tank and painted it along with the cylinder head covers.

The engine is being COMPLETELY rebuilt as we speak. I am hoping to have everything else done by riding time next year.

 

[Agemax]

that has got to be the top of my list for the most uncomfortable bike to ride in the whole world, IMO. but you may prefer to disagree..

anyway, welcome to the site, have fun

 

[cplcrawlerUSMC]

Thanks for the welcome. I bought it in late October last year and had time to ride it once for about a half hour. Living in Illinois it got too cold to ride quick so I haven't had enough time on it to tell how painfull it is to ride. I had a friend start rebuilding the engine in April and he got busy and had to push my bike aside for a while. The engine is ready to go back together now. I wanted to get it road worthy and safe to ride before I hopped on. There was no front brake period and the back brake, I realized was missing some bolts after I dropped it off to get worked on while we were looking it over. So needless to say it needs a lot of work.

 

[TheCafeKid]

Interesting tail piece. The chrome fender is a bit un-cafe. You have plans there?

Not really cafe...its more of a "tracker" style tail...Same concept, same vein, different blood type..

 

[Sunburn]

That's tragic. GS crashed into a Harley and was fused together. If I had a gun, i'd shoot it and put it out of it's misery.

This is what it looked like when I bought it.

I got a new tank and painted it along with the cylinder head covers.

The engine is being COMPLETELY rebuilt as we speak. I am hoping to have everything else done by riding time next year.

 

[jwhelan65]

I must ask.....
Why did the bike manufacturers of that ara(85'ish) put so much emphasis on the tail section of those bikes?
Great looking bikes but the rear ends are larger than the tank.

Excuse me for jacking this thread with a new bike but damn..have you looked at a new Busa lately? they dwarf the 80's bikes rear ends. I think it looks horrible, almost chariot like.

 

[crash-harris]

This is what it looked like when I bought it.

I got a new tank and painted it along with the cylinder head covers.

The engine is being COMPLETELY rebuilt as we speak. I am hoping to have everything else done by riding time next year.

What did that tank come off of and does it bolt up the same?

 

[Guest]

Excuse me for jacking this thread with a new bike but damn..have you looked at a new Busa lately? they dwarf the 80's bikes rear ends. I think it looks horrible, almost chariot like.

Never liked the busa

 

[cplcrawlerUSMC]

Chris-Harris, Its a Harley Sportster tank. It needs fab work to bolt up. I got a flat bottom put on it and got the petcock moved to the back of the tank and still need to adjust the mounts in front.

 

[cplcrawlerUSMC]

That's tragic. GS crashed into a Harley and was fused together. If I had a gun, i'd shoot it and put it out of it's misery.

Sunburn, thanks for bashing my style. I appreciate the fact that there are some people out there that can take a bike and restore it to its original luster but that?s not my style. Where is the imagination? I went to a bike show recently and there were about 10 bikes in it but in the parking lot behind it was where everyone parked their bikes and I noticed that all the bikes looked just like the ones next to it. That?s because they were ALL Harleys. Same wind shield, same bags, same tasseled leather chaps and same missing teeth. I would rather be the guy that was different.

 

[atb1998]

Always wondered what a GS tank would look like sectioned like that.. I dig it. Hold about a gallon and a half now?

My 78 gs has a chopped and sectioned stock tank. Yes it hold about 1 1/2 gallons of gas. with no fuel guage or speedo, have to stop and fill up about every 60 miles. Kind of a pain on a long ride

 

[Guest]

I appreciate the fact that there are some people out there that can take a bike and restore it to its original luster but that?s not my style. Where is the imagination?

I agree!!
Anyone with a basic toolset can bring a bike back from the dead in its original form but it takes real talent and imagination to make something custom.
Cutting, welding and bending metal, fiberglass and plastic into something that cant be purchased off the shelf or online is for adults with skill.

Although your bike is not my style I can still appreciate the hard word and tenacity it takes to build something like that.

Keep it up!

 

[Sunburn]

Sunburn, thanks for bashing my style. I appreciate the fact that there are some people out there that can take a bike and restore it to its original luster but that?s not my style. Where is the imagination? I went to a bike show recently and there were about 10 bikes in it but in the parking lot behind it was where everyone parked their bikes and I noticed that all the bikes looked just like the ones next to it. That?s because they were ALL Harleys. Same wind shield, same bags, same tasseled leather chaps and same missing teeth. I would rather be the guy that was different.

Yeah, I was just trying to be funny. I enjoy looking at all custom work and improvements.

Based on your post I thought you bought it like that and just re-painted it? Seemed the tank is high and above the bars and might cause a problem if you hit the brakes too hard. I guess you solved that by removing the front brakes. No rear suspension, brake lights or turn signals.

I guess i should have said "it's cool, but not my cup of tea".


Mark

 

[DMorris]

While I do not believe in bashing a bike for 'style'; if I think it looks goofy I may crack a joke. Safety is another matter. Each motorcycle represents all motorcycles in the public eye. That 'chopper, bobber, junker' does not even come close to being street legal or meeting basic safety standards.

That bike is not an exercise in style, it's just a very low quality rat bike that is fundamentally unsafe and illegal most everywhere.