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[Charlie G]

"That looks pretty nice. I didn't know 850's had spokes? "

I bought it used from a guy who fixes bikes on the side, it had GS850 tagged on it with a lot of other 850 parts in the same area of his garage, but It could be something else? Any suggestions, I have seen pictures of 750's with spokes.

GS550 or 750 is more likely. 850's are shaft bikes. If it's the rear from an 850...might be tough to convert.

cg

 

[Guest]

Here is my 1982 GS450T, mixed in are GS850 & GS250 spoke wheels, GSX front end, chopped frame, homemade rear sets, and powder coated gloss black.

Nice! More shots? Looks like a good job, would love to see how you did the rear sets.

Love the stripes too, suit it perfectly.

My only suggeston would be do something about the gap between the front of the seat and tank... if you stop in a hurry that could be a little disastrous to the family jewels

And consider a fork brace... the stock front mudguard has one built in if you look underneath...

 

[GmanGS450]

Well that was an easy mistake to fix, no way it was off a shaft bike, gotta be either a 650 or 750.

Is there a way I can upload multiple pictures at once, I have a GOOGLE Drive that i can share a link to the photo album if thats allowed?

 

[Charlie G]

I don't know about posting a link to your photo album but if use a site like photobucket, you can paste up to 10 image codes in one post. Somewhere there is a thread about how to do it.

cg

 

[Guest]

If Google Drive allows public access via a direct link to the picture, then yep, basically the same deal as Photobucket.

 

[limeex2]

82gs1100, your bike is simple and beautiful. NICE job! Now I have to decide what direction to go. I have a 82 gs1100e and a 80 gs1100es. My 79 1000s was franken biked way before franken bikes existed and I had gained any common sense... I need a donor gs1000 to transfer the franken mods to, so I can return the 1000s to a 1000s. have most of the important parts. Suggestions welcome on all of 'em!

 

[taurus66]

My 1985 GS550L

My 1985 GS550L

Bought this just recently.. Nice little bike , but the electrics are not the best and they have not been molested much either...

 

[Gregory]

I stumbled on this guys project this morning ...

http://www.ratbike.org/pages/029_gs1000.cfm

 

[Texasgs]

Here is my 82 GS1100E, she is a daily, or I guess I should say twice weekly rider. Her modifications are a custom stepped down leather seat, forged aluminum fork brace. The steel factory brace under the fender has been reinforced with a sheet of 6AL4V Titanium, its tensile strength is higher than 4130 chrome moly steel, but it is light. So the Titanium is in addition to the steel brace under the fender. It has K&N oval pod air filters. A 4 into 1 pipe, which is a factory Vance and Hines head pipe, and baffle, and a custom can with a heat shield. She also has an aftermarket oil cooler. The paint is fading, and the clear is starting to let go on top of the tank. This winter she is going to be torn down for a complete restoration. For now she is a survivor, and has never been restored, just used and used, LOL. I am also impressed at how strong she runs, I know they make a lot of faster bikes, but I don’t get board on this one.

Plans are new paint, seat cover with a gray sting ray leather (feels like sandpaper) insert where your azz contacts the seat, the rest will stay black. Also, possibly a fresh top end. I have two nice 75mm big bore kits, I have been thinking about using one on this bike. That is if I can find a good deal on some mild cams, a little bigger than the 1150 cams. If that happens I will dust off the old flow bench, and clean up the head, and open it up a bit. I have a set of inverted forks brakes and front wheel off of a GSXR100, or Busa I don’t know which, they have the 6 piston calipers. If I can find a matching rear wheel/swing arm, I might swap the inverted forks into it. I am going to try to post some pics.
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[Texasgs]

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[Texasgs]

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[J. Chris Davis]

The Motorcycle is done. Except for possibly different paint in the future.


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[scottJ78]

I'm getting closer with every day

 

[MisterCinders]

Did a new version of the purple bike with a seat made from sheet metal.

Its inspiration is from a video game they make down in Champaign, so I rode it down there for a little studio tour.

 

[Toasty]

The bike looks great!

 

[silverhorse47]

As I said before, I did not do the customization. You can find the details in my profile.
As for the welds, Dusty tells me that he brazed the rod with a biscuit inside the base (like a bicycle frame). The visible welds are to cold steel pins he fixed in the rod, to hold the rod in place and keep the brazing from cracking. IDK for sure because I did not see him do it, but it hasn?t shown any sine of loosening.

Does anyone know what this means? I'd love to know.

S.

 

[JC8865]

"Black Betty"

 

[badbrown]

updated pic...it lives,

 

[inferno2081]

nasty bastard

nasty bastard

"Nasty Bastard No.1"

 

[bonanzadave]

"Black Betty"

Is that you Detroit Diesel Man ?