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Progress pics of my GS650G fighter.

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skidMarkNZ

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She is almost finished... woohoo

Any thought on other things i should do to her while i'm at it let me know eh!

Cheers: Mark

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I like it...a lot. Different choice using a shafty for a 'fighter project but it does work.

Only criticism. I'd go two tone with the paint. Red and silver only. Paint the fairing and fender silver and redo the seat either all black or better all red. Wheels should be silver too. Just personal taste mind you. I find three colours a little distracting.

Good work, now enjoy.

cheers,
Spyug
 
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spyug said:
I like it...a lot. Different choice using a shafty for a 'fighter project but it does work.

Only criticism. I'd go two tone with the paint. Red and silver only. Paint the fairing and fender silver and redo the seat either all black or better all red. Wheels should be silver too. Just personal taste mind you. I find three colours a little distracting.

Good work, now enjoy.

cheers,
Spyug
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Yeah not sticking with silver for the tank, i'm thinking flat black for front mudguard.... headlight cowl... and tank...

Got an LED tail light too it ust isn't on there yet...

Got the new number plate bolts in though, they have a LED in each one to light up the plate.... :cool:

Thanks for the feedback mate :D
 
Looking good. Flat black will kill it though. It looks good already. I'd lose the black in favour of more red.

You don't have an original 650G fairing do you?
 
Zooks said:
Looking good. Flat black will kill it though. It looks good already. I'd lose the black in favour of more red.

You don't have an original 650G fairing do you?
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Ahhh when i bought it in south island it had this big headlight windshield one for it? but it was aftermarket to go on the stock round headlight... my old flatmate down there may still have it... apart from that she was naked anyway, wouldn't mind a pop up headlight for her to be honest :dancing:
 
Is it painted with engine enamel? What'd you use on the engine?
 
Rein said:
Is it painted with engine enamel? What'd you use on the engine?
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Yep just spraycan black engine enamel from a automotive supply store (supercheapauto here) septone brand from memory...
 
I notice you're using pods-have you sorted out the jetting yet? I'm planning to give them a try on my own 650.
 
Flaggo60 said:
I notice you're using pods-have you sorted out the jetting yet? I'm planning to give them a try on my own 650.
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Its great until 4-5k rpm then it bogs and runs like a piece of ****... need to sort it next time im working on it going to try do it by lifting the slide needles and messing with mixtures, trying to avoid buying jets because i have run out of money
 
Hey skidz, looking great!!, You are in this far in the build....I would just throw another 100 bucks at the bike and get the dynojet stage III kit and be done with it. ....But I do know how it is when the project sucks up all your money.
 
Hey Mark the bike looks great mate:cool::clap:
See if your friendly bike shop might lend you a few sets of main jets to do your tuning and then you can buy what you need.

Zooks said:
Looking good. Flat black will kill it though. It looks good already. I'd lose the black in favour of more red.

You don't have an original 650G fairing do you?
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I have to agree with my Aussie friend here the red really pops

Bribird said:
Hey skidz, looking great!!, You are in this far in the build....I would just throw another 100 bucks at the bike and get the dynojet stage III kit and be done with it. ....But I do know how it is when the project sucks up all your money.
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At the moment $100NZ would barely pay for the postage on a jet kit.:eek:

Chhers
 
KiwiGS said:
Hey Mark the bike looks great mate:cool::clap:
See if your friendly bike shop might lend you a few sets of main jets to do your tuning and then you can buy what you need.



I have to agree with my Aussie friend here the red really pops



At the moment $100NZ would barely pay for the postage on a jet kit.:eek:

Chhers
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80GS1000 said:
Looks great! Finish it up and go ride it. :cool:
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License back may 24th....

Run out of money to reapply for license and need warrent of fitness and registration.

Spiteful little bike had cost $4000 NZD so far
 
Oh heres an idea i have had for the paint on the tank...

just to seperate the engine from the tank a bit...

thoughts?
 
Looking good, I like the style and without the Silver, it will rock.Two tone gas tank is good.

Just a little thought though:
Have you considered cutting down the original side panels? You could reshape them to really hug the seat, say approx 1.5inch deep at that point, flaring out to the tab near the shock mount and fitting as per original at the tank. These would tidy up the tank under the seat that holds the panel mounting and would also make use of the mount near the shock. Another alternative would be to fill the bottom of the tank in and sand to shape to remove the mount and ugly bump the missing panels exagerates. I had the exact same problem when trying to make a cafe racer from one of these, i ended up ditching the tank entirely due to it's shape. The shape makes a pretty good fighter tank though, it will always look like "somethings missing" at that point under the seat unless you can figure out a way to blend the lines in. I'm not being critical, i like the bike, love the looks and hope to see it finiished soon. You already know what i mean, cos you have stared at the bike long and hard already, i guarantee that much. :clap:
 
Love the 'blending' of the seat and tank together like that. It looks great.

You've inspired me to be a little creative with the paint on my 650G. I'm going to keep it close to original but I might just change the lines slightly. The Katana tanks are good for two-toning because of the lines in them. Now find me that bloody fairing. (j/k) :)
 
yaddy said:
Looking good, I like the style and without the Silver, it will rock.Two tone gas tank is good.

Just a little thought though:
Have you considered cutting down the original side panels? You could reshape them to really hug the seat, say approx 1.5inch deep at that point, flaring out to the tab near the shock mount and fitting as per original at the tank. These would tidy up the tank under the seat that holds the panel mounting and would also make use of the mount near the shock. Another alternative would be to fill the bottom of the tank in and sand to shape to remove the mount and ugly bump the missing panels exagerates. I had the exact same problem when trying to make a cafe racer from one of these, i ended up ditching the tank entirely due to it's shape. The shape makes a pretty good fighter tank though, it will always look like "somethings missing" at that point under the seat unless you can figure out a way to blend the lines in. I'm not being critical, i like the bike, love the looks and hope to see it finiished soon. You already know what i mean, cos you have stared at the bike long and hard already, i guarantee that much. :clap:
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Yeah thought i'd save time and photoshop it all, but at the end of the day whenever i put something on i lay it on the bike first, figure out what will work in the ways of colour and shape etc. then paint it...put it in the bike again and if it wasn't right a different colour it became!

Many hours spent laying awake in bed with literally hundreds of ideas in your head.... literally keep pen and pad by your bed for this.... dont need full details just enough to make you remember the next day. i was churning out 40 thoughts a night, and had a wall of post its...

Everything that needed doing..... thoughts from laying in bed of what i could visualise and it all came together mate. Was a lot of post it's lol

Most were lists of things to do...

But one night i came up with this... the pen hit the pad and this is how it came out.

The bruce mathie memorial Katana:

"This Classic GS 650G Katana combines classic styling with some modern upgrades while still staying true to the bikes red accent theme from factory, It still maintains a classic styled look, but the USD front end the digital gauges and the front end sporting 4 pot Tokiko calipers on each of the front discs, let slip to you that this things means business on the road while maintaining the same gleam in the eye that everybody gave it back in 1982."

I'm no author am i lol.



Zooks said:
Love the 'blending' of the seat and tank together like that. It looks great.

You've inspired me to be a little creative with the paint on my 650G. I'm going to keep it close to original but I might just change the lines slightly. The Katana tanks are good for two-toning because of the lines in them. Now find me that bloody fairing. (j/k) :)
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Will you pay me royalties in main jets and fuel vouchers? Or food stamps? (p/t) LOL
 
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