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Simple old school + new school, call it pre skool

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Oh good golly, you and I need to get together and work out a solution to both our problems.

I can get paint to adhear to stainless. That's no problem. But I can't do anything with stainless.

Brother, if I had your tallent with stainless, I'd have all my bodywork done in pollished stainless.
 
Zweihammer said:
I have a sideline making reproduction medieval armour for those who like to play knights on the weekend (here is a couple of pics of one of the helms I have made, a gothic sallet)
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Well now we know how you came up with that classic style tail that is even better than Hans A. Muth, :clap:
 
I have to be honest I am usually not a fan of non stock tails, but that looks really good. Flows nice with your build, well done.
 
That tail is very nice looking mod .. can't wait to see it completed.
 
WOW, great F'n job. Our bikes could be cousins. Love with what your gonna do with the tail, I prefer that tail better. I was gonna do the same thing before winter n crap showed up. Gotta pick up my skills, you're makin my KungFu look weak. I got the Flatslides as well but I 'm waiting for spring...
This is what it looked like before packin it in for winter.

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Squeezin the battery and electronics might be really tight!!! Here's the temp tray I made up.

Lookin at it again...it may fit fine, nevermind.

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I would like to mod my tail to Zweihammer's idea, cut it and shorten it up.
Seems to be the general consensus around here to those who mod...

I always liked the 81 tails anyway. Gotta study up on fiberglassing, I cant do the aluminum thing.
What are you doing for pegs?
Keeping the stock lights and cluster?
How bout the exhaust?

Great job man!!!

I always liked the 81 tails anyway.

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clever reverse of your picture to compare patrick.

i really like the upside down ikuzus decal :D
 
patrickmcp, you have a super sweet GS. I have admired it since you first posted, it let me know I was on the right track. When I get to tidying up my electrics I would like to ask you a thing or two. You have done an exceptional job.

My December and January have mostly been getting my wife back on her feet from surgery and making up lost time at work. All I have managed in three weeks was to make patterns for my rearset mounts.

My eB*y fork set is piddling oil down the right fork at an alarming rate just parked in my garage. I have had naive thoughts of rebuilding them myself. But having never seen what is involved I just don't know. Is this something best left to those with experience and the proper tools?

Cheers, Erick
 
Nothing of great note these last couple months. I will try to take a few pics.

We hit a bit of a financial wall with some large medical expenses and lost work. So I have been spending much of my free time working on income generating projects, finishing my CNC and customer work. The nice weather we are starting to have taunts me and tells me I should be ready to ride soon, and winter is practically over.

I have spent many an hour staring over the workbench at her though. You know the large empty area above the new monoshock left by the vacated airbox? I am contemplating building the muffler to fit within those confines with two outlets on either side of the swinger, behind the seat uprights and ahead of the wheel. I am going to mock it up in paperboard first, should be different.

I really don't want anything encroaching the newly open area created by the new swinger and tapered tail section, cluttering up my new clean look. I am even annoyed I have to put the license and signals back on!

Thanks for the nudge, patrickmcp! Any developments on your side?

Cheers, Erick
 
Slow dog days of winter are almost over.

The muffler idea sounds wild, good luck with that.

I have to diagnose why my clutch slips in 2nd or 3rd, can't remember it's been soo long.

I put in a pair of 3 ohm green Dyna coils...

Have to make new headlight brackets, not the angle I wanted.
Have to drop my oil and put in a new copper washer, nice wet spot on the patio. I changed the oil and ran it a little bit before storage.
New tires once all the bugs are squashed.
Tinker with some 36mm flatslides, for those must I use the push/pull throttle tube. I have it but I just wanted to know If it was necessary.
Winter brain cobweb question.
Maybe a HID headlight system or something.
Some day in spring summer mimic your idea for the tail section...
Oh yeah, redo my seat depending on the tail mode and maybe get the frame powder coated.

Too sleepy to think of anything else. Good luck with everything.
 
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I have raised the tail on my mock up to place the lower edge even with and parallel to the frame. It might end up easier for me to make a new tail section incorporating the seat base, battery and electrics tray and side rails up to the tank out of aluminum. I will still keep the tail light and profile as it is now. I really like it.










I will begin bracing the frame and building the connecting link and shock mounts next.

Perhaps this is too amateur compared to some of the nicer high end builds, but it seems achievable for most. I hope this will be of use to someone, as others were for me.

Cheers, Erick
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This build is turning out ridiculously well. I'm starting to lean quite heavily towards this suspension set-up for a future project. If it rides half as well as it looks once you're done, I'm definitely going this route.

I can't stop looking at these pictures.

If I wore a hat, I'd doff it for you.
 
It does ride more like a modern sport liter bike in every way. I don't regret it.
 
patrickmcp said:
It does ride more like a modern sport liter bike in every way. I don't regret it.
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Great, that statement is going to end up putting me into the poor house.

Suppose I should start planning things out.
 
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