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Something Blue

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My 1978 GS1000C
Before:
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After.
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Some of the mods include:
Progressive front springs, Kawasaki Ninja dual piston front calipers, 12" front disks, Galfer ss front brake lines, Mags (19" front, 18" rear) GS1100 aluminum swingarm, NOS R.C. engineering 4 into 1 exhaust and K&N Pods (and of course, jetting)

Paint is Glasurit (BASF). Code 8t6 Toyota VooDoo Blue.
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Wheels

Wheels

So what did you do with your spokes? Willing to sale?
 
I painted and restored (cars) for years, it looks like he did a real nice job. The whole bike looks great, you should be proud.

Just make sure no one steals it.
 
Tag, Your It.

Tag, Your It.

OK Jeff, How Many Sites Do I have to Chase You through to Tell You that the 1000 Looks Great. Cause However many it Takes That's What I'll Do Because It Does!!!\\:D/
 
marvinsc said:
OK Jeff, How Many Sites Do I have to Chase You through to Tell You that the 1000 Looks Great. Cause However many it Takes That's What I'll Do Because It Does!!!\\:D/
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Thanks, Scott. I keep running out to the garage to make sure it's still there. :lol:
 
8trackmind said:
Thanks! I should be getting a 1000s fairing on it soon. I have the mounting brackets and the windsceen, but it wasn't here in time to get painted.
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I really like how it turned out, great job. Funny that when I looked at the first photo I said to myself. Looks great but an "S" fairing would really finish it off.
 
renobruce said:
WOW, that looks great! Love it! \\:D/
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Thanks!
You, Ryan (Firstimer) and TomMLC set the bar kinda high for me. I was keeping up with how all you guys were painting your 78 1000's and decided I had to at least attempt to be a little different. (Mine was almost red twice and almost black once) :-D
Then I hit on this: What if Suzuki made a 1000S in 1978? What would it look like?
Looking at the old 70's era two strokes like the GT750, the Wes Cooley racebike and other period bikes, this is what I imagined one might have looked like.

Best regards, Jeff
 
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Sandy said:
I really like how it turned out, great job. Funny that when I looked at the first photo I said to myself. Looks great but an "S" fairing would really finish it off.
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Thanks.
Thats what I was shooting for. A "what if" model like my 80 GS550 "S". :lol:
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8trackmind said:
Thanks!
You, Ryan (Firstimer) and TomMLC set the bar kinda high for me. I was keeping up with how all you guys were painting your 78 1000's and decided I had to at least attempt to be a little different. (Mine was almost red twice and almost black once) :-D
Then I hit on this: What if Suzuki made a 1000S in 1978? What would it look like? Looking at the old GT750, and the the Wes Cooley racebike, this is what I imagined it might have looked like.

Best regards, Jeff
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It's gorgeous! Beautiful colours. Mean looking. GS1000 defined.
 
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