Suzuki GS450 --- Cafe Build

[Flaming Chainsaws]

what did you use to clean the chain guard, i mean materials and all?

Balled up aluminum foil and soapy water .

 

[VariableValve]

Hey, I know you were looking at the EXO 1000. Bike Bandit is having a good sale on em today if you're interested

http://www.bikebandit.com/scorpion-exo-1000-solid-full-face-helmet?WT.mc_id=2203274

 

[Tim Tom]

In case you guys missed what I said, I will be ditching the side covers and relocating the electronics. The side covers just looked terrible with the seat. They did not line up at all! So with that said, the side covers are for sale.
http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=175565

Tim Tom, I know that you love a cafe bike where you can see right through the frame

It would also make the bike look lighter and cooler .

Whoo hooo! I've been quietly waiting for you to realize this

I cant wait to see what you do with it!

 

[Krunk_Kracker]

I love this bike.

I want to go all the way back to your first build. how long did it take you to polish the aluminum on the bike? Did you do it by hand or use a wheel?

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Whoo hooo! I've been quietly waiting for you to realize this

I cant wait to see what you do with it!

Hehe... I was reading the post for the GN250 and saw what you said. I guess that finally made me realize it .

I love this bike.

I want to go all the way back to your first build. how long did it take you to polish the aluminum on the bike? Did you do it by hand or use a wheel?

This is my first build but not my first thread. I polished everything by hand. The left fork leg took about 2 hours and same for the right fork leg. The engine took about 6 hours total and it only looks decent... Not super shiny. I want a bench grinder... My fingers will love me for that.

I used Mother's Mag & Alu polish with clean cloths and elbow grease .

Thanks for the compliment!

 

[Tim Tom]

I'm flattered...

I'm flattered...

Really actually I'm flattered and glad to be of help. I wish I had the time to do a build like this, but with college and a full time job it's gonna have to wait until I graduate... I have so many ideas I want to try too. Seriously considering building a super-light cafe from a 2 stroke motocross bike....

But until I have the time and resources I get to live vicariously through builds like yours and ColoradoCJ's.

Keep up the great work, I wanna see a finished(ish) bike soon!

 

[Pac-Man]

Balled up aluminum foil and soapy water .

Your kidding rite? lol wouldnt balled up aluminum leave scratches and such?

 

[FreshStart]

Your kidding rite? lol wouldnt balled up aluminum leave scratches and such?

nope its to soft you can also use cocacola instead of soapy water

 

[Pac-Man]

wow,imma have to take sum closeups of my bike and sum areas of interest i would like to try polishing first before buying replacement parts it just seems to me the parts are too far gone cosmetically from the previous owner. Im not sure ill load up sum photos so you can see them and yall let me know if their salvageable? Thank ya.

Flaming, your the Sh** brother, kudos to you man, hell of a thread and build you got here!

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Really actually I'm flattered and glad to be of help. I wish I had the time to do a build like this, but with college and a full time job it's gonna have to wait until I graduate... I have so many ideas I want to try too. Seriously considering building a super-light cafe from a 2 stroke motocross bike....

But until I have the time and resources I get to live vicariously through builds like yours and ColoradoCJ's.

Keep up the great work, I wanna see a finished(ish) bike soon!

Someone once told me. You either have a lot of time and no money (like me) or no time and a lot of money.

The bike is almost done!

Your kidding rite? lol wouldnt balled up aluminum leave scratches and such?

Nope, aluminum is softer than chrome.

nope its to soft you can also use cocacola instead of soapy water

Waste of Coca-Cola! LOL!

wow,imma have to take sum closeups of my bike and sum areas of interest i would like to try polishing first before buying replacement parts it just seems to me the parts are too far gone cosmetically from the previous owner. Im not sure ill load up sum photos so you can see them and yall let me know if their salvageable? Thank ya.

Flaming, your the Sh** brother, kudos to you man, hell of a thread and build you got here!

Wait, the aluminum foil only cleans rust, not polish. If you want to polish, get Mother's Mag & Alu polish and start rubbing with a cloth!

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

I sprayed the pink on yesterday. So I wet sanded today with 500 grit sand paper. Even smoother than before. Ready for paint!

I wet sanded the clear coat again on the seat as there were still some bumps.

Another sticker added to the fender. That's my spare igniter for mocking up on the other side.

 

[Pac-Man]

by polishing i was just speakin out of tongue so to speak,sorry,lol. I mean cleaning up rusty areas of said bike. I have slight rust pits in the peg ends & other miscellaneous areas thruout the bike.

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

by polishing i was just speakin out of tongue so to speak,sorry,lol. I mean cleaning up rusty areas of said bike. I have slight rust pits in the peg ends & other miscellaneous areas thruout the bike.

OK. I was just trying to be clear. I didn't want you to scratch up some parts! So only use the foil on chrome, nothing else.

 

[terrylee]

Try evapo-rust or wood bleach both work great on rust. Wood bleach is much cheaper. terrylee

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Try evapo-rust or wood bleach both work great on rust. Wood bleach is much cheaper. terrylee

I think wood bleach was also called oxalic acid. You can find them for like $5 at Lowe's.

Here's an old Photoshop I did just for fun. I think it would look even cooler if I add some kind of logo or something in the bottom left corner...

In this picture, I made everything black and white but left the rim stripe red, blurred the background, and put lots of contrast. Not too bad for a 5 min Photoshop job.

 

[HalcyonGT]

What tank work were you doing there? Applying Bondo over the entire surface?

 

[fullmetalone]

nice photo chop

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

What tank work were you doing there? Applying Bondo over the entire surface?

Yeah, there's bondo on the entire tank. The guys that did the bodywork said it was necessary because the gas tank had so many high spots.

nice photo chop

Thanks! I wanna try something new now though...

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Here's the R/R in action!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKlfh0Gj_U

Managed to sneak a little ride around the parking lot.

I had to put the gauges on for legal reasons. I want an Acewell...

But the bad part of today is that my petcock is leaking .

 

[Guest]

She's really starting to take shape FC, good stuff!

Bugger about the petcock, but is that just the washers maybe?