where to find Wes cooley pictures

[killergs]

I have been searching on the web and this forum for large pictures of the blue /white Wes Cooley race bike but no luck just low resolution pictures. Does any one have any pictures to share?? or info on the bike. I would like to do a a replica of some sort and it would be nice to see some larger pics for inspiration

 

[Agemax]

there are hundreds of pics on the web if you search properly.........

wes cooley images.......pages of pics.

 

[killergs]

Ive seen several pics but nothing really up close. and what about the specs? closest i have seen is this on cooley's kat
http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=121780

 

[Agemax]

Ive seen several pics but nothing really up close. and what about the specs?

keep searching, they are there. i doubt you will get too much info on the specs though. certainly not internal engine specs. most cooley replicas are built from visuals rather then real specs.

 

[killergs]

thanks.........yeap Im looking for visual

 

[Agemax]

here, second one on the google list..........

http://slcelectronics.com/GS1000_Build/Yoshimura-specs.pdf

 

[killergs]

saw that while back but its geared more on the red gs although pretty sure some of it got passed to the blue/white model. Do you know if he raced the blue/white in 80 or 81?

 

[Guest]

Just goggle variations of Wes Cooley, I put in Wes Cooley GS1000 and came up with a bunch of photo's, go to images, then click on the pictures you want.
I liked this one myself.


There's at least a dozen in this group,
It's just all too easy.
https://www.google.com/search?q=wes...ld.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D608635;1024;768

 

[storm 64]

Can anyone gess the name of the guy in the lower right hand corner of the one picture?

 

[Agemax]

Can anyone gess the name of the guy in the lower right hand corner of the one picture?

Kent Howerton, AKA the "Rhinestone Cowboy"

 

[850 Combat]

Are those Lockheed brakes? They look kind of like them. ARP makes them now I think.

 

[killergs]

Are those Lockheed brakes? They look kind of like them. ARP makes them now I think.

kinda looks like it but hard to tell. That is why Im looking for close up pictures of the actual bike. The closest pics I found is off a scale model

http://racingscalemodels.blogspot.com/2011/01/suzuki-gs-1000-s-1981-by-bright-logic.html

 

[Agemax]

it says in the article i linked to in post #6, which clearly says, lockheed calipers and master cylinder


The front brake master cylinder
and calipers are Lockheed. Braided
stainless steel lines from Earl's Supply
are 1/4-in. outside diameter. Front
brake discs are Suzuki, drilled for
lightness and to reduce warpage. The
Yoshimuras used plasma-sprayed
aluminum discs early in the season, but
found that the discs warped.


interestingly the rear caliper is a fully floating set up, with the torque arm attached to the frame, not the swingarm.

 

[killergs]

Does anyone know the size of the 3 spoke dymag wheels as well as the tires??

 

[ozman]

Does anyone know the size of the 3 spoke dymag wheels as well as the tires??

im pretty sure they would be 18 inch most slicks back then were 18
most likely 2.5 front 3.5 or 4 inch rear

ozman

ok done some research
rear was a wm6 (3.5")

The Yoshimuras installed a
Suzuki five spoke WM-6 magnesium
rear wheel originally made for Barry​

Sheene's Suzuki RG500.
and they found

Tsubaki #630 drive chain wouldn't
clear the rear tire (a Goodyear D 1997
3.75- 18 slick), so the left edge of the
tire had to be trimmed slightly with a​

razor blade.
front a wm4(2.5") x 19
The WM-4 19-in. front wheel is

cast in magnesium by Morris and​

carries a Goodyear 3.25-19 slick.


info is all here

http://slcelectronics.com/GS1000_Build/Yoshimura-specs.pdf.​

 

[killergs]

Thanks for the research but I wonder if they changed in 79-80 as the wheels were different. Seems like I can't find any info on those years just the red yoshimura bike must be top secret like Area 51 hahahah

 

[Agemax]

Thanks for the research but I wonder if they changed in 79-80 as the wheels were different. Seems like I can't find any info on those years just the red yoshimura bike must be top secret like Area 51 hahahah

all this onfo is in the link provided in post #6, just in case you care to "research" it yourself!!!!!!!

 

[ozman]

i would think by 81 they would have changed to 18 inch to use available slicks which were common unlike the 19inch item they used on the previous bike

 

[ozman]

Goodyear had 19 inch front slicks for Superbikes till the end of the '82 season.

Most privateers on KZ1000's ran 19 inch fronts till the end of the 1000cc era.

here in aust by 81 i can confidently say there would have near to no racers running 19 inch front slicks
the advantages of the smaller front diameter in quicker steering/change of direction had been realized by then

i dug out slicks i have from 1980/81 the fronts were goodyears 24.0x60-18
rear michelin 400/560-18 and dunlop 375/650-18

and yes its a dymag on the cooley bike in pic

 

[dadman]

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