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oshanac
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MINDLESS-That is some SICK welding!!! Only 3 Days experience??? I want to crawl under a rock and cry. It looks like you've been doing it for 20 years plus!!!! You bastard! Great photo's too!
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midnightcafe
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nice welding-for some reason the square braces look photoshopped
coming together great!
coming together great!
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Mindless
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No problem. People seem to enjoy a project much more when you take decent photos.
As for what I'm doing - more below
Haha, that's quite an overexaggeration. The photos hide quite a bit of flaws and I tried to pick photos where the welds looked their best.
And while I say I have three days of experience with TIG-welding, I've got a whole bunch of years experience holding an airbrush. To me both methods are quite similar.
Thanks!
Went back down to the workshop today to finish up the shock mounts so I can focus on some other stuff in the coming weeks. First job was to get the frame all leveled in the mother of all drills. It's huge.
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Mindless
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Frame all clamped down and levelled.
Went much smoother than I expected. Glad we're two people working together (me and my dad). Doing this on your own would be easier said than done. I could imagine a few curses being cast both on the machine and on the frame.
Next: drill / saw out some holes for the shock mounts.
The result:
Starting to see where it's going now posplayr?
Went much smoother than I expected. Glad we're two people working together (me and my dad). Doing this on your own would be easier said than done. I could imagine a few curses being cast both on the machine and on the frame.
Next: drill / saw out some holes for the shock mounts.
The result:
Starting to see where it's going now posplayr?
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Mindless
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Here's the workshop we're in.
Tools at our disposal:
1. Medium-size drill
2. Digitalized mill
3. Digitalized lathe
4. Big-ass drill
5. Medium-size digitalized lathe
6. Medium size analog lathe
7. Gargantuan-size lathe (off screen)
8. Ancient analog mill
Needless to say - we got pretty much everything we need. And down in the smaller workshop where we do all the welding we have three different welders + some other stuff. Having all this at your disposal makes fabricating stuff quite easy.
Enough ranting about that...
Next up was trying to align the mounts properly.
When I looked happy about it I tacked it in place.
And voil?: finished.
The welds around the mounts turned out so-so because the Speedglas mask I was using didn't dim down the light properly so I ended up starting and stopping a lot. Nothing that will affect the strength of it, it just doesn't look all that great. Fortunately, all this stuff will be powdercoated black so you'll hardly see it on the finished product.
More to come in a couple of days I guess. Till then...
Tools at our disposal:
1. Medium-size drill
2. Digitalized mill
3. Digitalized lathe
4. Big-ass drill
5. Medium-size digitalized lathe
6. Medium size analog lathe
7. Gargantuan-size lathe (off screen)
8. Ancient analog mill
Needless to say - we got pretty much everything we need. And down in the smaller workshop where we do all the welding we have three different welders + some other stuff. Having all this at your disposal makes fabricating stuff quite easy.
Enough ranting about that...
Next up was trying to align the mounts properly.
When I looked happy about it I tacked it in place.
And voil?: finished.
The welds around the mounts turned out so-so because the Speedglas mask I was using didn't dim down the light properly so I ended up starting and stopping a lot. Nothing that will affect the strength of it, it just doesn't look all that great. Fortunately, all this stuff will be powdercoated black so you'll hardly see it on the finished product.
More to come in a couple of days I guess. Till then...
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jwhelan65
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You are killing me...
I would give up a limb to have access to that machine shop! awesome stuff.
I would give up a limb to have access to that machine shop! awesome stuff.
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Sunburn
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That's sick. 
In my garage my wife get's mad because I have to unplug the dryer to plug in my power tools.
LOL
In my garage my wife get's mad because I have to unplug the dryer to plug in my power tools.
LOL
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doug g
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I need a few weeks in that shop to do all the things I dream about doing.
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Mindless
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You are killing me...
So would I. Me and my dad always remind ourselves when we're there working on our bikes that "What if we didn't have access to all this stuff?". To be honest, I don't know what we'd do. Sure, we got tools at home and all that - but not this kind of heavy equipment (the huge radial drill).
That's sick.
In my garage my wife get's mad because I have to unplug the dryer to plug in my power tools.
LOL
Hahaha.
You're welcome to stop by, although I think the flight ticket could pay for quite a bit of custom parts.
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Guest
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I like the shop. Very clean.
Nice work so far
Nice work so far
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Mindless
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Thanks.
Some minor news: Scored some Keihin FCR39 flatslide carbs from a guy today.
Porn.
Also ordered a new front fender to fit the Hayabusa forks (to replace the fugly stock fender).
Next up is buying a set of ISR brake- and clutch levers as well as some rearsets. After that, I'm pretty much done with all the small cosmetic bits. Then I can finally do some minor work to the engine (new camshafts and ignition + coils).
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Mindless
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Finally I got the ignition cover in the mail. A bit overdue but nice work all the same.
More to come sometime during the weekend. Gonna try and fabricate a new front wheel spindle if I find the time.
More to come sometime during the weekend. Gonna try and fabricate a new front wheel spindle if I find the time.
Finally I got the ignition cover in the mail. A bit overdue but nice work all the same.
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Is that original Yoshi or a knock off? It doesnt look like mine; it is better. I have a GS and GSXR covers and they are all sandcast.
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Mindless
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Wouldn't call it a "knock-off", but yeah - it's not an original sandcasted Yoshimura cover. One of those were up on eBay a few months back (around the time I ordered this) and I think it ended up near $150. I paid about $110 for this one made out of high grade aluminium which is bolt-on (no need to drill holes, etc.).
Well I guess I was wondering if it was made by Yoshimura as I have never seen one? It is certainly a high quality billet CNC machined part (better than sandcast).
Your right If it is not a Yoshi copy, I guess it is hard to call it a knock off.
This is mind ; they are probably pretty hard to find. I bought it for $100 from the guy that sells the sand cast versions on ebay (with no holes). I got one for the GSXR as well. Mine was painted black and the Yoshi letters were sanded and polished.
Yours looks like an even nicer alternative; where did you order it from?
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Mindless
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Yeah, the quality is great. Much more rigid than a sandcasted too should you tip the bike over or lay it on the side while driving / racing.
I ordered them from a guy called Lloyd, he runs a small company called Shed of Doom; www.shedofdoom.com that makes custom parts for oldskool Suzuki's, mostly the GS1150 / GSX1100EFE but also GSXR's. I'm sure he could make them for the GS1000's as well. Just send him a mail and ask for a quote.
As you say - the "originals" are fairly expensive. This one is very cheap in comparison taking in mind the material alone costs pretty much.
Also ordered a different exhaust from the Yoshimura I intended to use. I think I'll do a regular exhaust on the side instead of a underseat. Bought this custom-made exhaust from China for $160. Looks really nice, I just hope the real item matches the pictures. So far it looks very promising, the guy who sells them even sent me a schematic of it so I could "OK" the specs. They will make the slip-ons any way you want them.
Looks really nice I must say.
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jwhelan65
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Yeah, the quality is great. Much more rigid than a sandcasted too should you tip the bike over or lay it on the side while driving / racing.
I ordered them from a guy called Lloyd, he runs a small company called Shed of Doom; www.shedofdoom.com that makes custom parts for oldskool Suzuki's, mostly the GS1150 / GSX1100EFE but also GSXR's. I'm sure he could make them for the GS1000's as well. Just send him a mail and ask for a quote.
As you say - the "originals" are fairly expensive. This one is very cheap in comparison taking in mind the material alone costs pretty much.
Also ordered a different exhaust from the Yoshimura I intended to use. I think I'll do a regular exhaust on the side instead of a underseat. Bought this custom-made exhaust from China for $160. Looks really nice, I just hope the real item matches the pictures. So far it looks very promising, the guy who sells them even sent me a schematic of it so I could "OK" the specs. They will make the slip-ons any way you want them.
Looks really nice I must say.
Do you have a contact on this ?
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Mindless
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It's an eBay auction found here so it's open for anyone.
Custom made exhausts like this cost a fortune here in Europe and in the US. I asked the guy what a typical "Growler" GP exhaust would cost (2?-3" inner diameter, 8" long) and he said the price wouldn't be any different ($160) regardless of what kind of exhaust you ordered. An exhaust like that made by say Racefit or Jardine (two companies that are much alike) would cost anything from $500 to $800. Of course - he said that an exhaust for your V8 hotrod would cost more but the price for slip-ons were all the same, except if you want two (just double the price).
If it meets my expectations, I'm gonna order a few more. I want a loud one for trackdays.
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Guest
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I'll await your comments re. quality & function. His feedback so far is limited to knee pucks & tire warmers. Racefit is now marketing in the U.S. as well, but as you said, their Growler C/F can costs several times this one. I planned on having a mid-pipe custom bent to accept a modern Yosh RS-3, but the diameter of these GP-syle cans being smaller, would look more fitting on our older GS bikes, I think.....also, these are less than 1/2 the Yosh price and very current, in terms of looks.
