GS is finished. Fighter from Finland. New projects 03/11!

[-ahven-]

Some improvement:



Not a Buell but...

[tt_four]

Yeah, that looks a lot better. I'd say they could still go down a little bit, but obviously you're gonna run into problems with the lower triple being there, if you wanted them lower you'd have to move the bracket under the bottom clamp and flip them up, but I'm not sure how that would look. That legs on the GS are just a lot longer below the bottom clamp than the ones on the buell are. I like the headlights though

[-ahven-]

I found Kawasaki Z750 2008 headlight for 50 euros. That looks awesome...

http://www.fotopankki.fi/dispVeryLarge/720095-Kawasaki+Z750+2007

It's like in that link's pic but without any fairings. It's quite wide but I think it will match fine with my tailpiece?

Looks wicked, what do you think?

[tt_four]

Yeah! it'll probably look kinda big, but for $50euro it sounds like a good deal. I love the z1000 and z750. If I was buying a new bike from a dealership, that's what it would be. Give it a shot. Even if you don't like it once it's on, replacing headlights is pretty much a hobby for you now, so it'll just give you something to do. Considering the GS is a smaller bike, have you ever considered trying to just mount two vertical projectors? He's making a housing for this one, but sometimes they look good with just the bulbs....


or else just go for something like this....

[-ahven-]

Me, my bike and ... a penguin.

[tt_four]

Is that a streetfightered 636? I wasn't crazy about those bikes when they first came out, but I've been liking them more as of lately. Your bike is looking really good too, you can tell when you park it next to a modern bike and it still looks good.

[-ahven-]

Is that a streetfightered 636? I wasn't crazy about those bikes when they first came out, but I've been liking them more as of lately. Your bike is looking really good too, you can tell when you park it next to a modern bike and it still looks good.

It's Z750 2004 slightly modded. Nice bike too, unfortunatly it's not mine.

[tt_four]

Awesome, that was my first guess, but it looked like the windscreen was bigger than the normal Z windscreens, plus you don't see them in red too often.

[-ahven-]

Awesome, that was my first guess, but it looked like the windscreen was bigger than the normal Z windscreens, plus you don't see them in red too often.

It's my friend's uncle's kawa. Good looking, slightly tuned(110 rwhp) bike but it handles like a dead horse when you drive hard. Even my GS is better on curly roads.

I think red Z's are quite common here in Finland and that windscreen is original too.

[-ahven-]

More pics: http://preview.tinyurl.com/m3f93f

[-ahven-]

I'm in love again...

Rejetted my bike and also put on new gasgets on carbs.

Bike goes now like a mad. Old mains was 120's and now I have 127,5's. No need to say that this was best 50 euros I've ever spent (jets 3 euros7 each and repair kits 22 euros/ each). With my K&N drop-in and drilled exhaust, 127,5 main, 40 pilot and needle shim in the second slot from down is perfect mod.

Only negative thing is now that my 14t front sprocet won't like to play with my new powers, bike takes 100mph too easily and engine goes to redline. Should I go back to 16t or buy 15t sprocket? Recommends?

[tt_four]

Can you fit any of them on with the length of chain you have? They're not hard to swap, spend a saturday trying them all out and see what you think. Which one gets you the top speed you like?

[-ahven-]

I changed 14t->16t yesterday. My dealer ran out 15t sprockets, so I have to find somewhere else. I'm confused that top speed with 14t is only as low as 100mph, is it normal or is it just my bike?

[Bluesmudge]

A GS500 is never going to get much above an actual 100 mph (110 mph indicated), so its best to fine tune the performance under 100, since that is where you are going to be spending most of your time.

[-ahven-]

Changed 15t sprocket. Now it's good.

[O.C.D.]

Yup, 15T is the way to go.  Still can cruise and have a little more pull in the lower revs.  I wouldn't go to a 14T now.

[-ahven-]

15t is perfect. Bike goes now 158km/h actual speed(GPS on my phone) on fifth gear (~98mph). Didn't have guts to test top speed on 6th gear, too much traffic on highway. Acceleration from 0 to 80 is even better with 15t than 14t because there's no need to change gear so often.

Did my personal record today, I changed my front sprocket, removed tank and re-routed throttle cable and changed spark plugs in 45 minutes.

[seamax]

What light is this from?

[tt_four]

What light is this from?

Custom made by TruckinDuc from Customfighters.com, $250

[-ahven-]

Little update. I made new bugspoiler. Material is polyethen plastic, same as used in motocross bice fairings.

It cost me nothing. So can I call this spoiler a bargain?



Also painted motor sides and some other parts flat black. looking better now

Needs maybe a new headlight? Old one is more than two weeks old I think I put that Kawasaki light next...