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

[tt_four]

Take good pictures of the kawa headlight install . Someday I'd like to get one of those 03-04 zx636r's to make a mini Z1000 out of, and at that point I can just check out your pictures for the headlight

[-ahven-]

I made new screen today. It's made of same plastic as the bugspoiler. It's very nice, covers my head from the wind when driving on motorway. And better looking than old one...

[-ahven-]

Hello again.

This winters project is new rear wheel from gsx-r 750. First it had to be polished like old wheels...

Looks so much wider...


We just bought an apartment and also we're getting married in may so it's hard to find time to mod my precious

But I'll keep you in touch.

[-ahven-]

New rear tyre, 160/60-17. Gotta luv it!! It's actually 165 millimeters wide. Old 130/70-17 tyre was 125 millimeters so this mod is really awesome.





Here is my old tire. Burnt it away.

[kml.krk]

so how does it turn now with such wide tire??

[-ahven-]

Bike is now more stable to drive. Also grip have improved. Overall, wider rear tyre makes small bike feel a bit bigger.

[kml.krk]

isn't it slower to turn now?
What I mean is that GS500's big advantage is it's flick-ability (how quick you can turn it) and putting so wide rear tire seems to take this advantage away 

I have to admit though that I like the looks of wide tires 

PS. Can't wait to put my new Pilot Actives on 

[-ahven-]

Works perfect, better on curvy roads than old tyre. Also it is more stable at higher speeds, today I drove 40 kilometers at 150 km/h and bike was like a train. With old 130 tyre, it was hell to drive higher speeds.

Here's one pic more, me, my bike and a ferry.

[gsf500RR]

isn't it slower to turn now?
What I mean is that GS500's big advantage is it's flick-ability (how quick you can turn it) and putting so wide rear tire seems to take this advantage away 

I have to admit though that I like the looks of wide tires 

PS. Can't wait to put my new Pilot Actives on 

Yes you lose agility but it's not that bad. I believe it's definitaly worth the stability you get with it!

[ohgood]

thats the sharpest looking gs i've seen. nice work !

[-ahven-]

Too big? Too small? Size does matter after all!

This:



is for sale now, because I fell in love with this:



...I'm in love again. SV feels like it's been made in heaven.

But it's going to be hard time to sell my sweet little GS away... It's my first love.

[tt_four]

...I'm in love again. SV feels like it's been made in heaven.

I love those SVSs, they're one of my favorite bikes and definitely one of the best looking things out there. One day when I move out of the city and have to commute into town, I'd definitely try to find me one of those as I think they'd make a perfect commuter if it didn't have carbs. I don't have any problem with carbs on normal bikes, but on a commuter I prefer fuel injection so when it's 35 degrees out I can hit the starter button and run back inside where it's warm until it's ready to go, but still, awesome find. How many miles have you gotten on it so far?

[Jabilli]

Love the rims-
That must've taken quite a bit of "Wanking" heh heh   :-p     I'm sure several hours if done by hand. What grit was your final sanding done with?

I've read somewhere that (at least in cars) larger tire width does not equate to grippier handling... Maybe that's true in holding in a corner but what you're referring to is high speed stability? Maybe What I was reading was bunk? Maybe wider tires = better handling with motorcycles?

OH and ROFL- Two expressions that made me laugh while reading through the entire thread- "GS with Barry White in it" and " ...sounds superb. Like God farting through a saxophone"    I love how the GS sounds...Very quiet. Pleasing to the ear when revving up, distinct, a bit hard to think of something that it sounds like...Like a soft version of what a blender sounds like. haha

[-ahven-]

Hi theeeeere!

Little bit of update from land of santa claus.

Still having that SV650S, having couple of new mods: twin xenon hid-lights, shortened Leovince etc.
Here's my baby:


Then came winter and i got one shitty 50cc scooter for free.
Yamaha with broken engine and tear up fairings:


Repaired and repainted it, also little made some little tune-up... max speed rised from 30mph to +55mph(fast enough for old granpa):


...and swapped that to Kawasaki KZ500 1983 with some old granpa... great deal or what? Kawa have had little mods to motor so compared to old 34kw it now have about 50kw.




Always loved caferacers and Mad max- movies so I wanted to go evil:

 

Thats going to be so naughty machine when it's finnished...


Also I somehow managed to get one GS more to my family, just can't live without GS near me

She's going to be so lovely:



...


More to come

And sorry again my velly-bad-english.


Yours,

Visa.

[tt_four]

That GS looks like a good project. Those are my favorite tails on old GSXR streetfighters. I would've loved something like that on my GS instead of the R1 tail, but it was heather's bike and she liked the r1 tail. The SV still looks great too, looks really sleek in all black.

[-ahven-]

Kawazaaah' is ready: http://kykkanen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Kawasaki/ and Suzuki is almost there also. More pics soon.

[ver4]

The Kawi looks sweet.

[Paulcet]

 

[-ahven-]

GS almost ready, only seat and shorter dog bones are missing. Sounds are superb and it feels like a new bike with that empty muffler. Notice foot rest that are made from originals

[seamax]

Love the Kawasaki 

Can you or someone tell me why the the ass raised up seat like that is part of the the street fighter build culture.

I always think that the bike is giving someone the bird from behind or it says ram me in the ass please.