project floating tail starts...

[james2oh6]

That is so sweet man!!!!! what kind of tail and seat is that? i love the look of it. where did you put the battery?

[Andy13186]

looks awesome, but where do you put the battery and stuff?

[tt_four]

I definitely agree about trying to raise the tail a little. At the moment it doesn't have the same floating look as the gsxr, as much as it just has an empty space in front of the back wheel. Regardless, with the shape of the very front of the tail being thicker than the subframe, I think some additional bracing just right there up front would help with the look, something similar to that orange/gold gsxr that was posted last.

[seamax]

I have something in mind for bracing with tie rods and ends. I have to do some measuring to order the right length rods.

I'm swapping out the gsxr shock for a r6 shock and shorter dogbones. After those are installed I'll see how high I want to raise the seat. A sealed battery will be placed in the cowl area for easy access. I need to make a undercover for the tail and all the wires and gizmos withh be snaked in there.

[tt_four]

At least the undertail will be easier for you if the tail is raised a little. That was/is one of the hassles with my tail swap. Any other bike I'd just run something straight across, but the GS needs that giant wheel well.

Is the gsxr shock a straight bolt in swap? Does it change the ride height? I might be interested in it depending on the circumstances if it was just gonna sit on your shelf somewhere. I bought one of those sv650 shocks years ago when that was the big thing, but never put it in, and people seem to not really care for them anymore.

[seamax]

At least the undertail will be easier for you if the tail is raised a little. That was/is one of the hassles with my tail swap. Any other bike I'd just run something straight across, but the GS needs that giant wheel well.

Is the gsxr shock a straight bolt in swap? Does it change the ride height? I might be interested in it depending on the circumstances if it was just gonna sit on your shelf somewhere. I bought one of those sv650 shocks years ago when that was the big thing, but never put it in, and people seem to not really care for them anymore.

GSXR shock is straight bolt on with adjustable reservoir. It raises the bike abour 1.75" which I feel is perfect height. It is of course is a harsher ride than stock and you really don't take full advantage of it unless you track the GS a lot. It has been rattle can red but you can remove that with acetone or paint thinner. Drop me an email after New Years and we can work out a deal. You can see it on the bike in the pics and the reservoir is laying on the ground under the bike.

[tt_four]

Hey, found one more picture that might give you an idea. Still braced from underneath, but it's braced in the middle and wouldn't really stick out. You can see more if you go to http://forum.bikemetalconcept.com/ and click on Suzuki then Metalgexx

[gregvhen]

THATS A SWEET LOOKIN BIKE. I WANT DUAL GOLD CALIPERS NOW!  where the heck do people get the money for that kind of stuff.

[gregvhen]

whats this blue stuff? (differant bike but same site as the above link)

[kml.krk]

why in the world would someone need two calipers in rear brake??

[DoD#i]

THATS A SWEET LOOKIN BIKE. I WANT DUAL GOLD CALIPERS NOW!

Can't imagine what for. If you have the least bit of trouble locking the rear with a single caliper, something is terribly wrong. Heck, I've never had a problem locking the rear with a completely manual drum brake on the rear. If you can lock the rear, you have all the rear braking capacity you need, and then some.

where the heck do people get the money for that kind of stuff.

Work, whatever sort of sponsorship or membership or advertising deals they have on the website, which this bike is clearly an advertising write-off for, and not peeing it away on something else.

Well, that, or maxing out several credit cards and going bankrupt regularly.

Amazing how much money and time you can free up by simply having no cable TV or cell-phone, for instance.

[Paulcet]

Two calipers?  Stooopid! 

[gregvhen]

its sweet lookin though. its not stupid iif you know how to use it either. once you get a feel for it you just know not to press as hard. like almost not at all. lol. but it looks cool!

[Paulcet]

Ok, name me one advantage for having two of those calipers on the rear brake disk.  Other than looks, as that is purely subjective.  (In my subjective opinion, I've never seen anything more lame.)

[gregvhen]

ok well maybe the guy who put them on there thinks theyre cool. and i think his opinion about his bike should matter more than yours. just sayin, its his bike so let him do what he wants.

[gregvhen]

name me one advantage for half your seat being black and half being blue. other than looks

[Paulcet]

Cheaper than recovering the whole seat.  I didn't do it for looks.

[gregvhen]

ok good reason but still, whats wrong with him making his bike look the way he wants?

[tt_four]

whats this blue stuff? (differant bike but same site as the above link)

That's the coolant overflow for the radiator, I'm assuming. I don't feel like going back to that website to see if it's actually a watercooled GSXR, but if it's an air/oil cooled, I don't have a clue what it is. That's one of the things you always have to figure out when you take a faired bike and strip it down, because the coolant overflow is usually this giant ugly thing that they had hidden behind the plastic. 

I didn't even notice the two brakes, I was too busy checking out that seat brace. I think it cleans up the back end of the bike and looks awesome, I didn't even look at anything else.

As far as money.... well I know some people just make a whole lot more money than I do, or some people make the same amount of money I do and aren't married  but one thing I've learned from spending so much time on customfighters.com is that some people are just awesome at fabricating things. A lot of those bikes that you think would cost you $30k just because that's what you're used to seeing on TV with guys like Orange County Choppers or whatever else, can be put together for less than a few thousand dollars and less than what some people pay for a GS500 if you happen to work in a machine shop and have access and the skills to make things like that in your free time, as well as a welder, paint gun, and some fiberglassing skills.

[gregvhen]

yea i guess most of the expensive stuff is just machined.  i would have my machine shop make all kinds of cool stuff but the kids in that class arent too good.