1996 GS500 Basket Case Build into a GS600R

[Big Rich]

Nice! A friend of mine started welding up a custom tank for a GS500 frame. I need to find out how far along he is on that.....

[Shepa]

Yeah man, back from the dead, keep it up! 

[Shepa]

Dunno if it's ok to tease with pics of (only) 600ccm engine, since your project ventured to 900, but I'll give it a go anyway.

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[jacob92icu]

Wow thats awesome! I really wanna see this bike completed haha.

[cbrfxr67]

"Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days."


So jac told me gtf to work.  Worked on a few other projects blah blah blah,...recently finished this one,....



fuel injection is badass.  FI WIN.  Anyways, have an old 77 kz1000 that I am itching to start but my old project gs is sitting there under a sheet and so much closer to being finished.



Stuck on wiring.  I mapped it out to figure out what I lost since moving twice and almost have everything sorted.



Right hand controls had held me up in my brain, because rewiring another control to fit the 929 harness seemed daunting.  Praise God 95 cbr control was almost exactly the same!  Woot



Really want to get the old girl wrapped up.  Plan to cut that boeing 747 a**end off and make a stubby tail eventually but first I want to get it running and tuned.  An hour a day adds up to 5 hours of work at the end of the week plus time on the weekends!  DW.

[jacob92icu]

Better pictures NAO! 

This is so cool haha. Its a 929 motor now that you are swapping? Thats going to be insane! Haha. See I told you I was interested in the thread, I was the last one too post before it died!

[cbrfxr67]

worked on getting my right side controls set up, 600 set up, broke 929, and 95 cbr I'm switching over to.  Oh and yes jac, is a 929rr engine.  I think it should have around 128hp. 



test fitting, I think this'll work



sure wanted to stay home today and work on it all day,...

[jacob92icu]

Oh my goodness... That is going to be complete insanity on the little gs frame. I wish i was there to help you finish it lol. Your going to upgrade the suspension and braking as well I'm guessing?

[cbrfxr67]

Eventually I'm sure!  My pipes are pretty low up front,....will have to do something with suspension.  Really just want to get it running and then start polishing it off.  Buddha told me before I started this that I'd have to reinforce or risk whopping the frame, so someday I'll have to cover that step.

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Its coming along!!

[cbrfxr67]

Thanks steez,....trying to get something done every day now.  Didn't have too much time last night.  Got out the blowgun and blew out all the dust and cobwebs.  Looking over the harness as to what I still need.  Spent most of my time in the attic digging for a clutch cable mount.  I know it's here somewhere.  Found all kinds of other crap I didn't know I had.  Found gs rectifier for that guy who can't afford one,....if he ever pms me.  Need to write out a plan of attack and check them off as I go.



Can't wait to cut the a** off and re-do it.

[jacob92icu]

Man this is crazy. Ride it over to my place in like 2 seconds warp speed and let me ride it around when you are done

[cbrfxr67]

Yesterday, wrote down short term goals so i don't sit there for 30 minutes staring at it before I begin figuring out what to do each day (left control switch, ignition, kickstand, chain).   Got some kickstands down and looked for the 'easy' button.
Gs and cbr 95,...


you can see where it was before i hacked it off, no way it would work in that location now


cbr


After messing with these for too long.  Grabbed one off a scooter and played with it.  Maybe where the center stand bolted in,...I could make a little bracket and mount it there.  It is short, light and I think it'd work.  I want to put the kickstand back on so I can move it around without using the rear stand.

[cbrfxr67]

anybody know how to resize pics in html,......

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Guessing you had to cut the original GS kickstand spot off to fit the engine?

Image resizing;
[img width=XX]http://url[/img ] - XX=desired width and w/o the last space in img bracket. Like so;

[Shepa]

Finally dude, eppur si muove!

:D:D:D

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[jacob92icu]

I am already salivating over the future video of this thing running!

Looks so awesome. And I cant wait to see full pictures of everything all back together with that huge engine in that tiny space haha.

[cbrfxr67]

  steez,....couldnt get that out of cods or janx!  thanks,..really helps!

Hey Shep!  Good to hear from you!  But shhhhh!  You just need to post more pics,......you can't sit up there on 'engine swap king' throne forever haha 

jac thanks for the boost, really feel inspired to get this done.  kickstand, control & ignition wiring, chain,....i know some vacuum hoses are crapped out, leaving airbox like it is for now even though it weighs as much as a small tank, will get the gas tank down later and see how it looks inside,.....i'm sure there are more wiring oddballs to tie up, probably have to clean throttle bodies out,......and then may be able to test fire.  fingers crossed.

[yamahonkawazuki]

Cleaning on throttle bodies is a given

[Shepa]

Oh well... I got so used to bike, that I don't bother taking pictures any more, so here are a couple of older ones...

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