First GS twin Owner

[Phantom10]

Hi all,

Just got my bike licence a few weeks ago, Picked up a Cheap 08 Gs500f interstate as a first bike and small project while im on my LS and PS.

Should of prob got some pics of what it looked like when i picked it up, totally forgot but there is another one around my town exact same colour, so i thought id have a go at vinyl wrapping... did a heap of research and online video watching, Then my mate got me onto Plasti Dip.. id heard about it ages ago but never seen results etc, looked up a few videos on youtube and thought id give it a shot.
Also if i get bored of it later on it peels right off.

First up heated and peeled off all the factory decals (minus tank due to clear coat) and spent a couple hours cleaning the gunk/glue off the plastics with brake cleaner and elbow grease. (they were all faded anyways)



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removed all fairings this morning and cleaned ready for paint

Gave them like a million coats, (prob about 5 actually) pretty easy to paint also, the plasti dip sort of evens out as it dry's.

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More pics of the finished tank and rear cowling from today

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Also had some free time after work the other night so removed std muffler and replaced it with one from a Yamaha R1,
Due to the R1 mufflers being up under the seat, i had to cut the side bracket off, also drilled the pop rivets out the top and bottom cone bits, and cut the top off to make it a bit louder, refit the top cone and drilled new holes and re pop riveted it. got a $10 s/s clamp from the local farm machinery shop and bent up a bracket to mount it to the old mount, bent up an adaptor from exhaust tubing (should prob mention i work in an exhaust/mechanical workshop). due to the pipe going to the muffler being titanium i couldnt weld it, so used the R1 wire gasket and clamped it to the mild steel.

I have painted it gloss black atm, but once i pull it off to fit the lower cone back on ill be painting it matt black as i think it will suit the gun metal grey better



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After spending the night/morning drying it was time to put it all back together

heres the results,.. Pretty happy with the way it turned out


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