2014 DUAL SPORT GS500 BUILD THREAD - LET'S DO IT!

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A little suggestion, relocate the horn. I relocated mine to the oil cooler mount, keeps it from getting snagged on things in the garage or in your case the woods 

Thanks for that advice on the horn relocate. I have been looking at it every time I get on the bike, thinking of that same scenario where it gets yanked off somewhere off road... Being that this was the Fairing model I believe that location for the horn was viable for the OM.

Sorry that I don't have any progress to post. It turns out that my son has borrowed the GS for a few weeks to get to a class, so I don't get to touch the thing until he gets home after nine. He's about done so I can get back at it soon. 

Any suggestions that I get from you guys to make this a better dual sport I will no doubt add to my list of mods at that time....that's the good thing about NOT rushing into a complete mod project and doing everything on your mind right away; often you get great ideas of things to do from other members and then you have time to do everything once and for all... No Re-do's!
Keep the ideas comin, I'll be the test pig...

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On that tube that fell out... You've got three possibilities altogether - however, I'll give the best bet.

The larger of the two shown there should be your airbox drain - NOTE that tube should also have a cap type thing on the end - that cap thing lets gas out if carbs overflow into airbox, but should let not anything back in... so you need to get one on there. 

The smaller diameter tube right there should be your tank overflow (looks like the one in question).  That connects to the nipple on the underside of the tank next to the tank petcock.  You definitely want that on there so gas doesn't overflow over the top of a hot engine...

The other possibility is your battery vent tube... which connects to your battery and directs acid away from your bike if the battery were to 'spill' or overflow for some reason... but I bet the tube in question is actually the tank overflow.

- Bboy

Bboy, I want to thank you specifically for taking the time to give attention to my project and all my questions.  I really appreciate people who have knowledge and are WILLING to share it, as opposed to those who has knowledge and don't care to bother taking the time to help another by SHARING it.

On the tube:  I will have to pull the tank to see what's going on with it, sooner rather than later now that you have lit the fire of urgency under my but about gas possibly going onto the engine - if its the fuel overflow tube. I'll post back with which it was.

Right now, I'm in a bit of a pickle with getting some Steering Stem Spacer turned down on a lathe.  I had anticipated @dgyver doing them for me, as he offered to do some for a few to those who needed them. Now he says his lathe is broken so I need to find someone with a lathe that is willing to turn the spacer for me - I would pay of course.

ANYBODY KNOW OF SOMEONE WITH A LATHE THAT HAS THE SMARTS TO TURN OUT THESE SPACES?  HELP!!!

These are the spacer that I need



This is where the spacer go on the Katana Triple Tree Stem.


This is everything installed: Katana front end with the spacers all pressed onto a GS500 Steering Stem.

So you dont have to do so much work you can just press out the katana stem from the lower triple and press in the gs one..easy peasy lemon squeezy. Oh and pick up some new bearing from allballs while your at it..