How about this for a mod? Its not too far from possible!
(http://www.student.yorku.ca/~finmac/cafe%20racer.jpg)
That big exhaust looks horrible against the Buell-style seat. The wheels should be the same color, too.
Shorten that pipe up to end with the seat and it might just look SWEET!
It would be a lot of fab work though.
You could always weld a Buell rear frame onto the GS's, modify a Buell seat to fit the GS tank, and get a shorty exhaust like the new R6.
I've had my bike for two weeks and I'm already thinking about how to chop it up! I might look around the chop shops here in Toronto for some old Buell frame - then learn how to weld :? I'll try the basics first K&N, progressive springs and front sprocket. Lots of guys on the forum have installed the SM type 2 HB - what about type 1 will it go on and clear everythinig?
No. As SM says, only SM Type 2 bars will fit on the GS.
I got an email from SM today saying they do not know if type 1 will fit or not. I know the website shows a t2 on the gs500F, though doesnt explicitly deny the t1 workin.on a gs500E
Yeah buddy! A little tweaking to that pipe it will be freakin sweet!!
monster gs :o
(http://www.variders.com/gs500/monstergs.jpg)
How about one of those under-engine exhausts? (like Road Racing)
Serve this up....
(http://www.student.yorku.ca/~finmac/GS500%20Caff%204.jpg)
if you really want to cafe it - bob that front fender and get those big clunky gauges off the top so that when y ou put your clubman bars on you get a really sleek line up top.
jake
JetSwing I can't tell- is that you're own design? or real? I like the rear spring. Twin exhaust would be cool, but with one on each side of the bike.
Quote from: finmacJetSwing I can't tell- is that you're own design? or real? I like the rear spring. Twin exhaust would be cool, but with one on each side of the bike.
That's the rear part of a Ducati Monster S2R (I think).
what's different?
(http://www.variders.com/gs500/gs500r.jpg)
ummmm... you're missing a fifth of the rear tire - exhaust and footpeg?
that's not all...there's one more significant change
Maybe it's me but the seat and the pedals look real close.
Gonna be some scrunching up going on there.
i haven't touched the peg or seat location
There's a tailchop, and for some reason the nose looks smaller?
He droped the GSX-R nose on there. I sorta like it. The MonsterGS looks bad though. The lines don't match up. They go from swoopy to angular which looks terrible, IMO.
Quote from: enecksThere's a tailchop, and for some reason the nose looks smaller?
you got it! :thumb:
it's a smaller nose
so all i have to do is buy a ducati monster, a saw-zaw, a welder and go to town and get that. Where do I sign up. Giddy up!!