changed a few things over the winter and pretty much done tinkering for this season (that's what I tell myself anyway :icon_rolleyes:). just want to spend most of my time riding now. had a chance to snap some pics this morning, so here she is...
edit - removed direct links, see album link below
Wow! Nice! Beautiful pictures! Well executed photography!
I only see red Xs. :cry:
I'll describe them to you...they're beautiful! Just kidding. :icon_mrgreen: :cheers:
Quote from: Kerry on May 27, 2006, 09:19:19 AM
I only see red Xs. :cry:
All i have is the X's too.
sorry folks, direct links to pics have bandwidth limits on rogers.
check out the album here.
link to pics (http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rexsantos@rogers.com/album?.dir=/9915re2&.src=ph&.tok=phigy7EBXsaeyxn2)
gone for a ride now...
Pretty spiffy. :thumb:
A bunch of nice Imprezas in your other pics. I used to have an STi myself.
Looks good, man. i love the dual headlights.
Nice! Hey, are those new fork seals and dust covers?
thanks guys.
aworkmon - the Subaru world is another another community i've been a part of. runnnig a ver.7 wagon.
caffeine - they're working just fine (that's them in the pics). thanks!
Very nice!! :thumb: :thumb:
very clean. talk a bit about that fork brace...
thanks
pantablo - like most things with the gs, it's a one off. I can't take the credit however. my brother-in-law in a CNN machinist for a large automation tooling company. we talked about fabbing something simple up, so originally all he did was take the 2D measurements of the original brace. we then got into talking material and shapes, and I sent him a few examples others had made, of what was posted here. he came up with an AutoCAD image (which I still have) and made it happen from there, finalizing everything with an anodized finish. Even with the resources at his disposal, it was surprisingly involving work. In the end, it’s a real nice piece and am thankful to him for putting it together for me.
That's hot!! :thumb:
That looks sweet man. :thumb: What kind of headlights are those?
Quote from: WREX on May 28, 2006, 07:55:57 AMpantablo - like most things with the gs, it's a one off. I can't take the credit however. my brother-in-law in a CNN machinist for a large automation tooling company. we talked about fabbing something simple up, so originally all he did was take the 2D measurements of the original brace. we then got into talking material and shapes, and I sent him a few examples others had made, of what was posted here. he came up with an AutoCAD image (which I still have) and made it happen from there, finalizing everything with an anodized finish. Even with the resources at his disposal, it was surprisingly involving work. In the end, it's a real nice piece and am thankful to him for putting it together for me.
I like it... I see it's a lot thicker than the wimpy stock one... Can you really feel the difference.
Any plans of making a couple more?
Nice pics,man. I ve never seen that exhaust before;arrow you say? Also, I would probably loose the net. Your fairings will thank you O0
wildblue - www.streetfighterstore.com; made and work well, affordable compared to other stuff out there.
rvertigo - front end feels tighter (but changed the fork oil levels a bit at the same time, so hard to concretely tell which one caused it more); sorry no plans to make more (was a personal favour and wouldn’t be worth the time to start making to sell for him). there are other options though, search around here, and you might find one for sale, pop up sometime.
average – www.arrowexhausts.com for global, or http://www.arrow.it/usa/prodotti for US products. They make higher end, hand made Italian stuff (mostly for Ducatis). I would have never bought it new from them, for the GS, but ebay is a wonderful thing sometimes... :thumb: i use the net way too much to want to take it off. fairings are cuffed a bit, but such is the trade off and doesn't really bother me as it's always covered anyway.
Where did you pick up those turn signals?
And how difficult were they to install?
They look like they're LEDs?
cannoniv - same place as the headlights, www.streetfighterstore.com. 15 led's per signal light - one of the brightest i've seen, day or night. no more difficult to install compared to any type of aftermarket turn signals (halogen or led), so if one consders installing turn signals easy, then these are easy to install, if one considers them difficult, then these are difficult - type of thing. just popped in an electronic relay which isn't load dependant (to fix the fast blink led symptom), which took an extra couple of minutes.
Very clean. Love the fork brace. Love the Dominator headlights too. Plug and play, I assume?
alphafire - thanks and yes, plug and play (comes with a splitter harness). I've got some bosche relays that I'll eventually use to wire directly to the battery and use the factory switch to control, but for now, just plugged into the factory harness.
Hey guys,
after a little more tinkering this past winter, I got the gs back together a little while ago in time for the new season. took some pics after a ride today and thought I'd post them up. since it's the same deal as last year, figured I'd just reuse this old thread instead of starting a new one.
link to pics (http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rexsantos@rogers.com/album?.dir=/59a9re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph5wsoGBMQvManUq)
picked up some clipons and powder coated top triple plate, cluster housing and exhaust. also picked up some new mirrors, grips and stainless steel bar end weights (nice and heavy) that had hard to find 14mm diameter inserts - had to go this route, since I also replaced stock clip on tubes with thicker 1/8th walled pipe. also threw on some r&g sliders, a new av46 rear hoop and replaced the rear rotor, while I had the wheel off.
slow and steady - not in the same league as projects from guys like dgyver and werase643, but I got nothing but luv for my gs, just the same...
Looks good. So how is the dampner holding up? Notice any difference with it?
thx - damper is fine. it has 7 levels of damping. on full, it's stiff and slows the steering quite a bit. I hardly ever that setting, except on say long straight hwy rides, with some cross wind. at the softest setting, i'm not sure I even notice it's there. i usually keep it a tick or 2 from the softest.
I like your clip ons. I have a '96 too, what did you use?
Damn man, sweet ride... The clip-on/bar end mirrors/dub headlight combo looks mean..streetfighter mean
Pretty cool that you're into subarus, I drive a 96 Impreza which I have effectivey beat to shaZam!, and my brother has a handful of them (he's really into the subaru thing, got about 30 of them)
And that damper is definitely cool too..
Quote from: bucks1605 on April 23, 2007, 06:32:14 AM
I like your clip ons. I have a '96 too, what did you use?
stock 89 clip ons - just powder coated flat black.
mattf - thx. i'm running a ver7 wagon tuned for 94octane, 16ish pounds of boost. Here's a pic from an old thread.
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=24565.msg252819#msg252819
Quote from: WREX on April 22, 2007, 08:55:43 PM
picked up some clipons and powder coated top triple plate, cluster housing and exhaust.
hey WREX - just wondering where, or how, you got that triple clamp cover. that looks super sweet - finishes the whole job perfectly.
bd.
that look great...everything goes together very well.
Nice bike WREX.
What are you running for a Jet/Filter setup?
Cheers,
JG
what bar end mirrors are those??
hey guys thanks - there's always good ideas floating around here if you're willing to look and ask around. this site's been great for that. I'll try and answer everything.
Quote from: backd00r on April 27, 2007, 05:31:14 AM
hey WREX - just wondering where, or how, you got that triple clamp cover. that looks super sweet - finishes the whole job perfectly.
bd.
They're just stock clipons from an 89 GS (the only year they came here) – found them in the classified here – just keep your eyes open. they don't pop up too often, but you'll catch one sooner or later if you're so inclined.
Quote from: groff22 on April 27, 2007, 07:22:30 AM
Nice bike WREX.
What are you running for a Jet/Filter setup?
Cheers,
JG
K&N drop in, without restrictor, 130/40, on the middle clip (Canadian needles are adjustable), 2.5 turns out.
I'm actually running a richer setup jet wise then most people here for air filter and pipe. Being in Canada, I ride during the beginning and end of the season down to like 0-3 C (about 32 F). With the coldest mornings, I have a short warm up time on the way to work and nice smooth mid range. Pulling the plugs at 9-10k shows hint of grey/light golden brown. Not black at all. Had 127's but was less colour and had a few flat spots up top. Like I said, I know folks down there run a step or 2 less, but this setup seems to work for me.
Quote from: heatherg11 on April 27, 2007, 08:53:21 AM
what bar end mirrors are those??
just some crg knock offs - found them on ebay. they're aluminum and come with an insert which can be removed to clamp on the bar itself, or leave them in, replacing the barends if you'd like. they also come in silver. the store on ebay that I got them from can also be found in the link below. cheapest I could find at the time and they shipped fast for me. they work well and no vibes at all.
http://www.superbikestore.com/Mirrors.htm
hope that helps guys.
sexy :icon_lol: