Hi everyone,
I´ve been a member on this forum for a while now but never really posted something, so i tought it could be a good start to show you what i´m up to this winter with my GS.
I bought the bike this spring after i sold my GSX-R 750, which was a grat bike but to expensive and to unhealthy for me to own :icon_rolleyes:. Anyway, i really like this little twin, and thought that i should pimp it a little bit this winter so , and now when the temperature drops bellow zero her in Sweden :mad: i took my plans in to action . So this i what i got so far:
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_HPIM1599.JPG)
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_HPIM1601.JPG)
The fairings are Ducati 748 race fairings which are just test fitted to see what is have to be modified. Actually they fit pretty good and only som minor adjustments need to be done. As you can se the rear subframe need to be modified slightly to line upp with the ducati tail. I also have mounted a bandit 4,5" rear wheel. It have a 150 tire on it now, but i will change it for at least a 160 tire, maybe a 170 if i figure out how to make clearence for the chain. :dunno_white:
My plan is to make the bike look something like the Ducati Supermono (see picture bellow), but i will make it street leagal with lights and indicators and so on, but i want that racebike looks on it. As i said the project just got started, and i have the whole long winter to make this little twin a killer :laugh:.
(http://www.ferracci.com/store/images/categories/category_76.jpg)
Oh, man is that a sweet bike..
This looks like a excellent Project , what did u use for the bandit rear wheel? because i was told it had to have a custom spacer made
Thanks Jay :thumb:
QuoteThis looks like a excellent Project , what did u use for the bandit rear wheel? because i was told it had to have a custom spacer made
Thanks Jay
No spacer needed to be made. I just moved the cushdrive with sprocket from the GS, and puted it in the bandit rim. I then used the GS bearings and axle. Between the bearings i used the bandit spacer. Then i modified the caliber holder so everything fited in the swingarm.
I wouldnt of thought the bandit spacer fitted ........... , or the Gs bearings dont fit in the bandit wheel
Good job so far...looks like it will be awesome when you're finished!!
I always thought how cool GS would look with Ducati fairings :thumb:
OK, F's officially don't suck. E's still rock, but that is going to be one rokkin F.
You're painting it red, right ? O0
Quote from: Jay_wolf on October 20, 2007, 01:18:22 PM
I wouldnt of thought the bandit spacer fitted ........... , or the Gs bearings dont fit in the bandit wheel
The outer diameter of the bandit and gs bearings are the same. It´s the inner that differs cause of the diffrent diameter of the axle. So yeah the bandit spacer has a little to wide inner diameter for the gs axle, but i don´t think that should cause any problems because the bearings holds the axle in place, and as i can se it, the spacer is mostly there for holding the bearings in place sideways. Anyway i haven´t dropped the wheel yet and i have driven it for a couple of months now. :laugh:
QuoteYou're painting it red, right ?
Hmm, i have not decide yet what color i´m going for, but i was thinking of red with black rims, or black with white rims, and of course lot of race stickers! :icon_mrgreen: But we are a long way from there...
I thought thats it ,a member of this board had it the same way as u did , until the bearing shattered ,
Quote from: Jay_wolf on October 21, 2007, 06:32:42 AM
I thought thats it ,a member of this board had it the same way as u did , until the bearing shattered ,
Well that didn´t sound to good. Are you sure that the spacer was the reason for the bearings to shatter? Did he put new bearings along with the change? Just find it hard to beleave that that small diameter diffrence of the spacer causes the bearings to break... :dunno_white: but if that so i´ll be happy to know. :thumb:
awesome project! please keep us posted with progress and with pictures of course.
+1 for red color and black rims.
good luck
I'll bet the brgs shattered due to forgetting to install the center spacer
we told you the bandit wheel will work Jay
God sake , :mad: :mad: :mad:
i get told it will. then i get told it doesnt ,
Jesus christ
My mot bloke couldnt even fit the bearings in , Oh well ,. ill stick with the katana wheel ,as it will work for sure
Hi again, sorry for being lazy with the updates on my project. Haven´t done so much really cause of other projects going on . But i´m almost done fabricating the custom rear subframe for the ducati seat. As you can se in the pictures it´s basicly just needed som minor modifications, and by just moving the orginal gs mounting bars forvard on the frame the ducati seat fitted like it was ment to be there! :)
I have also made the mountings for the top farings, just bended and welded som round profile steel together and attached it to a falt profile steel bar whitch is bolted directly in to the frame. Also welded on a flat profile bar on the steeringstop which holds the topfairing underneeth.
The i sadly discovered that the bottom fairing (the "boat") didn´t look good at all on the gs, it was to big, and would have made the groundclearnce really bad. So i decided to fabricate one insted. Took me some hours of work but edned upp very good!
Then to lift upp the rear end a little bit i mounted a SV shock. So now i also have to order som progressive springs to stiffen up the front end! :)
Some pictures:
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_HPIM1620.JPG)
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_HPIM1630.JPG)
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_HPIM1621.JPG)
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_HPIM1618.JPG)
why not just upgrade to the kat or gsxr front end?
Dude, that thing looks SWEET! It tells you just how right Ducati got the whole 916/748 line's styling, and it makes me want to graft that bodywork onto my race SV500 ...
:thumb:
Quote from: nastynate6695 on December 02, 2007, 11:48:44 AM
why not just upgrade to the kat or gsxr front end?
It would be sweet to fit a USD fork, but i tink i´ll leave that for a while. Have to finish up the rest first! :)
Quote from: Jay_wolf on October 20, 2007, 09:12:03 AM
This looks like a excellent Project , what did u use for the bandit rear wheel? because i was told it had to have a custom spacer made
Thanks Jay :thumb:
servus,
jay, you need custom spacers only, when you take the bandit swingarm in the gs frame. only the bandit wheel in stock gs swingarm fits without spacers. :cheers:
@krusse.: nice job and good idea with the full fairing. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Have done some photoshoping! :icon_rolleyes:
Just two of my many ideas for paintjob...
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/gs_schwantz.jpg)
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/gs_red.jpg)
Definitely the red!
yes i agree the red is killer....quick Question (and im sure its a stupid one) But when you mounted the braces for the plastics did you have the handle bars on or off...??? Just because from the pictures it looks like if you put them on and tried to do a slow turn they might collied with each other..but thats just from the pictures.
go for red color. looks bad a$$
my vote is the red and black rims :bowdown:
i love black or white, but based on your photoshopping, you should rock the red man
Are all the stickers necessary...I find most of them quite tacky. Go stickerless on the red and that thing would be totally badass!
Yes , go Ducati red ! What other option do you have? ;)
Quote from: nastynate6695 on December 04, 2007, 07:15:11 PM
yes i agree the red is killer....quick Question (and im sure its a stupid one) But when you mounted the braces for the plastics did you have the handle bars on or off...??? Just because from the pictures it looks like if you put them on and tried to do a slow turn they might collied with each other..but thats just from the pictures.
No handlebars was mounted. I will mount clipons under the upper joke, so there will be plenty of clearence. The most critic clearence was the forklegs hitting the upper fairing on full turn, but that has ben checked also. :thumb:
Well, i also like the red with black rims. Actually the inspirations was the Cagiva GP 500 racer. The only concern for the red one is that maybe it will be to "ducatish". Don´t want it to look like a ducati replica, more like a race suzuki :cookoo:. Have som other idés i will show you later.. :cheers:
Cagiva 500 red. Cagiva stickers. John Kocinski's race number. EXCELLENT ....
:bowdown: yes, man those two stroke monsters where killers, i think Randy Mamola also have driven one of those? Anyway, here´s some other more "suzukish" paintjobs! :thumb:
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/gs_redsilver.jpg)
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/gs_bluewhite.jpg)
hmm, maybe i should do a little more work in the garage, and a little less in photoshop.. :laugh:
I'm a fan of the solid colors, myself. I think the two latest color schemes look too GSX-R.
By the way, curse you, curse you, curse you. This project just made me go to my tuner and order 748 bodywork for my SV500. It's gonna look bad-ass ...
Quote from: morbidelli17 on December 06, 2007, 11:55:11 PM
I'm a fan of the solid colors, myself. I think the two latest color schemes look too GSX-R.
By the way, curse you, curse you, curse you. This project just made me go to my tuner and order 748 bodywork for my SV500. It's gonna look bad-ass ...
Yeah, and solid colors whould be much easier to paint tho i´m planing to paint it my self. Good to hear that the project inspire someone! Promise you´ll show us the result! :cheers:
We should have the new bodywork on and painted for the first race of the year, Jan. 13. I'll post up some stuff - M
Solid Red, please. The impact the red / white wheels is awesome. The stripes are too busy, and trying to hard.
The red is _fantastic_.
Please keep the white wheels too.
If and when you get graphics cut for SUZUKI and the sponsors, please make sure you use the exact fonts the manufacturers do. Do a couple more photoshop sessions to make sure your sizes and placements look right. You may even want to hire a buddy to design it all up for you that has graphics experience. I'm not knocking your skills at all, you've got some great ideas, and looks like it will be gorgeous when you're done.
Any chance you've considered low boy dual exhausts ? Chrome lows reminescant of a killer 2 stroke might be too much, i'm trying to visualize it.
Really nice job so far. Keep us posted.
:)
Quote from: ohgood on December 07, 2007, 06:19:23 AM
Solid Red, please. The impact the red / white wheels is awesome. The stripes are too busy, and trying to hard.
The red is _fantastic_.
Please keep the white wheels too.
If and when you get graphics cut for SUZUKI and the sponsors, please make sure you use the exact fonts the manufacturers do. Do a couple more photoshop sessions to make sure your sizes and placements look right. You may even want to hire a buddy to design it all up for you that has graphics experience. I'm not knocking your skills at all, you've got some great ideas, and looks like it will be gorgeous when you're done.
Any chance you've considered low boy dual exhausts ? Chrome lows reminescant of a killer 2 stroke might be too much, i'm trying to visualize it.
Really nice job so far. Keep us posted.
:)
I agree! Have dumped the idéas with the complex multi color paintjobs and now aiming for a single solid color. I love white rims, had it on my gixxer, still you have to clean twice a day but.. :laugh: I think my choices are down to what my original plan was: solid red with black (or white) rims or black with white (or light silver) rims. The graphics will be hand over for a graphic company, they basicly have standard suzuki setups in all kinds of sizes and colors.
Hope i´ll get some time in the garage this weekend, will post som progress later...
And yeah, here´s the black idéa..
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/gs_silver.jpg)
Solid black = :thumb:
Status?????
Quote from: Krusse on December 05, 2007, 03:25:50 PM
hmm, maybe i should do a little more work in the garage, and a little less in photoshop.. :laugh:
haha, i was thinking the same thing. :laugh:
If this works, you should see the pics of my Ducati 748/916 bodywork on my Suzuki SV500. The guy who mounted it is an artist, I swear. It looks incredible ...
[Click on images for BIG versions]
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/15013/normal_sv5009.jpg) (http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/15013/sv5009.jpg)
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/15013/normal_sv5002.jpg)
Yo mods. Uploaded the pics to the gallery, but can't seem to get them to show up here. Help a brudda out? O0 (http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/15013/sv5002.jpg)
Quote from: morbidelli17 on January 05, 2008, 11:10:12 AMYo mods. Uploaded the pics to the gallery, but can't seem to get them to show up here. Help a brudda out? O0
Instead of using the link to the Wall of Fame page that contains the photo, you need to use the link to the photo itself (right-click on the image, choose Properties, copy the URL).
:cheers:
Thank you. Can you also help program my VCR?
Quote from: morbidelli17 on January 05, 2008, 12:37:48 PM
:cheers:
Thank you. Can you also help program my VCR?
Sure .. if you agree to tutor me on music theory and digital audio (recording, mixing, etc) and maybe ... oh ... podcasting in general. :icon_rolleyes:
Looking sweet there morbidelli! :thumb: What tha hell is a SV500? Something homemade or something we don´t have here in europe?
Haven´t got to much work done on the bike lately, mosly because i´m waiting for parts to continue. Then i ran out of gas in the welder :mad:, so i haven´t been able to finish all the mountings either. Hopefully i´ll be able to order clipons, footrests and windshield soon. And as soon as i get my gas tube replaced i can proceed with the mountings to.
Will show progress pics when i have some.. :laugh:
hopefully that wont take too long some of us are waiting for results.(basically because we have no lives) :thumb:
Ok, Woodcraft clipons and Ducati 748 windshield are now ordered. Will take 7-14 days before i get it :mad:... hopefullt i´ll get to the gas depot tomorrow and get my gas tube replaced. Want to get all the mountings done, so i can start to get everthing apart and paint it. Stay tuned... O0
Quote from: Krusse on January 07, 2008, 06:48:21 AM
Looking sweet there morbidelli! :thumb: What tha hell is a SV500? Something homemade or something we don´t have here in europe?
It's an SV650 with a Japan-market SV400's crank, stock SV650 pistons, and custom Carrillo rods. Makes a nifty little race bike for the 500cc classes ...
Keep up the good work. I love this bodywork.
Music theory? Thats my specialty! Oh, dig the bike by the way. The deepest red you can find. Oh yeah. That looked nice. Perhaps candy.
-Anti 8)
Hi,
This weekend i finaly got something done on the bike. All the moutings on the frame are finished, and the support frame for the upper fairing is also finsihed. I added some mounting bars to fit the gauges later on. The rear subframe are finshed, and i also made mountingplates for numberplate, indicators and rearlight. As you can se the frame is totaly stripped, and are almost ready for primer and paint. Wheels will also get painted soon.
I need to modify the upper fairing to mount som "projector" headlights into it, but thats probably all i have to with the fairings before prime and paint.
Feels good to see some results, and i can´t wait till i can put all clean and painted parts togather again. :thumb:
(Large images!!)
http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1645.jpg (http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1645.jpg)
http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1646.jpg (http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1646.jpg)
http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1647.jpg (http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1647.jpg)
http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1648.jpg (http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1648.jpg)
http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1651.jpg (http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1651.jpg)
http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1652.jpg (http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1652.jpg)
Some updates...
Frame and rims are now painted. As you can se i finally decided to go for the white rims. :icon_mrgreen: Frame was painted in silver. Also recived my windshield and clipons this weekend! :thumb: So basiclly i´ll just have to paint the engine and start mounting things back together again. Still i have to modify the top fairing for the headlight assembly before i can start painting all the fairing parts. Also some fabrication of rear sets and instrumentation has to be made. But it´s gettings there! O0
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/white_wheels.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/frame.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/top_fairing.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/clipons.jpg)
very nice. can't wait for final product!!
:thumb: :thumb:
VERY nice
Nice project, Krusse! I gotta pipe in on this Bandit wheel business. The issue is that the center hub on the B4 wheel is offset - narrower on the sprocket side than the GS wheel. If you use the GS sprocket carrier in the B4 wheel you need a spacer to take up the 17/64" space left due to the offset.
Quote from: Krusse on October 21, 2007, 12:59:40 PM
Quote from: Jay_wolf on October 21, 2007, 06:32:42 AM
I thought thats it ,a member of this board had it the same way as u did , until the bearing shattered ,
Well that didn´t sound to good. Are you sure that the spacer was the reason for the bearings to shatter? Did he put new bearings along with the change? Just find it hard to beleave that that small diameter diffrence of the spacer causes the bearings to break... :dunno_white: but if that so i´ll be happy to know. :thumb:
Quote from: octane on January 28, 2008, 02:54:04 PM
Nice project, Krusse! I gotta pipe in on this Bandit wheel business. The issue is that the center hub on the B4 wheel is offset - narrower on the sprocket side than the GS wheel. If you use the GS sprocket carrier in the B4 wheel you need a spacer to take up the 17/64" space left due to the offset.
Quote from: Krusse on October 21, 2007, 12:59:40 PM
Quote from: Jay_wolf on October 21, 2007, 06:32:42 AM
I thought thats it ,a member of this board had it the same way as u did , until the bearing shattered ,
Well that didn´t sound to good. Are you sure that the spacer was the reason for the bearings to shatter? Did he put new bearings along with the change? Just find it hard to beleave that that small diameter diffrence of the spacer causes the bearings to break... :dunno_white: but if that so i´ll be happy to know. :thumb:
Aha, so you mean there´s an offset between the left bearing and the sprocket holder (inside the sprocket holder..)? Or do you meen between the sprocketholder and the swing? :dunno_white: Beacuse there´s no offset between the sprocketholder and the swing. I used the GS sprocketholder, the stock spacers on both sides and instad i had to cut the rear caliper holder (can´t remember how much) to make it fit in the swing. After i done that the wheel centered in the swing. Maybe not "nano" precise centered, but i messured it to a maximum of som milimteres off.. :icon_rolleyes:
Well, maybe i have to do some seriuos messurements about this, i´ll let you know...
If you look at a bare GS500 wheel next to a bare Bandit 400 wheel the hub center is narrower on the Bandit wheel. You need something to take up that space on the axle - you don't want any side to side freeplay in your wheel. Also - check your sprocket alignment - the wheel being centered in the swingarm doesn't necessarily equate to your sprockets lining up when you're mixing parts from different bikes. You may be fine - but check it before final assembly to be sure your chain is running true!
Quote from: Krusse on January 29, 2008, 12:58:02 AM
Quote from: octane on January 28, 2008, 02:54:04 PM
Nice project, Krusse! I gotta pipe in on this Bandit wheel business. The issue is that the center hub on the B4 wheel is offset - narrower on the sprocket side than the GS wheel. If you use the GS sprocket carrier in the B4 wheel you need a spacer to take up the 17/64" space left due to the offset.
Quote from: Krusse on October 21, 2007, 12:59:40 PM
Quote from: Jay_wolf on October 21, 2007, 06:32:42 AM
I thought thats it ,a member of this board had it the same way as u did , until the bearing shattered ,
Well that didn´t sound to good. Are you sure that the spacer was the reason for the bearings to shatter? Did he put new bearings along with the change? Just find it hard to beleave that that small diameter diffrence of the spacer causes the bearings to break... :dunno_white: but if that so i´ll be happy to know. :thumb:
Aha, so you mean there´s an offset between the left bearing and the sprocket holder (inside the sprocket holder..)? Or do you meen between the sprocketholder and the swing? :dunno_white: Beacuse there´s no offset between the sprocketholder and the swing. I used the GS sprocketholder, the stock spacers on both sides and instad i had to cut the rear caliper holder (can´t remember how much) to make it fit in the swing. After i done that the wheel centered in the swing. Maybe not "nano" precise centered, but i messured it to a maximum of som milimteres off.. :icon_rolleyes:
Well, maybe i have to do some seriuos messurements about this, i´ll let you know...
lookin good! oh-and i love the shag carpet! :thumb:
Quote from: kdogg84 on January 31, 2008, 09:42:18 PM
lookin good! oh-and i love the shag carpet! :thumb:
:laugh: Planning to have the same one in the garage! Have to be sweet dropping tiny little carb parts in it! :o
Ok, after the rearwheel spacer diskussion i had to remount the rear wheel in the swing to find out if it was centered as i rembererd. And yes, the wheel is perfectly centered in the swing. :thumb: and there´s no play in sideways or anything, perfect fit! I do have some pictures for proof :laugh:. And as i said before i rode it like this for almost a month before i took the bike apart, so there´s no issue with chain clearence or anything like that, just added washers under the rear sprocket to be sure the chain didn´t touched the tire. This is a bandit 600 rim, is the other issues only with the bandit 400 rim maybe?
Well, didn´t got time to paint the engine this weekend, as i hoped. But hopefully next weekend or so. Stay tuned.
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1668.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1672.jpg)
Cool.I did the B6 wheel also.Now I just gotta find time to paint everything and assemble it.So,I'm about where you are on that part. :thumb:
Hi,
Have really done some progress this weekend. Painted the motor and started to put things back together again. The only thing that needs paint now is the fairings. So now it´s mostly a lot of reassembly work to do!
Tell me what you think so far...
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1673.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1675.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1676.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1677.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1678.jpg)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/HPIM1679.jpg)
gorgeous! nice fat tire :icon_twisted:
PS. what color scheme did you finally choose for fairings??
KaMeL
Quote from: kml.krk on February 11, 2008, 11:11:29 AM
gorgeous! nice fat tire :icon_twisted:
PS. what color scheme did you finally choose for fairings??
KaMeL
Do i have to decide right now?! :laugh: Pending from day to day between black and red, today is a black day. :thumb:
RED
RED all the way :icon_twisted:
Hi, thought i maybe should give you some status report on my project bike. Don´t have any pictures to show you, mostly cause there´s not so much visual diffrense from the last pics.
Anyway, have remounted all the wirings whitch went pretty eazy i must say. Also remounted the chain and carbs. Then i have modified the stock footrest plates so the riding position will be more "sporty" along with the woodcraft clipons, just waiting for the aluminium footpegs i ordered on ebay to arrive. I will make some custom rearsets from aluminium later on, but those will do for now.
Next thing on the list is to fabrocate the piping for the higher mounted exhaust.
After that i should be able to take it out on a testrun, just to se everything works as good as it did bbefore i took it apart.
That´s it for now.
Paint it the sv650 copper color. That would be beautiful with some kind of pearl or metallic flake mixed into it.
Quote from: bombadillo on February 27, 2008, 10:05:25 AM
Paint it the sv650 copper color. That would be beautiful with some kind of pearl or metallic flake mixed into it.
Great idea, I love that color.
I will probably paint the bike myself in my garage, so no advanced things like pearl ore metallica effects, just solid red? :icon_rolleyes: But i agree, that sv 650 copper is cool.
Krusse how did you mount that awesome bandit wheel? I think i'm missing a link to a thread some where because you've talked about it a little. I have read that it fits fine you just need to adjust the rear brake arm bar, along with the brake caliper bracket. Any help would be great, thanks.
Quote from: supersporthc on February 28, 2008, 05:32:11 PM
Krusse how did you mount that awesome bandit wheel? I think i'm missing a link to a thread some where because you've talked about it a little. I have read that it fits fine you just need to adjust the rear brake arm bar, along with the brake caliper bracket. Any help would be great, thanks.
I guess it´s many ways to do this, weather you choose to use the GS axle ore the bandit one and so on. But check out the wiki (http://cgi.stanford.edu/~sanjayd/gs500/Upgrades/Bandit600RearWheel). I used the stock GS axle along with GS bearings, the stock GS sprocketholder and the Bandit 600 stock spacer between the bearings. Then it´s just to bend (or fabricate a new one) rear caliper bar, and cut (don´t remember how much) the caliper holder so everything fit´s in the swing. I also mounted some washers under the sprocket to gain some clearence between the tire and chain. But that´s about it. :thumb:
I did the bandit 600 wheel.I'm reworking the brake caliper bracket.The rotor only goes half way into the caliper.I was told a while back that a larger rotor from another bike would work.Only thing is I can't remember which bikes would possibly work.My plans are to remake the bracket or press an aluminum slug into the axle hole and the redrill the hole off set.
Can the rubber cush drives from the GS fit in the bandit 600 wheel?
Mine did.
Quote from: supersporthc on February 29, 2008, 04:52:28 PM
Can the rubber cush drives from the GS fit in the bandit 600 wheel?
Yes. They are the same.
QuoteI did the bandit 600 wheel.I'm reworking the brake caliper bracket.The rotor only goes half way into the caliper.I was told a while back that a larger rotor from another bike would work.Only thing is I can't remember which bikes would possibly work.My plans are to remake the bracket or press an aluminum slug into the axle hole and the redrill the hole off set.
I´m not planing to do something about this, the rearbreak woks, the pads will wear a little funny, and you will get i little less breakin power i guess, but that´s fine by me. You just have to step on it a little bit harder. :)
I'm just one of those guys that has to have everything just rite or I won't ride. :cookoo:
Quote from: ben2go on March 02, 2008, 11:12:51 AM
I'm just one of those guys that has to have everything just rite or I won't ride. :cookoo:
That´s probably a healthy way of thinking! :thumb:
If i in the future should do anything about this rearbreak issue, i would make a custom made caliper holder. But i doubt i will, propably would invest in a better caliper for the front brake instad.
And yeah, some updates.. have mounted all the controls and that kind of stuff, so it´s getting closer. Hope to start with the exhaust any day now. And i bought a new camera yeasterday, so there will be some new pics soon.
Hi everyone,
Well, it has been a while since i posted here, sorry for that. Have been a lot of other things goiing on, like becoming a dad for instance. 8) But actually i have done a lot of progress on my GS. Bassicly it´s just the painting left to do. I have bought the 2 component paint, but i´m not gonna tell you what color it is. :flipoff: That will be a suprise later on. Have done some testruns, and i must say it feels great. Stay tuned for final results maybe next weekend. O0
Here some progress pics.
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_rear.JPG)
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_front.JPG)
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_pipe.JPG)
That's all we get! Come on finish up, I want to see this thing. :cheers:
Quote from: bucks1605 on April 19, 2008, 08:22:23 AM
That's all we get! Come on finish up, I want to see this thing. :cheers:
Ok, some more then. :thumb:
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_S6300113.JPG)
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_S6300114.JPG)
That's more like it! Lookin' good. :thumb:
It looks like it's coming along pretty welll but I'm not feeling that front wheel gap too much. I love the look most faired sports have...where it seems like the bike is almost swallowing the front wheel:
(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20C/MV%20F4%201000%20Veltro.jpg)
A meaner front end...kat or gsxr or something...might tighten it all up some. Overall looks slick, though.
Quote from: makenzie71 on April 19, 2008, 10:39:05 AM
It looks like it's coming along pretty welll but I'm not feeling that front wheel gap too much. I love the look most faired sports have...where it seems like the bike is almost swallowing the front wheel:
(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20C/MV%20F4%201000%20Veltro.jpg)
A meaner front end...kat or gsxr or something...might tighten it all up some. Overall looks slick, though.
I totaly agree with you there! I did lower the front end to get that look you are talking about. But because of the higher rear end the sv shock results in, it was a pain to ride, with to much weight on the front wheel. Maybe if i try to lower the rear end to, it may work. :dunno_white: Still a USD fork would be neat, but that will be later on, if ever.
Btw, that MV is one of the badest bikes ever built! :bowdown:
yeah personally I would cut some longer links and drop both ends of the bike...that would help close it up. Keep in mind that you're fighting not just geometry, but a relatively dainty fairing as well. You won't be able to cure it completely...just close it a little.
Gold USD superbike forks.
Well, this bike is almost done. Only some stickers and a little smaller fixes to make. And yeah, i finally choose the black color. :laugh: The paint is still a little rough, but i´m satisfied with the result, tho i did paint it in my garage :o. A little polish will do the trick i guess.
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/S6300156.JPG)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/S6300157.JPG)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/S6300158.JPG)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/S6300159.JPG)
(http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~bjofr228/GS/S6300160.JPG)
So tell me what you think?
I like it! Nice work. :thumb:
Nice work :thumb: Looks great O0
great job! :thumb:
I also love the other bike in second picture. I 'd love to have motoX bike sooo badly :cry: but I live in NYC - no place to ride motoX :mad:
cheers
Kamel
Not sure if you posted earlier in the thread, but what front fender is that?
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Not sure if you posted earlier in the thread, but what front fender is that?
Also ducati 748.
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I also love the other bike in second picture. I 'd love to have motoX bike sooo badly cry but I live in NYC - no place to ride motoX mad
That´s a 50cc moped. Not mine. Id would be nice to have one bike for each purpose. 1 supersport, 1 touring, 1 supermotard and so on.. the only problem is the thing they call MONEY! :mad:
BTW, ordered stickers yesterday, also bought indicators. More pics to come when i´m finished. :thumb:
Dude, it looks awesome, the only thing missing is a nice USD front end. A USD front end would really clean it up and make it look a little less akward, the tiny GS forks just look a little out of place in those fairings. You can probably find a Duc M6xx, or a 750 sport front end pretty cheap, people like to upgrade them to superbike FE's a lot.
Quote from: spcterry on April 26, 2008, 09:44:26 AM
Dude, it looks awesome, the only thing missing is a nice USD front end. A USD front end would really clean it up and make it look a little less akward, the tiny GS forks just look a little out of place in those fairings. You can probably find a Duc M6xx, or a 750 sport front end pretty cheap, people like to upgrade them to superbike FE's a lot.
I will surtenly go for it, if a compleate USD front end with front wheel, brakes and clipons comes up for the right price. :thumb: Until then i´ll just go for a set of progressive springs to stiffen it up a bit. :icon_mrgreen:
Looks fantastic! :thumb:
+1 for the USD forks..
Ok, after some looking on the sideshot of the bike and comparing it to the real Ducati 748, i finally decided that the whole fairing package needs to move a little bit forward and down. :oActually it´s not so much work as it sounds, just a few mountings which need to be modified a bit. Anayway, it should be worth it in the end. :thumb:
Amazing job. Even if you don't move the fairings, it is one unique, awesome motorcycle. Well-done!
I can't wait to see it after you push the fairings down and out a bit...she'll look sick.
did you finally move the fairings down and to the front??
if yes please share some pictures, if no good luck and share the pics after you're done :thumb:
cheers
KaMeL
Is that exhaust bend and flange done custom or from another bike? Im diggin it. I hope the cutouts on the fairings for the side covers dont need too much massaging when you move 'em up and down. But excellent job so far... Like ya boy Ronald McDonald says :thumb: "I'M LOVIN IT"
ya whats the status on this thing?
Jello? Are shoe round? Status check.....
Hi again!
It´s been a while since a posted here. The status on my project is that i moved the fairing forward, and down. Tho the mounting solution i made to do this is only temporarly, and i'm not really happy with the position yet, i will redo this later on. The problem it´s hard to see in real life where it should be mounted, and you either can´t just mount it like the Ducati 748, cause the arcitecture of the bike differs a lot. So you basicly have to test some diffrent positions to see whats looks best.
Haven´t been much driving on the bike this summer, mostly because of jettings issues, (is that common on the gs :laugh:) and the fact that i become a father, so i haven´t got so much time to spend on the bike. But now as the summer comes to an end, i hope to get some more time spent in the garage. And i do have som more plans for my gs to the next seasson. I´m at work now, and the only picture i have on the new fairingpositions are with my cell, so the quality is so so... As you can se on the picture, i also managed to lay down the bike att low speed, causing the right side fairing to be, well a litte messed up :icon_confused:. It also will be repaint this winter. :thumb:
(http://gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/12370/normal_DSC00013.JPG)
Quote from: Chanse on August 15, 2008, 07:58:12 PM
Is that exhaust bend and flange done custom or from another bike? Im diggin it. I hope the cutouts on the fairings for the side covers dont need too much massaging when you move 'em up and down. But excellent job so far... Like ya boy Ronald McDonald says :thumb: "I'M LOVIN IT"
Yes, the exhaust are custom homemade. It will be painted black later on.
Do you have a new pic this one kinda looks like you destroyed your fairing. Might just be a glare or flash reflection. But its looking alot better.
Hi everyone, i promised to post some pictures on my GS. So a little bit delayed, here it is. :cheers:
(http://www.sporthoj.com/galleri/visabild.php?id=97115&header=1)
(http://www.sporthoj.com/galleri/visabild.php?id=97116&header=1)
(http://www.sporthoj.com/galleri/visabild.php?id=97117&header=1)
Many things are new since i posted last year. Propably there will be some more pictures soon. But i have promised that before right? :D
Hey man, that bike looks awesome! I was MIA for a while, so i completely missed this whole thread build, but I've always had thoughts about putting one of those tails on the GS. I've been worried it would be a little wide though. It fits yours, but you've also got the fairings to even it out. How hard was it to hook up that speedometer? Any info on what kind of work it took? I'm not that great with electrical stuff, so I'm sure it would be way out of my league. Is the speedometer still run off of the front wheel?
Anyway, really looks good. The gap behind the front wheel looks a lot better. How high is the rear raised? looks really high. Ooh, and if you get tired of messing with the lower fairing to get it positioned right, you might be able to find some other fairing, off of a GSXR or other, that would line up nicely with the frame that you could try to make fit with the top fairing. Maybe an early 90's gsxr fairing or something like that.
haha it's like every winter you come out of hibernation to give us new updates. awesome bike!
Quote from: tt_four on September 01, 2009, 03:06:01 PM
Hey man, that bike looks awesome! I was MIA for a while, so i completely missed this whole thread build, but I've always had thoughts about putting one of those tails on the GS. I've been worried it would be a little wide though. It fits yours, but you've also got the fairings to even it out. How hard was it to hook up that speedometer? Any info on what kind of work it took? I'm not that great with electrical stuff, so I'm sure it would be way out of my league. Is the speedometer still run off of the front wheel?
Anyway, really looks good. The gap behind the front wheel looks a lot better. How high is the rear raised? looks really high. Ooh, and if you get tired of messing with the lower fairing to get it positioned right, you might be able to find some other fairing, off of a GSXR or other, that would line up nicely with the frame that you could try to make fit with the top fairing. Maybe an early 90's gsxr fairing or something like that.
Yes, the tail is pretty wide, so without changing the rear wheel to a 4,5" it propably wont look so hot. Maybe a Cagiva Mito would fit better with the stock wheel. I bought the speedo on eBay, from china. No it´s not hard to get it to work, it came with wiringscheame and all. It also came with an magnet and sensor for the speedometer so you can fit it on the front wheel or the rear wheel. I choosed the rearwheel, the magnet is fitted on the rear sprocket. I´ll post some pics of that later on.
Actually i dumped the lower (boat) fairing in the garbage. Looks better without it, and hey it´s easier to do the oil changes now. :D
I´m not sure exactlly how high the rear is, it´s a SV 650 shock, wich is mounted with the stock "dogbones", so a little bit higher than stock, but not much.
yeah, I didn't think too much about the wheel. I was mostly thinking about it being wide compared to the gas tank. I have an old R1 tail on mine and it definitely looks too wide compared to the tank. You can't really tell when you're sitting on it.
The magnet makes sense. Are most newer bikes just run by magnet? What about the tach? I'm assuming it's not the same style as the cable on the GS. Did you just cut into the electrical system around the spark plugs somewhere?
It probably just looks higher because of the combo of the shock and the tail being higher. The swingarm just looked steeper than normal. I have an sv650 shock I haven't gotten around to putting on as well, but I also have some dog bones to bring it back down to the original height.
Quote from: tt_four on September 02, 2009, 04:58:41 AM
yeah, I didn't think too much about the wheel. I was mostly thinking about it being wide compared to the gas tank. I have an old R1 tail on mine and it definitely looks too wide compared to the tank. You can't really tell when you're sitting on it.
The magnet makes sense. Are most newer bikes just run by magnet? What about the tach? I'm assuming it's not the same style as the cable on the GS. Did you just cut into the electrical system around the spark plugs somewhere?
It probably just looks higher because of the combo of the shock and the tail being higher. The swingarm just looked steeper than normal. I have an sv650 shock I haven't gotten around to putting on as well, but I also have some dog bones to bring it back down to the original height.
Yes you just hook up a signal cable on the cale to the ignition coil, and you have the tachometer as well. I actually lowered the rear shock as far as i could with the stock dog bones. Before it was higher, but the chain was eating on my swingarm that way. And now i don´t have that much weight on the front wheel. Before the bike really wanted to fall fast into corners, was´nt nice to drive at all.