Finally ms GS is rideable. I bought it about 6 months ago with all the ignition parts missing. Fortunately I have an old GS450 and the parts all work (many thanks to all those here and on GS resources who helped me out in that regard). It was an ex police bike so sorting out the registration was a pit of a problem. They never sell licensed vehicles so it was scrapped/deregistered and needed police clearances ect. Also meant that changing the colour was non negotiable as that "metro blue" is a dead give away around these parts :laugh: I hit a huge luck with the painting, a friend of mine owns a panel beaters and he painted the tank and plastics for free! Anyway, here are the before and after pics http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/photo0494.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/photo0613u.jpg/
What a f%$king mess
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f%$king awesome mate :thumb:
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Just to make it easier.... here are your pictures.
WE LOVE PICTURES! WE LIVE FOR PICTURES!!!
What the hell were those goofy ass roll bars? Training wheels for a squid? :cookoo: Didn't seem to protect the front. Are those ape hangers?
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Videos/clap.gif) Nice Job! What year is it?
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Quote from: adidasguy on February 23, 2012, 02:53:43 AM
Just to make it easier.... here are your pictures. WE LOVE PICTURES! WE LIVE FOR PICTURES!!!
What the hell were those goofy ass roll bars? Training wheels for a squid? :cookoo: Didn't seem to protect the front. Are those ape hangers?
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/adidasguy/Videos/clap.gif) Nice Job!
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TOO SLOW :flipoff: :flipoff:
Quote from: adidasguy on February 23, 2012, 02:53:43 AM
What the hell were those goofy ass roll bars? Training wheels for a squid? :cookoo: Didn't seem to protect the front. Are those ape hangers?
I would have a guess since it is an ex police bike they were to mount sirens and lights on and panniers on the rear
Quote from: Twisted on February 23, 2012, 03:10:07 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 23, 2012, 02:53:43 AM
What the hell were those goofy ass roll bars? Training wheels for a squid? :cookoo: Didn't seem to protect the front. Are those ape hangers?
I would have a guess since it is an ex police bike they were to mount sirens and lights on and panniers on the rear
Thanks guys. You are right about the crash bars being for mounting all the "CHiPs" stuff, but I think they were mandatory on all road bikes till about 15 yrs ago, I remember my 450 having them. As regards the bars, they are available aftermarket here and although they look absolutely crap, they are comfortable and make the bike ultra nimble at low speeds. The bars that are on it I pinched from my 250 till I know what I want (I can even get a pair of clubman style clip-ons for a pretty good price. I think someone did a mix and match on it at some stage because according to the paperwork the chassis is a '97 and the motor is a 2000.
It looks fantastic. Great job on saving her from the dump, Im shur she will give you years of faithful pay back.
Wow! what a difference- it looks great now. It must have had a solid inch of grime on it when you got it. May I ask where you are that the police use GS500's for their bikes? Where i live in NY they use BMW's- and it's hard to fathom my tax dollars paying for them to be on such upscale bikes.
I'm in Durban, South Africa. Part of my mission in getting the paperwork sorted was a couple of visits to the local Suzuki dealership and the owner said he remembers selling about 150 of them to the Metro Police. I don't think they use BMW's much, have seen bigger Suzuki's and Honda CB750's. Also a lot of the Yamaha street scramblers (DT175, XT 250/350)
It looked like that bike was diven off road through a feild in a rain storm at night........lol....just saying is all.
Very nice job you did there saving her from the scrap yard.
Cheers
Quote from: SS Adrenaline on February 25, 2012, 08:44:56 AM
It looked like that bike was diven off road through a feild in a rain storm at night........lol....just saying is all.
Very nice job you did there saving her from the scrap yard.
Cheers
Police chase!!!
That's the 2nd reference to the scrap yard so I thought I'd comment. In SA a bike like that is light years away from the dump. Bikes (and more so, parts) are really expensive and hard to come by here, I paid about $450 for her and that was considered a steal. So for all you guys out there who "never fix calipers/forks ect, just buy good used" just remember to thank your lucky stars.
Quote from: bryan88 on February 27, 2012, 03:38:14 AM
That's the 2nd reference to the scrap yard so I thought I'd comment. In SA a bike like that is light years away from the dump. Bikes (and more so, parts) are really expensive and hard to come by here, I paid about $450 for her and that was considered a steal. So for all you guys out there who "never fix calipers/forks ect, just buy good used" just remember to thank your lucky stars.
I can appreciate that.
I like buying to replace for a quick fix (its my daily) than rebuild and sell for a profit, so I'm benefiting somebody and the community.
Call me, a parts whore in training.
awesome before and afters. bike looks fantastic, and so clean!
how's she ride??
Very nice! Well done (applause). How's the paperwork coming out?
Got the paperwork sorted yesterday. The way it works here is that although it gets registered to you and you pay the licence fees the licence disc is withheld until the roadworthy test is done, which I got over the weekend. Still in a bit of a shakedown period regarding the ride but so far I'm very happy. I may gut the exhaust as it seemed to rev more freely when I tried it with just the header fitted, has anybody else tried gutting the exhaust and are the results worth it? Also the back tyre is HUGE so the gearing has suffered a bit. It's a brand new tyre though so experimenting with the front sprocket may be a cheaper option.