Hi everyone,
I am new at forum, I am from Turkey.
I followed from GS.twins all you have done to your GS and decide to make my own project. I am very satisfy at the end, hope that you guys will love all I have done.
Modification details are listed below, I am waiting for your reviews ;)
Headlight: Streetfighter type
Front end: Complete Kawasaki ZXR750 (Forks,calipers,wheel,brake discs,fender...)
Lower fairing: Kawasaki GPZ500
Driver foot pegs: Honda PanEuropean
Taillight: Kawasaki ZX9R
Clipons: Maxon
Headlight brackets: Yoshimura
Rear wheel: GSF600 Bandit (17x4.5)
Rear brake disc: GSF600 Bandit
Gauge: Trail Tech Vapor
Gauge cluster : 4pcs stainless steelwater proof ring illuminated signal lamps
Air filter: K&N in box
Carburator performance: Dynojet Stage1
Pipe: After market made in Yugoslav (perfect sound)
Front rear tires: Michelin Pilot Power , 120/70-17 160/60-17
Chain: D.I.D
Sprockets: standart
Hand grips: after market aluminium
Mirrors: Koso
Key: made it from Mini Cooper key chain
Rear signals: mini LED
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5360/gs500modifiedinturkey1.jpg)
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6601/gs500modifiedinturkey2.jpg)
(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5245/gs500modifiedinturkey3.jpg)
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2682/gs500modifiedinturkey4.jpg)
(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/9987/gs500modifiedinturkey5.jpg)
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6578/gs500modifiedinturkey6.jpg)
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4073/gs500trailtechvapor.jpg)
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8103/gs500trailtech.jpg)
we need pics... oh yeah , welcome to the forum :icon_mrgreen:
Wow. I love it. Great job. :thumb:
Looks great! Well done :thumb: :thumb:
Looks great. Liking that headlight,.....nice! Got a 'before' picture? I'm wondering what you started with.
Fork swap looks sweet. How do you like those mirrors? I've always wondered if they are worthy. That's a crazy key you got there too.
Thanks for sharing pics! :bstar: :bstar: :bstar:
You list "Headlight: Streetfighter type"
but it's amusing how much it looks like an F headlight. Looks GREAT with that mini-cowl thingie. We'd love to know specifics on that.
Bombsquad83 regarding your project , I am also interested in GT5, I am owner of a Playstation Cafe in wich I have 5 seat donated with G27.
Cbrfxr67, you are right, the cheapest mirrors of Koso (if they are real Koso :dunno_black:) are rubbish because they have white flat glass with plastic arms that swinging all times, but to 10bucks more I will buy another Koso with metal arm and blue wide angle glasses.
To Phil B: I bought the headlight from ebay as Streetfighter but maybe you are right it can be from another type...by the way what is F headlight? :oops:
What else do you want to know?
Here is the first day foto when I bought it.
(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7540/sany0008k.jpg)
Quote from: Mamati on July 16, 2012, 10:31:09 AM
Bombsquad83 regarding your project , I am also interested in GT5, I am owner of a Playstation Cafe in wich I have 5 seat donated with G27.
Cool. Let me know if you have questions. I'm sure you could implement some of the things I did to make those seats a more fun experience.
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Nice job.
I like the brake light. Might get a smoked one for Phenix.
Perfection. Love the colour and style. Did you have to modify the lower fairing much to use it? It looks perfect. :bowdown:
Very nice work! Would like some details on the fork install. What did you have to do to get it done?
That is one sweet ride. Fork swap looks awesome, that headlight looks like one I want for mine, and that belly/chin fairing is pretty awesome looking. Very nice :thumb:
That's a gorgeous bike. I love the gauge mount you made. It looks like it rolled out of the factory like that. Just awesome! :thumb:
Thanks to everyone for your kind opinions.
Codajastal, the lower fairing from GPZ500(EX500) need to work a little on it, you can not directly swap it on the GS...you have to cut (I did it with a Dremel) a little, then try it, cut again, again until it fits. Then you have to drill some holes (3 on the right, 3 on the left is sufficient) and make for them frame mounting brackets.
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9158/bracketlb.jpg)
Paulcet, the front end was from ZXR750 and of course the top and lower trees belongs to zxr too. But the pivot/shaft on the lower clamp of the ZXR was too large to swap it in the steering hub of GS and it will be hard to find suitable bearings for matching the pivot with GS hub. So I decide to pull out the shaft from GS triple tree and put to ZXR triple tree... I note that the hole on the triple trees are same diameter but the lenght of the shafts are different . To pull out you need a place having a press machine. Before pulling it mesure the leght of the GS shaft from triple tree to bottom then obtrude it on the zxr clamp as this dimention...it seems having less contact area but, don't worry it is ok because the clamp of ZXR are thiker, it is why the shaft looks grown into. Finally a new metal adapter for midle shaft bolt to top tripple tree hole will finalize steering system.
(http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/5853/adapters.jpg)
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8576/shaftl.jpg)
Hope that I explained clearly...
Quote from: Mamati on July 17, 2012, 09:11:38 AM
Thanks to everyone for your kind opinions.
Codajastal, the lower fairing from GPZ500(EX500) need to work a little on it, you can not directly swap it on the GS...you have to cut (I did it with a Dremel) a little, then try it, cut again, again until it fits. Then you have to drill some holes (3 on the right, 3 on the left is sufficient) and make for them frame mounting brackets.
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9158/bracketlb.jpg)
Awesome thanks
Excellent information. Thanks!
Did you modify the seat at all? and what year was the original model again?
The seat is oem,I just pull out the passenger handle grip on the midle of the seat.
The year of the bike is 99, mileage 65000km.
Quote from: Mamati on July 16, 2012, 10:31:09 AM
Bombsquad83 regarding your project , I am also interested in GT5, I am owner of a Playstation Cafe in wich I have 5 seat donated with G27.
Cbrfxr67, you are right, the cheapest mirrors of Koso (if they are real Koso :dunno_black:) are rubbish because they have white flat glass with plastic arms that swinging all times, but to 10bucks more I will buy another Koso with metal arm and blue wide angle glasses.
To Phil B: I bought the headlight from ebay as Streetfighter but maybe you are right it can be from another type...by the way what is F headlight? :oops:
What else do you want to know?
Here is the first day foto when I bought it.
(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7540/sany0008k.jpg)
he was saying looks quite similar to a gs500f headlight assembly. but either way, VERY nicely done. and welcome. where in turkey are you from? ( i ask because my boss is turkish, and he talks about it constantly. interesting to hear of different places there :) )
Ok I understand now...in Turkey there isn't an F model but I know it from the web of course.
I am from Istanbul...do you like your Turkish boss? You can tell me, it's between us don't worry ;) What is your job yamahonkawazuki?
Quote from: Mamati on July 19, 2012, 06:12:20 AM
Ok I understand now...in Turkey there isn't an F model but I know it from the web of course.
I am from Istanbul...do you like your Turkish boss? You can tell me, it's between us don't worry ;) What is your job yamahonkawazuki?
well he runs a pizza place , tbh he can be a bit of an arse when not in a good mood. but we do our best, to keep him out of store. ( if i recall correctly he was from the istanbul area originally , his mother and other family still residing there. went to college in england then came here to us. family ran a t-shirt manufacturing business, then state took it over. whenever he gets angry, i just ask him a question he cannot answer easily. or i just confuse him. which is easier to do to be honest. . it is chaotic when he is around, but fine when not . lol go figure. anyhoo back to your bike. i saw the lower fairing install. as well as the writeup on the forks got to admit am enjoying the read thusfar and cant wait to read more.