Hi. just a few photos of my build which is near completion. I bought this 92 model as a stolen recovered bike. It had the usual damage to it....broken levers, both clocks and ignition switch smashed in, no indicators on it, and a few scratches on the tank. The guy who sold it to me is a friend of a friend,who just wanted to get rid of it quick as he needed the space for his new harley.
We put some fuel in the tank and managed to bump start it. The bike had still got the original exhaust on,which was all battered and scratched, but once it started up,I was supprised just how quiet and smooth the engine was. Looking at the last mot note,the mileage was only 16,000. £150 exchanged hands and the little gs was mine.
I began collecting a few parts,and shortening the subframe until I was happy with the look of it.
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OOOHHH. That photos a bit large...will have to find a way to reduce them in size before I put any more on.
Click the image icon ... The after the IMG in the first brackets ... It should go .. IMG width=800 ...
You edit in the width=800 ... Must have the space after IMG and no space to the close bracket
You can make the numbers whatever you want ... 640 , 320 , 781?! Lol ... But main thing to remember is the 'usual' image dimensions used as a standard on computers ... That's your guideline kinda
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Hows that
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I also made a seatpan. In these photos,its still got the original sponge from the old seat,which I hacked about to get a rough guide as to how it would look.
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I also cut off the standard exhaust and made my own adapter to mate up to the new can. The standard exhaust weighs a load compared to this nice stubby can
I then prepped my tank.and decided to go for a satin silver look.....I hated those original stickers on the side of the tank. Like paint splashes and squirly lines.
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In keeping with the cafe racer look,I decided to spruce the tank up just a tad with some stripes the same colour as the exhaust can.
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I took off the old smashed in clocks and replaced it with this little clock.
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So, this is how it is at the moment. I,me just waiting to get the seat back from the upholsterers. I just hope it looks ok once its all done.
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lookin good!
Very nice! In order to hide those wires and clean everything up, you could run a K&N filter, and then cut apart the stock airbox and put them in there.
I'm betting something like that would elevate that thing to show stopper!
Nice ! ... Good job! :thumb:
Nice looking bike. Do you have a view of the can adapter?
I will try and get a photo of it at the weekend
Hi. The bikes not running quite right, so just looking for some info please. The bike starts and runs ok for a while. After a couple of minutes running, it starts to go a bit lumpy on tickover. When I go to pull away the bike stutters but picks up and rides ok.
Once it starts to get warm,that stuttering becomes more apparent and annoying. Carbs have been stripped,inspected , cleaned,re-assembled and fitted,and seem ok. Brand new fuel taps, new coils fitted, new plug caps and spark plugs fitted. I am at my wits end......could the problem be the cdi unit breaking down. Help please. Model is a 92
:flipoff: :flipoff:...please, I need a little of your advice.
:technical: :technical: :technical: hi out there
Hrm ... Lots of things changed/fixed recently ... I'm only a beginner fixer ... So ..
Moisture vapour under the plug caps? .. Choke slide/cable sticking somewhere? .. Gunk in the small galleries/lines of the carbs? .. Needs more throttle or less gear? .. Battery is weak/dying? ..
IIRC the best thing to do is test one section at a time to try isolate where/why the problem is... Don't just pull everything apart and test it all ...
So ... Multimeter on battery and charge circuit and coil wires etc.. Ok yes/no ? .... Inspect cables and external carb bits/hoses etc .. Ok yes/no ? .. And so on... Even if you 'know it can't be that cos I fixed it' .. Check things over.... Look/calm/think
Don't want to tell you things you have tried or know .... But isolation of potential cause is the key .. The GS from everything I've read on here is a fairly simple beast... Which means its problems are usually simple too.... Once you identify the particular problem anyway
Hope this helps :thumb:
Ok thanks for the reply....another thing I forgot to mention, it seems very heavy on fuel. A full tank and down to reserve was only 100 miles. And I,me not thrashing it,just commuting to work. :o :o :o
Hi...just remembered that I had'nt put any photos on of the new upholstered seat pan.
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New tyre as well :)
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JAY...can you see the small bracket thats attached to the heel plate which supports the exhaust ? Bottom right of this photo.
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The other bike in the left corner of the photo is a hardtail bobber I'me building as well.
You ever consider paneling the triangle up with some stainless or some diamond plate below the seat on both sides ? =) cause i have.
Did that last week mate :thumb:
Diamond plate would make it look seriously like someone cobbled it up in their garage.
I'd have moded the original side cover to fit ... Or made something out of plastic with a curve to sorta match the seat.
Nothing says "cobbled" more than mesh or diamond plate ... but hey its your bike, please yourself.
Cool.
Buddha.
I think your confusing diamond plate, with what we call chequer plate. The plate I,ve used looks more like a carbon fibre effect in stainless steel. I do need to work on it a bit....as you say to try and create a curve to it.
What I was saying is near impossible in metal by hand and yes I have watched Jessie James do some BS and came away thinking WTF ... yea HD vibrate like hell and will need everything bolted to 300 ft lb .
The tail plastic and seat should sorta make a "unit" of sorts Like the seat and side covers look like 1 unit ...
Cant quite explain ... try the triumph cafe made a few yrs ago ... I dunno how to say it ... perimeter frame and the tapered tail already are wrong for a cafe ...
Your best option is to make the tail look like a old buell or something like that. I'd start modding the GS tail section, atleast it will mate to the tank and look right in the front and follow the lower rail of the frame with some smart cutting.
Cool.
Buddha.
Yeah...I get what your saying, but dont forget.....this bike was a stolen recovered machine,with lots of bits n pieces busted on it. To replace all the parts back to standard seemed pointless...so I thought, just give it a go and see what happens. Not to everyones liking I know, but who cares.
I think it looks sexy. Great job!!! Id love to see more pics or tutorial on how you did the seat and frame work :)
I think you've made a good start with this and could go far with it if you wanted to spend the money on it :thumb:
In regards to the running issue it sounds like its running rich, as it runs better cold than warm. Pull the carbs and check the jet sizes, you're not running it on super unleaded by any chance are you as that will make it run worse.