Hi all, been following the forum for a while but never actually registered and thought it was time I did I just wanted to share a picture of my gs500 purchased this about 2 and a half years ago and it's been a project since and I've kinda got it how I like it for now so here is a before and after picture let me know what your thoughts are. All off the work was done by myself as well 😊 which makes it more rewarding
2 and a half years ago on purchase day
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160409/0511f71766227ec7e7d5d20adf7116f9.jpg)
And current condition
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160409/45b7812f0011dfea32ac15c868446037.jpg)
A lot of time spent on it and a few upgrades like wavey discs and braided hoses exhaust systems rental bars twin headlight and so on what's your thoughts guys
Cheers
Nathan
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Where'd you get those headlights? A set up like that would be perfect for my little GS project
Quote from: Knuttzz on April 09, 2016, 08:38:31 PM
Where'd you get those headlights? A set up like that would be perfect for my little GS project
I got them from eBay you can get them for 45 quid posted and there a direct fit are placement for the standard light only thing I had to do was move the tachometer cable slightly as the light fouled it a little but you could get some longer 37mm fork headlight brackets to push the light away from the forks a little. here is an eBay pic of the lights(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160410/63cfa2cd3d7f5423b1d20b4148233106.jpg) you can get them in chrome and carbon fibre too just search dominator headlights on eBay 😊👍
Very cool man! looks like you've put a lot of time and effort into it. :thumb: On the exhaust, did you wrap the connecting pipe between the headers? and if so howd you go about that? welcome aboard man.
Quote from: TheGreenWeenie on April 10, 2016, 05:07:06 AM
Very cool man! looks like you've put a lot of time and effort into it. :thumb: On the exhaust, did you wrap the connecting pipe between the headers? and if so howd you go about that? welcome aboard man.
Ahhh thank you mate appreciate that 😊 I did mate I wrapped the centre piece connecting the headers, I started on one downpipe and worked my way to the bottom and then went back up the 2nd pipe and for the centre I literally just cut a length of and wrapped that on its own and used the stainless cable ties that came with the wrap at each end, I will try and get a close up picture for you 😊👍
Welcome to the spot! Looks good man. How does the braking feel now any difference?
Quote from: Tekime on April 10, 2016, 09:09:29 AM
Welcome to the spot! Looks good man. How does the braking feel now any difference?
Thank you mate 😊 yeah brakes are awesome stops on a penny, got wavey discs and braided hoses, front and back, also new seals and brembo pads so is really 👍
Welcome to the forum!!!
I like that seat. Do you have any more pics to share? :D
Cheers 😊 I haven't got loads to be Honest not on my phone anyway but will have a weekend of cleaning and polishing on it and get a few more loaded up this was a couple of moths ago after a wash and snow foam (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160411/739165ce17bf2dfcc31b9f0afbf5116c.jpg)
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Quote from: TheGreenWeenie on April 10, 2016, 05:07:06 AM
Very cool man! looks like you've put a lot of time and effort into it. :thumb: On the exhaust, did you wrap the connecting pipe between the headers? and if so howd you go about that? welcome aboard man.
It's not the neatest of jobs but a blind man on a galloping horse would never notice (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160411/a23b9a29ce8982dcd16bf1f2ad4ec184.jpg)
So have got an oil leak on this old machine of mine I'm just guessing it's a sump gasket can anyone clarify this for me
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those pictures are so big... I can't even tell what im looking at. lol
Quote from: TheGreenWeenie on April 19, 2016, 06:07:49 PM
those pictures are so big... I can't even tell what im looking at. lol
Haha sorry man I tried to do it so as to catch where the oil leak was, but it's basically above the exhaust where the sump is on the side where the front sprocket is
I would guess it's just an old crusty gasket.
You can control the size of your pics by adding a width parameter to the img tag. Like this
[ i mg width=500 ] http//:imageurl.jpg [/ i mg ]
Take out the extra spaces in the tags. Then if you click on the image in the post it will show the full size image.
Sourced the oil leak was just sump gasket so all sorted now. I put 97 octane in her for the first time the other day haven't noticed any massive difference to be honest but the throttle response does seem to be slightly improved. 👍 having a bit bother with my clutch at the moment because in the cold wether it drags slightly and when it's warmer later in the day it's fine so I'm thinking its maybe the clutch cable or the mechanic bit behind the sprocket cover needing cleaned and oiled up because a new clutch has only been fitted about 2000 miles ago and I know that everything with that is fine because the mechanic who done it is very well know in my area and the best in the town so gonna try and get that sorted at the weekend
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