Hello, long time reader, first time poster.

I bought an 89 GS500 for my wife to learn on last season but it caught the mod bug like everything else i own. I run a small shop that caters to european bike service, parts and customizing so i had so many parts at my disposal to make the job easy.

This is a p-shop of the concept:

The subframe will be done today and i will put pics up later when its done.
Parts that i have to go on:
636 front end
06 gsxr shock
ktm SX swing arm
640 Supermoto Wheels (3.5x17-5x17)
Monster seat w/custon aluminum removable subframe
04 gs tank
06 gsxr 750 muffler (may or may not use this)
custom rearsets

Motor is under developemnet with plans so far of: 78mm pistons, falicon balanced crank, balencerectomy, FCR or FCRs, megacycle cams, head porting. Since it is the wifes bike i want to keep it trouble free and reliable.

Wish me luck on it. Any Ideas, comments, critisism VERY welcome.

Thanks, great site.

Love the look, very cool!  Definitely post some pics!

Sah-weeet... Looking forward to some pics

Niiiiice concept!! Can't wait to see the progress!!! 

And welcome! 

Welcome! Great concept!

this is the progress this morning.

these are the wheels i'll work on this week i hope. Waiting on swing arm.

lovin it.  show us more!

I'm Blind!!!!!!!

Those IT nazi's have blocked the Tinypics site.  I can't see the pics. 

I feel like the short guy at the back of the crowd trying to jump up and see over everyones shoulders. 


I WANNA SEE!!!  WHAT IS IT??

    I suck

Cool... looks very Hawk/NT650ish... I like it!  How much do you think the HP and performance will change after the engine mods?

I'm loving the new tail.. any chance of a how-to writeup?

MORE MORE!! 

Quote from: Johnny5 on March 01, 2007, 01:56:25 PM
Cool... looks very Hawk/NT650ish... I like it!  How much do you think the HP and performance will change after the engine mods?

I wish i knew what kind of numbers to expect. I think the bike is an absolute riot to ride now but it has 62,000 km's and has to be in need of a refresh. It runs perfect and starts in sub zero (celcius) temp. all fall.

Any ideas on hp numbers? I would hope for mid 50's.

I will get more pictures up as it goes.

I must have that tail.  Tell us more about it, please.

looking great!  looking forward to watching the progress.

welcome btw dubkeith!

very very nice .. i think the tail is gonna be the big  one here has a nice short look to it and a very good looking exuast to go under it

in looking at it again, that's what Suzuki should do to update the GS from the factory.

Quote from: dubkeith on March 01, 2007, 04:26:24 PM

Quote from: Johnny5 on March 01, 2007, 01:56:25 PM
Cool... looks very Hawk/NT650ish... I like it!  How much do you think the HP and performance will change after the engine mods?

I wish i knew what kind of numbers to expect. I think the bike is an absolute riot to ride now but it has 62,000 km's and has to be in need of a refresh. It runs perfect and starts in sub zero (celcius) temp. all fall.

Any ideas on hp numbers? I would hope for mid 50's.

I will get more pictures up as it goes.

Pretty cool.  Nice job, definitely keep posting update pics... I agree with Baco99 I would love to see a Naked GS refresh released with these kinds of updates.  Very cool.  And I stand by my NT650 comment LOL, it really reminds me of that minus the aluminum frame.    Love it!

Yeah i'd love to see a total redesign resembling this too (might be a little bias though) but the virtually untouched design of the gs makes it what it is. It's cheap for a reason i guess. No millions spent on design, no thousands added to the price.

There is a wrecked 650 ninja up here that i'm bidding on mainly for the Engine management. I was thinking falicon could stroke my crank a bit to get me closer to 600cc. 2 mm more stroke gives me 30 some odd cc's.

Does anybody have a running motor running larger than 555cc's?

I don't know how well the progress is going to come over the next week. We've had snow all week and nobody has been able to drop off bikes at the shop. Its sunny and warm this morning so the bike will poor in and i'll be up to my ears.

This is a pic of how well the Monster seat fits on the 04 GS tank:

This it whats under the seat:

If your pretty handy with a welder and a bender you could do this with ease. I'm trying to keep the bike on a budget but i think it looks wicked good. Can't wait to finish.

I won a Katana wheel on ebay this morning so i may kybosh the supermoto wheels because i want to build another supermoto. XR400! Should be into it for under $2500!!! I'm stoked about it.

i don't think they'd spend more than a few hundred thousand on these changes.  use off-the-shelf parts from other bikes, add a half-faired model, and be done with it.  watch the sales double with the changes. 

i'm not asking for a single-sided swing arm or anything, but dual front rotors, bigger rear wheel, sleeker seat/undertail, slicker exhaust, and a few more HP.