I'd just like to announce that I just decided to place my order for some new parts for my GS =]

This will be my first Mod, and so I figured I'd just start a thread that way I can keep it updated

For all the ideas I have for this bike, it's gonna take me foreverrrrrrrr lol.

Anywhos, starting with the mirrors first but I dont wanna tell until I get them on... Let it be like a surprise. =]

<3333 Yayyy!

Don't forget to have your camera handy to show off the new mods. 

is your picture a Dobe ? I want 1 !!!

Looks like a bad ass lol

haaa thats my min pin kairi!

she loves to play dress up lol.

So hers some pix of my bike when i first got it... (2 weeks ago)
Tomorrow I'll take some pix of my technically "first" mod i took the stickers off the back fairings... didnt care for them much...




mirrors are gonna take like 2 weeks or 3 =[
theyre on backorderrrrrrrrr =\

so today i have spent like 90% of the day working and riding my dang bike =]
okay mostly riding... lol maybe an hour or two on work.
i made my own "fender eliminator" by die-grinding the factory fender, and rounding off the corners with my dremel kit lol....
and im looking into the LED license plate Illuminators.... and LED Turn Signals.... So this mod's prolly just temporary.

I took the decal off my windscreen today.... but my boyfriend was tryin to help me out and put goo gone on it to rub off the glue and it fogged it up @ the freakin bottom...
oh well, i'll just get a new one...
well, it really wont matter if i do the other mods im thinking about to it.

anyways, im raccoon faced, sunburned and covered in melted plastic ahahhahaa

i'll post some pix in a bit.
byez

=]



UPDATE:
heres those pix i promised =]
btw, these show the stickers off the rear fairings.... so i think it looks 589789456142347897945x better
disreguard the dirtttt.... she needs a bathyyyy ahahaha ;]

bump =]
w/ the updates

Nice start! Keep 'em coming!

I've just ordered a pair of KZ1100 (1262cc) Wiseco pistons which will be my first performance mod and my winter project.  Thanks to DGyver on this forum for all the info on the 541cc overbore setup. Is anyone running this on the street? I know that's been asked before but I've never seen anyone answer that they're streeting it.      Already have always-on running lights in the turn signals, and handlebar warmers in my '91 500E.  Hmmm, lemme see...   where can I spend my $$$ next.  I know I need a free-flow filter and exhaust to match the displacement bump.

Hey, anyone have any good advice about porting the heads?  I'll prob'ly post that as a separate thread.

bump.....

Mod Numba 4!
=]

added a pimpin garage door opener switch to the bars on my bike.
well, my boyfriend did.
he hooked up the garage remote from my car off the battery power then soldered wires to the button and ran the wires to an EXTRA kill switch mounted on the handle bars.
now all i hafta do is flick the killswitch to open the door.
that way i dont have to fidget with my keys or purse. =]
meanwhile the remote is water tight under the seat....

pretty pimpin...

pix later on sometime.... =]
hafta cook dinnerr <333

Kill switch ... well you'd be in the driveway with a dead motor ... high beam or neutral will have made a good one. Unless you disconnect the kill switch from the woring completely ... there by ... killing the kill switch ...
BTW I did that on my maxim and wired it to the cooling fan. It will have to be in off, put it in run and cooling fan runs.
Cool.
Buddha.

Quote from: The Buddha on October 18, 2008, 08:38:25 PM
Kill switch ... well you'd be in the driveway with a dead motor ... high beam or neutral will have made a good one. Unless you disconnect the kill switch from the woring completely ... there by ... killing the kill switch ...
BTW I did that on my maxim and wired it to the cooling fan. It will have to be in off, put it in run and cooling fan runs.
Cool.
Buddha.

lol no no no its not hooked to my killswitch.
i bought an extra one silly. =]
to put on the left side.

 I'd love to see the pics and specifics on the garage door opener project. That might be one I can do myself.

how did you get the gs stickers off the back? is yours clear coated? mine just feels like straight paint no clear.

Quote from: hotrodstu77 on October 20, 2008, 10:39:29 AM
how did you get the gs stickers off the back? is yours clear coated? mine just feels like straight paint no clear.

Huh, just tried this myself...

At least on the 2006 version (same as the OP) all the graphics are on the fairings are stickers, so they just literally peel off like any standard decal.  You just use your nail to get an end and pull.  Came off within seconds.  Used a little rubbing alcohol to get the glue outline off and a quick wash.  Looks nice!

Now I'm wondering about the front fairing graphics/stickers...hmmm

Quote from: chipster on October 20, 2008, 08:20:12 AM
I'd love to see the pics and specifics on the garage door opener project. That might be one I can do myself.

well ill post whatever  pix i can... my boyfriend did the soldering when i wasnt home so unfortunately i didnt get pix of that..... =[
im just waiting on the extra killswitch to come in the mail so i can finish it upppp =]
should be here soon though....

Quote from: hotrodstu77 on October 20, 2008, 10:39:29 AM
how did you get the gs stickers off the back? is yours clear coated? mine just feels like straight paint no clear.

mine were just stickers... like decals... maybe yours are different?
i just pulled mine off and i used some 3M adhesive remover... DO NOT USE GOO GONE on ANY PARTS on the bike as it will WARP the colors. 3M or some alcohol would most likely be best.
My boyfriend used some goo gone on my windscreen to get the decal gunk off and it like warped the dang thing lol. make it look all foggy.
but thats okay lol he was just tryin to help so... i just got a new one.
but yeah learn from my boyfriends innocent mistake and DONT USE GOO GONE!

its the devil! lol.

Quote from: Malatesta on October 20, 2008, 02:28:42 PM

Quote from: hotrodstu77 on October 20, 2008, 10:39:29 AM
how did you get the gs stickers off the back? is yours clear coated? mine just feels like straight paint no clear.

Huh, just tried this myself...

At least on the 2006 version (same as the OP) all the graphics are on the fairings are stickers, so they just literally peel off like any standard decal.  You just use your nail to get an end and pull.  Came off within seconds.  Used a little rubbing alcohol to get the glue outline off and a quick wash.  Looks nice!

Now I'm wondering about the front fairing graphics/stickers...hmmm

It makes it look like 4875614234789745123487561234897432132 times better dont it?! lol.
=]

ANDDDDDD....

guess what else?!
=]
( i went on a lil shopping spree.)

i justtttt ordereddddddd a waterproof mount for my Mp3 player that goes on the handlebars.
http://www.gpscity.com/item-ram-mount-aqua-box-2-medium-cradle-on-zinc-u-bolt-mount/ramb149zaq2.htm

i alsooooooo purchased the new Cardo Q2 wireless Bluetooth headsets for my helmet. I bought the Multiset with 2, but you can buy them single. (we got 2 so we could talk lol)
It does like the radio, mp3 hookup, intercom, bluetooth with your cell, etc. CHECK THEM OUT FORREAL. theyre wayyyy worth the $ since those "chatterbox" headsets... seriously suck, my friend used to have one.
http://www.cardowireless.com/US/MultiSet

anddddddddddd.... lol
a new HJC helmet which is getting airbrushed in like a week or so. maybe friday when my dang paycheck comes. lol.
and pimpin lil pigtails.... FOR MY HELMET!
heres some pix so far... the mount will be here in like 3 days so ill post pix of that after i install it. =]

pigtails-


cardo -


cardo mic-


lol. just thought id share that =]

btw, you can buy a $4 bottle of plastic polish, or headlight oxidation remover and it'll clear your windscreen right up. no need to buy a new one.

Quote from: jrains89 on October 21, 2008, 11:01:22 PM
btw, you can buy a $4 bottle of plastic polish, or headlight oxidation remover and it'll clear your windscreen right up. no need to buy a new one.

ya know i tried it.... and it still didnt come out to the extent i wanted i mean that goo gone seriously screwed it all up lol.
i tried plastix, wax, buffer compound stuff, rubbing compound.... everything.
finally i just gave up. lol
i got the new one from a friend at the dealership for like $10 so i didnt care. lol.
now if i had to pay alot for it i prolly woulda still been sitting in my garage miing ideas of what the heck i coulda used =] ahahahhaaa.
<333