Hi All- I put my 91 GS down last fall and after pulling off everything that was damaged it looks like I've got some serious (for me) repair work ahead. I've been reading threads on this website for about a year and will probably start a "rebuild" thread eventually, but before I get into any of that I need some GStwin wisdom. All of my controls, clusters, etc, are gone. In other words, everything that was on the handlebars (including the bars themselves) was trashed. Also, the headlight, speedo/tach, and one side panel were destroyed. Ugh.

I picked up one cluster on eBay, but it is faded and looks terrible. Where is the best place to buy all the crap I need? I'd prefer not to buy OEM stuff since the repairs will total more than the bike is worth pretty quickly. Any help or advice is appreciated.

Sorry to hear about your crash. Glad your ok.

You should be able to use vynil, leather, or plastic dye to get those gauges looking better and less faded.

Not sure if it will help, but this guy has a bunch of used parts:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/mcy/974178684.html

   I'm glad you're okay.

It sounds like you really messed up the front end. Are you sure the forks are not bent?

Good luck with the rebuild! 

Quote from: beRto on December 30, 2008, 09:34:47 AM
Are you sure the forks are not bent?

Double and triple check this one.  it can be hard to notice on some bikes, such as this GSXR600 I worked on once that had a bent fork but nobody noticed until the forks were off the bike for service.

This is an excellent question, and I don't know the answer. Dumb question, but how would I know if I bent the forks? I assume this is not the kind of thing I can eyeball.

Thanks for being glad I'm okay. I'm pretty sure most people don't really get up from the kind of wreck I had, but I walked home from it. I was bruised and bleeding, but I was in one piece. The bike however, ...not so much. Long story short, a tree trunk caught my right handlebar and put me down - this is why everything on the handlebar is completely destroyed. Add to this the rocky canyon where it happened, and you can imagine why there was such extensive damage. I really am lucky to be okay...

Use a laser, some string, anything that will give you a straight line then hold up along forks and if needed have somebody measure the gap between the string and bar. If there off and disassembled then you could lay them onto a flat surface ie. a table, garage floor, etc. Just an idea, hope it helps.