Hello!

My name is Peter van den Berge. I live in the Netherlands, and have recently gotten myself a 1999 Suzuki GS500E.
I'm currently working as an network and system administrator for a small company here in the netherlands.

Next to playing games, and doing awsome computer stuff my passions are Krav Maga and tuning mopeds. I got my motorcycle license about a month ago now, and as soon as i got the money for it, bought myself this motorcycle:



I plan to use this as a project, as i currently don't really NEED this two wheeler. Work i can do by regular bike, so its not an issue if this machine has to stand still for some time.

In the time awaiting my account approval i made this. It's what i want my bike to look like. I know, its not really stealthy, but i think it could work really nice.
Yeye! I know :p ROCKSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just like their logo a lot :p sue me!



Anyways, I hope to have a wondefull time here at the forum! 

Welcome!
Nice bike! The rockstar theme looks awesome... I would personally have the frame powdercoated black to complete the look.
And maybe black out the engine with some yellow details?

Waar kom je vandaan in NL?

I want to have the fram powdercoated at some point, as there's little spots of bare metal (read: rust) on it. But the rockstar colours are black, yellow (or gold) and grey. If you google it, you see a lot of bikes with grey accents aswell.

I thought of having de cilinder painted black, with a yellow cilinder head or valve cover or something. Its still a thought in progress, so i welcome your feedback on the idea

Ik woon in Amersfoort. Woon je in de buurt? :p

Ik zit een stuk zuidelijker... Ik woon net buiten Valkenburg LB

Dat is wel n eind ja :p Heb je zelf ergens een projectpagina staan? Ik zie m al! Waar haal jij al je onderdelen? Alleen de dealer en ebay?

Beetje rond shoppen...
Op eBay vindt je wel vanalles maar het is niet meer wat het vroeger was. Vroeger kon je leuke koopjes scoren via de veilingen. Nu is grotendeels "standaard" verkoop. Vaak is het ook gewoon goedkoper om rechtstreeks bij de fabrikant te bestellen.
Ik heb bv mn veren (sonic) en ketting smeer systeem (motobriiz) rechtstreeks bij de fabrikant besteld.
Onderhouds onderdelen bestel ik via internet of ik haal ze bij de lokale onderdelenboer.

"The hunt is half the fun!"

WelCome!  Interesting,...

The hunt is half the fun, Thats so true :p but frustrating when you can't find what you're looking for....

Thanks cbrfxr!

What's on your shopping list?

Here's a copy of my shopping list at the moment. Every time im behind my laptop and think of something, i write it there, or the parts i think ill need :p


VidaXL.nl
https://www.vidaxl.nl/p/210005/compressie-meter-voor-benzinemotoren-9-delig?gclid=CLGJlP_76b8CFbPJtAodPVwAdA
- Pressure meter (voor de cilinders)

woembi.de
http://www.woembi.de/Vergaser-Dichtsaetze/Vergaser-Rep-Satz-SUZUKI-GSX-R750-90-95.html?keyword=bst+33
http://www.tenkateshop.com/carburateur-revisieset-81-004008
- Carburateur rubbers revisiesetje K-583

- Dashboard anders (digital?)
- Ander voorlicht
- Tank Guard


It's only since today that i found a carb revision kit in a dutch webshop (tenkateshop). Also its only since today that a colleague pointed me to boonstraparts.com. Wich is based in the netherlands.

Here's a little list of stuff i did

Voelermaatje set   € 4,99   2-aug-14   48100
Shim ontgrendelingstang   € 11,99   2-aug-14   48100
Digitale schuifmaat   € 19,99   2-aug-14   48100
O-Ring set   € 5,99   2-aug-14   48100
Koper wasser set   € 15,99   2-aug-14   48100
O-Ring verwijder setje   € 9,99   2-aug-14   48100
Carburateur reiniger   € 7,99   2-aug-14   48100
2x shim omwisselen   € 8,00   2-aug-14   48100
Totaal:   € 84,93      
         
Benzine slang 5M   € 11,99   5-aug-14   48150
Tie-reps   € 7,99   5-aug-14   48150
Benzinefilter   € 2,85   5-aug-14   48150
Totaal:   € 22,83      
         
2x Powerfilter   € 21,52   9-aug-14   48269
2x sproeier 140   € 3,66   9-aug-14   48269
2x sproeier 144   € 3,66   9-aug-14   48269
2x sproeier 148   € 3,66   9-aug-14   48269
Totaal:   € 32,50      

Taken from an excel file. So excuse me for the format :p

And you can add this to the wishlist

- http://www.boonstraparts.com/nl/onderdeel/suzuki-sv-650-s-/-n-1999-2002-achterschokbreker-1999&ID=B10000D9NX

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