my 89 GS500e

[GS500Schultz]

Well I bought the bike about two months ago and was in an accident two weeks ago :-/
Ended up destroying the headlight, gauges, forks,bent the stock clip ons, broke the OEM master cylinder, and cracked my stator cover.








And the restoration starts!
Picked up a used stator cover on ebay then did some blasting and powder coating.

before ^


After^

also decided to make the sprocket cover look sexy as well. and rebuild the clutch push rod thing lol (technical I know)


tada!



I'll also be selling the clip on triple tree, you will need new clip on bars but the triple isn't bend or cracked. I'll post a picture tomorrow

[GS500Schultz]

ordered up some new to me forks for a whole $80! SWEET!!!
Going to swap over my race tech springs and do a fluid swap.  I'm doing some rebuilding and also modding.

I ordered up a few items:
stainless braided brake lines
ZZR600 master cylinder
6 piston front caliper (ZZR600)  I plan on having a bracket made to bolt this on. I will have a few made and possibly for sale.

ordered my headlight up, went with dual headlights


a Z1000 windscreen i'm going to make fit with some custom bracketry

[Krav]

Those restored parts look very nice!

Im having my exhaust pipes blasted right now if they would end up looking like what you've got, i would be really pleased.

Seems like a nice project you've got going here!

[GS500Schultz]

thanks!

I'm actually doing the triples right now in a powder coat.
I'll then have to learn how to pull the bearing race that's stuck on the stem :-/


I will more than likely be blasting my head pipes as well. But I'll be cutting up the old exhaust up to fit the new Delkevic i'll be installing.

[GS500Schultz]

so i think the forks were slightly bent lol.. what do you think?



I installed my new forks and some fun add ons as well



still in pieces and not wired in.





This is how she sits right now. Braided brake line,
superbike bars,
ZZR600 master cylinder,
dual 4" headlights,
new choke cable,
clutch cable,
GSXR clutch perch and a lot of stainless hardware!
Not sure i want do the caliper upgrade yet. But more than likely I will be doing a 6 piston swap

Also the stock 89 throttle cable isn't long enough to accommodate the taller bars so I'll need to buy a new one. 

[GS500Schultz]

sweet awesome stuff just came in!

[Krav]

Going great!

What are you going to do with the cable mess behind your headlamp?

[GS500Schultz]

thanks! The mess of cable will be hidden by the speedometer and the windscreen. Therefore won't bother me one bit. Also will allow easy access if i ever decided to change things up a bit.

I just got this bad boy in the mail and proceeded to wire it in.    also if you look closely you'll see all the cables are NEW
Throttle, choke, and clutch. The OEM ones were to short when I went to taller bars.

This speedo is fully programmable from MPH/KMH, wheel sizes, number of cylinders, fuel, oil, and so on. 



I'm also thinking of putting a Hyosung GT250 gas tank on the bike as the frame seems pretty much the same as my hold HYO, it even has the two holes drilled in the frame where the hyosung tank mount goes..Weird...

[Jim Knopf]

I'm also thinking of putting a Hyosung GT250 gas tank on the bike as the frame seems pretty much the same as my hold HYO, it even has the two holes drilled in the frame where the hyosung tank mount goes..Weird...

Servus,

good Luck for to do this!

[jar75]

Nice job. What type of gauge is that ?

[GS500Schultz]

it's an Ebay special. was $50 shipped. but it has all the essentials.
Everything is adjustable, it's bright, and works the way it should.

[JM500]

A detailed installation for us mechanically impaired would be awesome. Are all your idiot lights stock though

[GS500Schultz]

nope all my idiot lights are built into my new gauge.

Detailed install guide would be rather difficult as the wiring colors change per seller you buy it off of. . How ever I can attempt give some what of a wiring diagram.

gauge wiring. Where ts says "memory" and "power" those wires need to be wired together.  That and setting the tach to 4cyl instead of 2 to make it read correctly.

[GS500Schultz]

got my Italian beauties today!!

[GS500Schultz]

well this sucks... Kept trying to figure out why my bike handled so weird... now I know why, the freaking swing arm was bent.... 




Luckily ebay provided a new swing arm for a whole $20 with free shipping.

[The Buddha]

You may have a missing spacer
That cush drive supposed to be ~1/2-3/4" off the SA.
Cool.
Buddha.

[GS500Schultz]

I haven't pulled it apart yet.
Either way a new swing arm was needed, due to the fact the sprocket bolts ate away at the swing arm and there is almost nothing left....

how many spacers should there be?

[gsJack]

The sprocket bolts will hit the swingarm if spacer 10 is missing.  If spacer 9 is missing the cush drive bottoms and the wheel bearing is heavily side loaded. I'd guess both 9 and 10 are missing and be sure to check the bearings for damage.

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[GS500Schultz]

the swing arm it self is also bent. (I'm pretty sure the bike was in an accident before I bought it) The bolts clear the swing arm still, the swing arm is just bent.
But I guess I'll find out more when I pull the rear wheel off.


I'll be replacing wheel bearings as I plan on powder coating my wheels gold, while painting the bike black with a white racing stripe.

[7thgear]

Are those Pirelli tyres?