Black Friday GS500E Project

[MSerfozo]

Hi, my name is Mark and this is my 1st post here.
I retired in Aug this year with the hopes of spending more time riding and wrenching.  My "Master Project" is my '01 Bandit 1200 that I bought brand new and still isn't finished!
I was looking for something interesting on Craigslist and saw this '95 GS500.  Somebody got off to a start with customizing it but, from what the seller said, ran out of wiring skills or knowledge.  Anyway, I brought it home on Black Friday and probably spent less than if I'd gone to the mall with my wife!

[MSerfozo]

One of the past owners put these Mad Max style Shinkos on so I think I'll continue with the scrambler theme for now.
It has a vertical license plate bracket that has to go - besides disliking the look, I believe I read that Ohio outlawed vertical plates.
I found a short rear fender that should give me a place to mount the license and a front fender that I think I'll try to mount a few inches off the tire.
I also ordered new fork seals because the tube were pretty wet.  I'll do new fork oil as well.
I'm not sure how far I want to go with this..  I definitely don't want it to become a money sink like the Bandit.  I'll probably sell it in the spring so "close enough" should satisfy me.

[cbrfxr67]

Threads like this send me straight to marketplace to look for a cheapo.  Like I need one!
Can't wait to see what you do with this one,...!  Looks like my kind of fun!

[MSerfozo]

My newer Bandit 1200 (only in its 22nd season) has been occupying all my garage time lately so the Scrambler 500 has been on the back burner.  But while I was bleeding brakes yesterday, I swapped the brake lines on the GS for some SS lines I had in the Bandit spares pile.  They fit like they belong there and bled easily with a nice, hard lever & pedal.  It's good to make some progress on this bike.  Next job is fork seals & maybe springs.
Sorry, no pics, just imagine fat rubber brake lines replaced with thin, shiny, black, SS lines.
More when I get time to wrench on it again...