GS500

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

Passed test, got big bike.

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£600, happy days. Rebuilt the front caliper,rode around on it as a courier hack for a few weeks, then did this;

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Road rash to knee, back, all my leathers cut up and a smashernated bike. Walked around very strangely for a while.

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Bent fork, broken mudguard mount, smashed engine casing, electrics dead, indicators and headlight broken.

Thus leaving me back on the faithful YBR. Which decided to throw a sprocket up the road after snapping a tooth off this afternoon. Came to the conclusion i'd saved up enough dollar to fix one or the other, so im going to try and turn this around within a few days.

Half hour after getting the bike home;

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and an hour after that;

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Fuzzy photo on that last one, no idea why.

Engines going to be out tomorrow morning, then i'll get on with removing the fucking brush on hammerite paintjob that the previous owner did on the frame & swingarm. However i need to find my persuading bar, as said previous owner has painted over all the bloody bolts. Engine mounts are all stuck solid too. Currrently satin blacking all the silly bits at the moment cause its too dark/cold outside to do anything.
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D O G · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Karma :

mysterious_rider · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Karma :

Yours is quite clean (apart from crash damage!)

Gs's arent good looking bikes standard. But I cafe racer'd mine. She looks okay now. Smile

Few ideas for ya..

https://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/mysterious_rider/Photo0095.jpg

Nisp · Scooby Slapper Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Karma :

christ mysterious_rider, that picture above has momentarily urged me to just buy a GS Shocked

bad news about the crash
but with all the gs's around im sure you'll have no problems. Cool

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mysterious_rider · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Karma :

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

mysterious_rider · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Karma :

Sounds good!!

Well it does look clean aha. Espesh with the nice black engine!

And here's a flyby of mine.... That noise at the end is when I let off the throttle! Overrun is such a nice sound.

https://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/mysterious_rider/?action=view¤t=mattongs.mp4

Razz

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

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Started painting the frame today, however got halfway through stripping it before realising i'd not taken photo's so grabbed a few closeups.

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decided i cant be arsed taking the engine out. Just going to deal with the worst of the paint that i can see when it's all together...It's going to look a little ratty when its all done anyway!
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_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

Sprayed frame...

https://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o574/_Iain_/3e09e1fd.jpg

Sprayed swingarm...

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Removed fucked forks & stuff.

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Started putting stuff back together, fitted rear lights, tried wiring up in the dark and failed miserably. Horn works though

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In other news, i cant wrap panels or anything for shit. After realising it'd all gone totally wrong decided to use the rest of the materials for practice...

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Shame really, mighta made something a bit different. Instead am now on the lookout for a decent tank/mudguard/tail combo. I.e not scratched to fuck and dented like the old plastics & tank!
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_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

Decided im too poor for a new tank & plastics.

Lengthy amount of time to strip the vinyl off the side panels, and the OEM decals i ended up with this;

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And this;

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And its raining, and im fucking tired. And the tanks full of petrol so it's not coming in the house. It too will recive the satin black, but i'll have to get ahold of some petrol proof laquer for it.

Think it'll probbably end up as some kind of ratty/streetfighter thing. Long as it carries on making an offensive noise and doesnt try to kill me again i'll be happy! Laughing

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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

I thinks I have a can of clear coat here, doesn't state petrol resistant but I covered the GSXR in water and petrol and it stayed black Laughing

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

Tbh i've got so much satin black lying round the house im not sure if im even going to bother petrol proofing shit.

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Did stuff..

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Hopefully parts will arrive tomorrow. I.e bars, headlight, forks and the new rear wheel.

Wider rubber is required, and im not too keen on oversizing tyres scince it cornered like a bag of shit when it had a 120 on the front. Fitting the GSXR 750 rear wheel should allow me to fit a 150 on there with no fuss...Although i'm going to have to make up a caliper bracket to get the brakes to align propperly.
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-bandit · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Karma :

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nice work Razz

P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

A GSXR 750 rear wheel... unless its pre like 92.. will need a 180 + rear Shocked

mysterious_rider · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Karma :

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

Gsxr 750 slingshot wheels are supposed to be a straight fit. Need to swap the wheel bearings over...

Oh and get a wheel with the 5 peg cush drive, like a dipshit i've got one with 6. Looking at it a bandit 600 wheel is going to be the cheapest option with the right cush drives/width etc. again bearings need to be swapped and a bit of grinding done on the caliper bracket, other than that s'all good. Then you can run a 150 tyre with no issues, or a 160 if you get someone to bend the torque rod for the rear caliper a little to gain the clearance on the tyre. Anything over 160 isnt doable unless you fuck about realigning the chain/sprockets, and thats more of a headache than its worth imo. With that said theres always one;

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Need to ebay myself another wheel now. In other news my bars arrived...so got em drilled up & fitted all the controls. Hoping my headlight, forks & mudguard arrive tomorrow. Pic of bars later as cant be arsed trying to make photobucket work from iFail

Boosh;

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GrumpyGuts · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Karma :

MOAR

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_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

So to update, following the failiure of fitting the 750 gsxr wheel to the bike i picked up a bandit 600 wheel with the correct 5 peg cush drive....

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Threw this shit in the bin;

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(a pair of bandit wheel bearings, a gs500 centre spacer, and a rubber seal from the bandit wheel)

Fitted the GS500 bearings & bandit spacer into the bandit wheel, and popped the sprocket/hub on;

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Caliper lines up, sprocket lines up, caliper brackets too fat. So either need to get a shorter spacer made up, or grind the caliper bracket down a smidge. But we're talking less than 10mm out, so not bad for a first attempt i feel.

Headlight arrived too. as did the replacement mudguard that i still need to paint....the forks to bolt it all on to? nah. that'd be asking too much. Being held up by this at the moment... Evil or Very Mad

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_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

Painted new mudguard that came with some kind of "fenda extenda" from what google tells me.

Replaced flasher relay with an LED relay, even though i'd bought non LED indicators specificly to avoid having to do as such. Indicators now work.

Finally got a refund from ebay for the forks that were a no show, so today ordered replacement forks from an '04 GS500F that look like they've got some kind of adjuster thingy on them. Not sure, but they're the cheapest i could get with good seals. I have hope that being off a later bike they might not be so squishy..time will tell. Have payed a significant amount extra for quick postage...wont be happy if they're not here tomorrow/weds!!

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Got a lurverly new wheel on order to match what i plan to do with the bandit wheel.

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And some part worns. Dunlop sportmax's to be exact 110/70/17 & 150/60/17.

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Temporary wired my headlight in to see how bad it realy is, and the answer is very. Going to need to fit HID's to it as a priority when it's back on the road. Managed to find a company that makes a seperate low/hi beam projector unit which is E-marked, and has a 40mm lens, so should just about squeeze in where the current bulbs are. Till then i'll just avoid riding in the dark...

Not mounted up propperly, haterz gonna hate and all that, but i likes it!! Laughing

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Cant decide between tiny bar end mirrors and some fancy modern pointy jobbies. Need to be able to actually use my mirrors, and i can see the bar ends being an arse filtering given the bars im running are slightly wider already. But then sorting the exhausts a bigger issue than the bloody mirrors. Hopefully going to replace the outer tubing with carbon, and fit a new end cap. retaining the vance & hines manifold, baffle, packing, bottom end and everything. Works out cheaper than a universal can, and should hopefully retain the dimensions, volume, backpressure etc etc that the original can has, and thus leave the system improving performance marginally and not just making lots of noise.
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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

If you do replace mirrors... Wink

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

Then i shall return the ones that are on it to where they should be Laughing

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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

I CAN SEE AGAIN Laughing

_Iain_ · Banned Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

What happened to the bar end mirrors you were on about for it??
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mysterious_rider · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Karma :

Rear tyre is overkill. Will be shit mate trust.

140 is the max really, you can get away with or it bends the tyre