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Oh boy...

The Gixxer I built for my buddy is delivered, he took it home to California. Then he calls me to tell me to pick up a bike.
He bought me a real nice GS750E as a thank you gift...

Now who out there knows of a good building Forum for the 83 GS...

This one is a survivor, no molestation has occurred. I am about 30 days from finishing the KZ, then its on to restoring this GS.

tk11b40 wrote: Oh boy...

The Gixxer I built for my buddy is delivered, he took it home to California. Then he calls me to tell me to pick up a bike.
He bought me a real nice GS750E as a thank you gift...

Now who out there knows of a good building Forum for the 83 GS...

This one is a survivor, no molestation has occurred. I am about 30 days from finishing the KZ, then its on to restoring this GS.

www.thegsresources.com/

Really nice build!

Thank you !!

I have been offline for a while. The other bike (Suzuki)
has been getting some attention. I am now turning back to the KZ as funding permits.




I leveled the bike and set it on a scale, firs the front, then the rear. Weighs in at 440 pounds with half tank fuel. A little heavier than I was shooting for. Wanted to hold it at 425 dry. 2.2 gallons of fuel weigh about 13.75 pounds, which would give it a dry weight of 426.5 pounds. Not bad.

The gages are on, I plug them in and the signal lights are now all jacked up. I suppose the LTD model was just a wire or two different than the standard, so I have to pull each lead out of the connector and resort some more wiring.

I am looking for some nice headlight mounts. Seems like you can get them for 20 dollars or two hundred. Nothing in between. The forks are 43 mm in diameter. Any ideas?

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tk11b40 wrote: I am looking for some nice headlight mounts. Seems like you can get them for 20 dollars or two hundred. Nothing in between. The forks are 43 mm in diameter. Any ideas?

I used a early LTD bracket on my 1000 that mounts to the gauge bracket studs. Made a copy but slightly wider for the 8" Gs1100E headlight on the 900. Works great and super simple.




Later, Doug

I picked up a couple gear clamps and made my own bracket, used the stock headlight bucket

Interesting..

I am going to look into this.

It was quick and simple for now. And cost effective. Unlike some other components. Lol

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationI found some 54mm head light brackets, and used my original bucket. If you need more info you can PM me.

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationI got the brackets off of ebay, the post would not load on the previous comment. Apparently ebay links are broken today. Here is a web link

Have you looked at these?

pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=281441252633

Universal 35/39/41mm Motorcycle Headlight Mount Bracket Fork Ear Bobber Chrome

Now they are 41mm but I wonder if a 1.5" sanding drum could get them to work. They are pretty nice and are available in black and aluminum finish as well. Then there is always Dime City

www.dimecitycycles.com

Lastly could you adapt a head light bracket from a Kawasaki ZR7?

I switched from the old stock reg and rect when I put my Z1 back on the road again to the combo unit. works great, don't fry batteries anymore and leaking acid all over my machine. The one big problem over the years has been the permanent magnet rotor becomes sloppy over time causing a knocking noise. I have one extra but bought another one on ebay. At first it looked good but when I put it in a vice and moved it one way and the other, I cold tell it was starting to do the same thing. The seller ignored me and time ran out for refund.This seems to be a problem with this design. In 78 I had one seize up. I managed to get the cover off after hours of trying so I know that noise. Maybe that's why K went to the all electric type. I'm going to stiffen up the V bracket from the steering head to the down tubes. On the Z1's they always cracked in the same spot. I will also add another tube just above or below the swing arm pivot. The Susie's had a tube going from the steering head to the cross tube like yours. I'm planning to do that as well. Good Job.