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I brought the tank in my avatar to a local auto body and asked them how much to shoot clear coat on it and I would do the prep, the final 1500-2000 wet sand and polish.... they said $200.00 I said F**K you... I did all my self with rattle cans.

missionkz wrote: I brought the tank in my avatar to a local auto body and asked them how much to shoot clear coat on it and I would do the prep, the final 1500-2000 wet sand and polish.... they said $200.00 I said F**K you... I did all my self with rattle cans.

Dont spill fuel on it.... Does look nice.

mjg15 wrote:

missionkz wrote: I brought the tank in my avatar to a local auto body and asked them how much to shoot clear coat on it and I would do the prep, the final 1500-2000 wet sand and polish.... they said $200.00 I said F**K you... I did all my self with rattle cans.

Dont spill fuel on it.... Does look nice.

Eastmans makes a two part fuel proof clear coat that works fantastic. Just google it.

Cool, sounds handy, I'll take a look

Hey sent you a pm on your gxsr600 swing arm measurements.

Just an update, I have been working pretty hard on the 550, trying to get it done for spring, I'm down to painting the wheels and having the frame blasted and painted. I was going to have it powder coated, however due to the cost, I decided to just paint it myself. Thats the way it came from the factory so its good enough for me. And the paint i use is epoxy based and tougher than crap.

Hi all...just an update. 550 is waiting for the frame to be blasted still; all other parts done. I am debating on a big bore kit and a megacycle cam with a road race grind. It would wake it up nicely. The 1100 is mostly done, rear end is mounted with a modified stock swingarm and the 87 gxsr 18" rear wheel. I purchased a 87 gixxer rear brake and rebuilt and mounted it. Had to weld a bracket on the bottom of the swing arm for the torque arm. Mounted up the zephyr shocks, no prob. Front wheel FINALLY fitted with the 86 gsxr 18" wheel, had to mill the mounting points for the rotors almost 10"mm. Fabricated adapters for the brakes and milled spacers and shims for the 15 mm to 17 mm bearing and axle. And it all works....18" gsxr wheels on a GPZ1100. Really makes it look like S1 with those wheels. I bought a zrx 1100 swing arm, but..it does not bolt up, slightly to wide between pivot holes. Also the lower bar of the arm does not clear the Kerker pipe. So I guessing this needs to be modified (the kerker?) The tank still needs to be sorted, I really want a late model J tank, I have two GPZ1100 tanks I could trade for one? I was also thinking about dropping in a megecycle .385" cam to beef it up a bit.

Here is the latest update. Finally finished up mounting the ZN700 instruments...I'm really happy with the out come. Looks factory and bolted pretty much right up. A little trimming here and there but not much. Wiring was one to one...can't get any easier than that.

GSXR 18" Wheels, front and rear fully mounted and functional, chain converted to 530, 34 mm flat sides mounted, Brakes mounted and functional. Last and biggest pain, gpz fuel tank petcock interfering with the carbs. Only thing I can think of is cutting the old mount point and welding it further back. i can't do that, my welding skills are not that good.

But almost there! In the mean time I bought a sweet 2000 ZRX1100. I'll have one old and one newish...

YES! Finally have the GPZ1100 on the road! It looks awesome exactly what I was going for..and pioneered new ways to update these.
Adapting the 87 GSXR wheels, I think , is best way to get that original S1 look without having to spend $5000.00 on dynomags. And they are friggin cool looking. 310 mm full floating disk, modern tires, fully adjustable KYB ZRX rear shock, upgraded meters...and those gorgeous RS flat slides; which are driving me nuts at the moment tuning. When she gets on the pipe it goes like stink.

As far as I know this is the first and only conversion to 18" gixxer wheels.

Some Photos of the 81 GPZ1100, these are without the new set of S1 style rear sets.

Beautiful.

Congrats to a beautiful build