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Thanks for the details....it's amazing.
Thanks! Glad you like it
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love it, though I would change those bends too. Chrome it out and it'll take it up a few notches. Beautiful work, though!
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Thanks MZDAGRL. Maybe you should supply me with some Woodcraft pieces to accesorize it![]()
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I'm with Chip, you make some seriously cool stuff but please look here http://www.summitracing.com/search?S...drel%20exhaust
Other than that this thing is really awesome man.
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What did you have to do to fit the forks?
-Alex
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Thanks man. Forks were not terribly difficult. used the GSXR triple tree and stem, just had to source the upper stem bearing in the appropriate size, and also make spacers for the cbr900rr front wheel. I have been to Summits website and Jegs as well. for some reason i thought the mandrel bends were more expensive, but I guess not....next time. Like I said, the owner is happy with it the way it is, I just want to get it out of my garage and get paidThen on to the next project. I am think of picking up another late 70's early 80's superbike and going the Sanctuary/Racefit look..total muscle bike!
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Awesome.
Thanks..I tried![]()
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Lak- You've got a problem once this bike is gone. You won't have any excuses to give your wife for being in the garage all night.
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Fantastic build!! Well done, yeah the exhaust is a little off, but i actually kind of like it.
My next build might be a Japanese cafe bike.
-Alex
I can resist everything but Pete's mom.
The exhaust does not bother me...could it be better? Maybe. Could the wheels be better? Maybe....but thats the charm, as a complete bike.
I'd be super proud to own it....and even more proud to have built it.
Thank everyone! Obsolete..no changes necessary to the triple tree, other than getting the steering stops to work. I can remember where I sourced the bearing, it ended up being a pretty weird size. The GSXR bottom bearing fir with no problems, just the upper i had to change due to the OD of it.
I am not a huge fan of the wheels either, but that is what the owner picked out. i really wanted him to get some wheels from a Ducati sport 1000 or sport classic, so we could runs spokes with modern sized rubber, but it was cost prohibitive.
Gumby...I will find another excuse to be in the garage, no worries about that!
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Nice work! Wish I had the patience to stick with a project long enough to do something like that. I already have a good low mileage air cooled candidate for a project bike, but will probably just sell it in stock form in the spring, before I destroy it by doing it partway and losing interest.
Like everyone else, I'm not a fan of the materials and inconsistent finish on the exhaust, but I actually really like the shape and flow of it. Pretty sure those are sportster mufflers, not big twin...at least they are much smaller than the ones that came stock on my harley.
Again, congrats on the accomplishment!
Out of curiosity. If this was to sell how much would it fetch?
time to fix the exhaust apparently!
Hmmm, good question Tsorfas...to be honest with you, not really sure. This is a 78 GS1000s, which is the Wes Cooley bike, which makes it a little more rare. If it was stock and in good shape, it would be worth quite a bit, but obviously when i got it, it was beat to hell and missing most of the parts that would have made it worth anything. As a modified bike, I have know idea. I know how much I am getting paid for my labor, which is roughly $3000.00. Based on some of the prices I see on Craigslist for complete hack jobs, I would say I could probably sell this bike for maybe $3000-$4000...I could be way off base though. Its one of those kind of bikes that might be worth a lot to one person, and nothing the next. Mostly what you would be paying for is the uniqueness.
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The swingarm is a masterpiece.