Jeffro93
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OK. I've been playing around with this forum for a while, and did my first Pie Run this past weekend, so I guess I'll "strut my stuff" and show you my project bike.
It's an '83 GL650 Interstate. When I got it, someone had taken off the fairing and tried to convert it to a "naked" style, but didn't appear to have finished the job. The bike was a mess. I knew I wanted something a little different, and this fit the bill. Actually, I bought it without any sort of plan except to get it running and start riding (if I hadn't have bought my SV650 this summer, it would have my first running bike). Eventually, I settled on a cafe theme, mostly because I hated the factory seat.
I replaced the tank with one from an '80 CX500 (much better form, in my opinion) and "taught" myself how to weld on the seat frame/pan and the back half of a '76 CB360. I replaced the crapped out Pro-Link monoshock with a Hagon shock and added Progressive springs out front. Exhaust is Emgo shorty reverse cones.
I've been working on it for 2 years as of October, and finally got it running about 10 days ago, but I'm not ready to put it on the road just yet. I'm hoping to get it in "runner" form to work out the kinks, and then work on finer details and paint. I hope to be "complete" sometime in Spring 2011.
Photo Album:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/580096741CQBSuG
Start-Up video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VypgPPWLJTg
It's an '83 GL650 Interstate. When I got it, someone had taken off the fairing and tried to convert it to a "naked" style, but didn't appear to have finished the job. The bike was a mess. I knew I wanted something a little different, and this fit the bill. Actually, I bought it without any sort of plan except to get it running and start riding (if I hadn't have bought my SV650 this summer, it would have my first running bike). Eventually, I settled on a cafe theme, mostly because I hated the factory seat.
I replaced the tank with one from an '80 CX500 (much better form, in my opinion) and "taught" myself how to weld on the seat frame/pan and the back half of a '76 CB360. I replaced the crapped out Pro-Link monoshock with a Hagon shock and added Progressive springs out front. Exhaust is Emgo shorty reverse cones.
I've been working on it for 2 years as of October, and finally got it running about 10 days ago, but I'm not ready to put it on the road just yet. I'm hoping to get it in "runner" form to work out the kinks, and then work on finer details and paint. I hope to be "complete" sometime in Spring 2011.
Photo Album:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/580096741CQBSuG
Start-Up video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VypgPPWLJTg
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