Recent content by Speedorchid

New Parts picked up in Buffalo from a Friends. Driven over the border and....Declared everything...guy was super nice and let me over, no duties. also was going to sand down the tank as shown here to a rough steel looking thing and then clear coat it. Saw these in RONA but after reading...

OVerkill thread was awesome!!! Thanks. I decided to take off the L tank(even though I was bondoing and sanding it) and go with the "e"?? not sure all I know is that it is purple. I am going to sandblast it or sand it down and try and leaving it metal looking. I will try an epoxy or laquer...

CAn you post some final picts of your bike...I read through this whole amazing thread and wanted to see the final product. YOu did an amazing Job...I have a GS1000L that I'm working on and man, I wish I had your knowledge!!! ;-) good work!

TAnk fix. flat black pipes seat rusted out...hmmmm any thoughts?

Got the cylinder head covers on the side nice and shiny... That brasso stuff worked great. I found that of the 8 screws that held on the 4 covers, there were 4 different types....i'll be fixing that soon. Exhaust going to be painted tomorrow...I hope. I sanded the rust off, wiped her down...

welcome! That will look awesome...set up a paypal account and get buying...ha ha.

Got myself a dremel, some shelving for the parts, some black paint and 600 sandpaper...got the exhaust off and going to try and polish the aluminum engine coming up. I'll show some before and after...any thoughts on how to polish it up nice and easy. Tried some rubbing compound but didn;t get...

wow is it ever... took off the exhaust and going to wrap it and paint the end black with some good ol BBQ paint I wanted to swap the tank with a yamaha(top left) but no go as the frame gets in the way....hmmmm I'll have to see what to do. Now I have 3 tanks.....any thoughts? I'm looking for...

look at the post by loco leon about posting pictures. I used Photobucket and it worked awesome. A must.. Lets see a pict! welcome. ;-)

awesome welcome aboard...

you are right.....thanks guys for the input...going to take off the exhaust asap, hoist her up and see what she's all about over the next few days. Some of the bikes on this site are unbelievable!!

Parts bike arrived: GS1000S instead of the L. Going to be pulling some stuff off and selling stuff if you need anything. Wow I'm realizing I'm a little over my head. Now my garage looks like a motorcycle shop...My wife is going to kill me when she gets home...ha ha Here's the parts bike...

shorty shocks arrived in New York....Telefix ordered and head light ears came in as well.....Took off the seat and battery, bought a motorcycle lift and ratchet set...excited....wheels getting taped up for a spinning flat black mat spray...come on out sunshine!! Going to look sick!

Alright. Here I go. This is what I got. I'm going to slam it down and hopefully make myself a sweet ride. I welcome any comments and links to great photos for this bike as well as suggestions on what I should do to make it kick ass!! Wish me luck...love the forum and support, thx to all.