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  1. mmaurin

    1977 GS 750 Project Bratstyle

    looks sweet! what did you end up doing for jetting?
  2. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    SO I got tired of bumping my lights and them not working right, not to mention not being day-friendly... i imagine i need to get stiffer shocks, but i also wanted to put a little fender on the back... the fenders a little crooked, so i may need to adjust that but im going to run it for...
  3. mmaurin

    81 GS550 Tracker - Miami to St Louis

    pretty clean gs... great job...i really like the stitching and gold lines i mounted my turns and plate like that and broke it off... you can check out reply #78... admittedly my welds weren't great, but that would have just ruined my tire and severely bent the bracket...
  4. mmaurin

    1977 GS 750 Project Bratstyle

    looking forward to this!
  5. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    i ran out of gas on the way to work and my wife had to bring me some... so i figured id graduate from the 1.9" speedo to the 2.5" speedo with trip and indicators.. add a tach... and then upgrade the headlight... i think it is more balanced up front... when i get chance ill open the headlight...
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    DTT central valley CA

    turlock is 24 and 25th... you could hit both in the weekend... my brother is in fresno and is missing herwaldt for turlock...
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    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    i thought about a sissy bar when i saw caleb owens' born free 6 bike... but then the brat tracker looks more like a 60s triumph soft tail chop from the biker gang b movies minus the fiberglass bodywork... can you think of a good example of a sissy bar on a bike of this style? my tenkara rod...
  8. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    thanks... maybe ill say its the tide table translated from my 7 favorite fishing locations... afterall, i love riding to fish...
  9. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    on the bike its definitely crooked and lumpy... it looks worse in person... but its mine and i did it and i can do it again! i need to fix the corners and fill the gap... probably should have kept my original idea and let batting go around the edge and back under.... [you can also see in the...
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    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    so i watched a youtube video and thought.. i think i can do that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVyPiPvR2g my thought was bigger than my ability but i got close for someone who hasnt sewn much and has a sewing machine made by kenmore... i know ill have to do another, but its an honest...
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    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    what if i y the exhausts and bring them just outboard of the cradle and under the shift/brake mechanism right to the mounting point on the rear pegs? i would think my fixed pegs would be a bigger detriment than the exhaust... also i havent been riding very long so pushing the corners probably...
  12. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    does lowering the front and the back the same amount change the rake and trail? if not, how does that affect riding corners? if so, ive not built a racer, but a get around bike... if i ride foothills with gentle turns, im likely not going to see any major changes
  13. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    thanks... im going to try my hand at sewing a seat.. ive got some marine vinyl and batting ready to go... just need the time my idea is to have smooth sides with some sort of stitching pattern on the top of the seat... as for lowering... im thinking id like to lower the whole thing an inch or...
  14. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    and i moved the mirrors to the turn stalks... not sure i like it at all but wondered where i could put them to get them off the bar ends...
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    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    i was bothered by the tank end crimped together and not as wide as the seat where it meets the tank so i cut some off and pushed it forward then ground it out with an old flap disk to fit over the back of the tank its not symmetrical (on the left) yet but when i stretch the seat cover...
  16. mmaurin

    1982 Suzuki GS850 Bobber

    heres mine with the 4 pipes... these have been cut from an 82 (there is no cross over in my 4-2)... i dont seem to run into any problems with back pressure... and if you look at my thread i havent done anything with the carbs since i bought it...
  17. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    out in good light my brother said he thought the bars mess with the flow... that they needed to be lowered, or switched out input? when he said that i thought the seat maybe needed more visual weight because the engine and tank are a huge portion... (one of the reasons people don't choose...
  18. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    so i ground down and sanded the foam... got the correct pigtail for the markers, grounded to the seat pan hooked the hot wires for the run and stop light to a two part trailer connection and ran the wires between the foam and the pan heres the a better pic of under than pan and how...
  19. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    great idea in theory.. first bump i hit knocked all the tack welds off... good thing for me im a horrible welder... and i learn i i was going to take the scuffed up cat eye lens and mount it flush to the pan.. but mounting the light and then creating a space that would not get really hot was...
  20. mmaurin

    1978 GS750 - Brat Tracker, First Bike

    10 months later... a new house and addition to the family... i got a week off so... i got a seat hoop from my brother who had one left over from a project that went another way... i chopped the rear off, welded the new one on (not that great, im new to welding) then cut out a bracket for...
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