77 Suzuki GS550 Cafe/Brat Rebuild

[Rocknthehawk]

Picked up this GS550 a few weeks ago for a fair price. This thread will sort of document my progress as I go through it/clean it up/make it my own.

As I bought it:

Fun to ride, but it's not quite as clean as I would like. The seat desperately needs some padding (I'm an upholsterer, no problem). I have another non-running GS550 I'm using for parts as I go. I threw the extra tank on and zip tied the super moto bars just to get an idea:

Also thinking I'm going to make a box for the electronics/battery under the seat. Not a huge fan of everything just being screwed on the bottom of the seat as it was.

Also been spending some time polishing bits.

So what's the plan? Continue going through and cleaning things up. Re-do the seat, decide on new paint, new taillight, new exhaust....and we'll see. I can't find the pick of a cafe hump on the rear. I mocked one up and it's definitely growing on me.

 

[Zagg]

I'm looking at picking a bike up that looks almost identical. I'm anxious to see how your project goes. Good luck!

 

[yorkie350]

Just picked up GS 550E 79 pretty much standard but want to change it out to caféracer / modern café style gonna be slow but look forward to following your build and picking up tips & idea's (after I get the motor running haha)